Zebras quotes
49 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"I asked the Zebra, are you black with white stripes? Or white with black stripes? And the zebra asked me, Are you good with bad habits? Or are you bad with good habits?"
"I asked the Zebra, are you black with white stripes? Or white with black stripes? And the zebra asked me, Are you good with bad habits? Or are you bad with good habits? Are you noisy with quiet times? Or are you quiet with noisy times? Are you happy with some sad days? Or are you sad with some happy days? Are you neat with some sloppy ways? Or are you sloppy with some neat ways? And on and on and on and on and on and on he went. I’ll never ask a zebra about stripes...again."
"Butterflies and zebras And moonbeams and fairy tales That's all she ever thinks about Riding with the wind."
"How fast does a zebra have to run before it looks gray."
"A zebra does not change its spots."
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"In the world of animation, you can be anything you wanna be. If you're a fat woman, you can play a skinny princess. If you're short wimpy guy, you can play a tall gladiator. If you're a white man, you can play an Arabian prince. And if you're a black man, you can play a donkey or a zebra."
"A zebra can not change it's spots."
"I finally got around to reading the dictionary. Turns out the Zebra did it."
"Though she be but little, she is fierce!"
"They [zebras] looked like highly varnished animated toys."
"Give me a black man, a white woman, a giraffe, a zebra anything but another white man! That last one f***ed up my roof!"
"I could sit and watch nature documentaries with Jenks and the kids the rest of the night if I wanted. And trust me, watching a dozen pixies scream as a crocodile chomped on a zebra was something not to be missed. They invariably cheered for the crocodile, not the zebra."