Heffalump Quotes & Sayings

Whenever the very rich hold views at odds with those of the entire population, the federal government tends to do the rich's bidding. — Timothy Noah

But [Pooh] couldn't sleep. The more he tried to sleep the more he couldn't. He tried counting Sheep, which is sometimes a good way of getting to sleep, and, as that was no good, he tried counting Heffalumps. And that was worse. Because every Heffalump that he counted was making straight for a pot of Pooh's honey, and eating it all. For some minutes he lay there miserably, but when the five hundred and eighty-seventh Heffalump was licking its jaws, and saying to itself, "Very good honey this, I don't know when I've tasted better," Pooh could bear it no longer. — A.A. Milne

Future benefits rarely figure in the minds of animals. — Frans De Waal

Are you sure you know where you're going?" Andrea frowned.
"Would you like me to pull over and ask that bamboo for directions?"
"I don't know, do you think it will answer?"
We peered at the bamboo.
"I think it looks suspicious," Andrea said.
"Maybe there is a heffalump hiding in it."
Andrea stared at me.
"You know, heffalump? From Pooh Bear?"
"Where do you even get this shit? — Ilona Andrews

We need to habituate better thinking to appreciate more of your day because that has a neurological correlate. — Goldie Hawn

You're not what I expected in a pirate."
He laughed, curtly. "You're not what I expected in a princess. — Brynn Kelly

It's not very glamorous. People certainly wouldn't think so if they saw me sitting in my woolly socks at the kitchen table. Many times I sit at the typewriter and think, 'Why am I doing this?' — Penny Jordan