Hugh Lofting famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If I had my way... there wouldn't be a single lion or tiger in captivity anywhere in the world. They never take to it. They're never happy. They never settle down... You can see it in their eyes...
-- Hugh Lofting

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I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.
-- Hugh Lofting

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The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way.
-- Hugh Lofting

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There has always been a tendency to classify children almost as a distinct species.
-- Hugh Lofting

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In my view this is not democracy, but a zoo.... It was exactly what we expected, but not on that scale nor in that form. In a word, it was nothing but a zoo, you can't put it better
Many Americans think of the rest of the world as a kind of Disneyland, a showplace for quaint fauna, flora and artifacts. They dress for travel in cheap, comfortable, childish clothes, as if they were going to the zoo and would not be seen by anyone except the animals.
To me, these people were as exotic as animals in a zoo. I'd never seen anything like them. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to be one of them or simply live among them taking notes and photographs.
People forget the good that zoos do. If it weren't for zoos, we would have so many species that would be extinct today.
Look not in my eyes, for fear They mirror true the sight I see, And there you find your face too clear And love it and be lost like me.
I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
There's not much to say about acting but this. Never settle back on your heels. Never relax. If you relax, the audience relaxes. And always mean everything you say.
Whenever women have insisted on absolute equality with men, they have invariably wound up with the dirty end of the stick. What they are and what they can do makes them superior to men, and their proper tactic is to demand special privileges, all the traffic will bear. They should never settle merely for equality. For women, "equality" is a disaster.
â€¦when writing, always hook the reader with your first sentenceâ€¦in love, never settleâ€¦value yourself first and this will help you to value othersâ€¦life is short, so enjoy it to the fullestâ€¦everyone in the world is different, and thatâ€™s okâ€¦
There is a monumental difference between being alive and living. You should never settle for the first.

Hugh Lofting famous quotes

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