Camel Quotes - page 2

It has been said that the Bedouin Arab is a parasite that lives on the camel, and this to a great extent is true. (Cyrus H. Gordon)
5235. To strain at a Knat, and swallow a Camel. View quote
Thomas Fuller (writer)
I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'. View quote
Mary J. Blige
In a way, I'd rather ride down the street on a camel than give what is sometimes called an in-depth interview. I'd rather ride down the street on a camel nude. In a snowstorm. Backwards. View quote
Warren Beatty
I heard someone say that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven. I decided to sculpt camels in a needle. View quote
Willard Wigan
The Arab and the camel are inseparable. It's been said that and Arab would give up his wife rather than give up his camel. Personally, I haven't got a camel, but I think it's a great idea. View quote
Groucho Marx
I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it's harder for a rich man to get into Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. View quote
Michael Moore
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. View quote
G. K. Chesterton
For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. View quote
Jesus Christ
The difference between camels and men; a camel can work a week and not drink; a man can drink a week and not work. View quote
Julian Tuwim
Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment. (Desiderius Erasmus)
They sit there in committees day after day, And they each put in a color and it comes out gray. And we all have heard the saying, which is true as well as witty, That a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee. View quote
Allan Sherman
The camel has a single hump; The dromedary, two; Or else the other way around. I'm never sure. Are you. View quote
Ogden Nash
The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made higher and broader, or he will hardly get in. View quote
Thomas Adam
[on WMDs in Iraq] If they couldn't find the weapons, which were the reason we went to war, then why didn't they make something up? Why did they stop lying?! My government has always lied to me; I'm comfortable with that! Son of a bitch! What's so tough?! They could have done it simply! Just send two kids to Kinko's - "I need a picture of a camel WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON ON ITS BACK!" View quote
Lewis Black