Hippopotamus Quotes

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.

Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool Opotamus?

I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.