Top 100 Sayings About A Donkey: Famous Quotes & Sayings About A Donkey

#1. I had a very outdoorsy childhood. I was athletic and used to ride and do dressage. I could ride almost before I could walk. There is a picture of me at 18 months old sitting happily on the back of a donkey.

Alison Jackson

#2. It looks like a Grim if you do this," Seamus Finnigan said, with his eyes almost shut, "but it looks more like a donkey from here," he said, leaning to the left.

J.K. Rowling

#3. A man who had the legions of the east marching at his back could be bred by a donkey on a mule and the senate would have no choice but to accept him.

M.C. Scott

#4. Did you know that the chances of being in a plane crash are less than 0.00001 per cent? That means that you're more likely to be killed by a donkey or to naturally conceive identical quadruplets. Bunty

Holly Smale

#5. It is very wrong to make fun of anyone because you make fun of the Lord residing within. It doesn't matter if it is a donkey, but after all, (finally) who is he? He is God.

Dada Bhagwan

#6. Never take advice from a donkey.

Bryce Courtenay

#7. What man, if he were God, would humble himself to lie in the feedbox of a donkey or to hang upon a cross?

Martin Luther

#8. This is Deirdre," said Addison. "She's an emu-raffe, which is a bit like a donkey and a giraffe put together, only with fewer legs and a peevish temper. She's a terrible sore loser at cards," he added in a whisper. "Never play an emu-raffe at cards. Say hello, Deirdre!

Ransom Riggs

#9. There is no such thing as Success ... That a thing is successful merely means that it is; a millionaire is successful in being a millionaire and a donkey in being a donkey.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

#10. Neither an ox nor a donkey is able to stop the progress of socialism.

Erich Honecker

#11. However much you study, you cannot know without action.
A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man.
Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?

Saadi

#12. Lady Underhill, having said all she had to say, recovered her breath and began to say it again. Frequent iteration was one of her strongest weapons. As her brother Edwin, who was fond of homely imagery, had often observed, she could talk the hind-leg off a donkey. "You

P.G. Wodehouse

#13. You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly, but I bet you ain't never seen a donkey fly! Ha, ha!

Eddie Murphy

#14. When I read things like the foundations of capitalism are shattering, I'm like, maybe we need that. Maybe we need some time where we're walking around with a donkey with pots clanging on the sides.

Louis C.K.

#15. A machine is a great moral educator. If a horse or a donkey won't go, men lose their tempers and beat it; if a machine won't go, there is no use beating it. You have to think and try till you find what is wrong. That is real education.

Gilbert Murray

#16. Did you see Bush on TV, trying to debate? Jesus, he talked like a donkey with no brains at all ... It was pitiful ... I almost felt sorry for him, until I heard someone call him 'Mr. President,' and then I felt ashamed.

Hunter S. Thompson

#17. Otchky-potchky, itchky-pitch,
Pay attention to this witch.
A donkey takes you to a knight
Him you conquer in a fight.
Then you wed a princess who
Is even uglier than you.
Ha ha ha and cockadoodle,
The magic words are 'Apple Strudel

William Steig

#18. A donkey eats a melon, it remains a donkey

Idries Shah

#19. It doesn't matter! From waist down, my best friend is a donkey ...

Rick Riordan

#20. We sometimes hear of things that can travel faster than light. Something called 'the speed of thought' is occasionally proffered. This is an exceptionally silly notion especially since the speed of impulses through the neutrons in our brain is about the same as the speed of a donkey cart.

Carl Sagan

#21. If you can't see the feelings in a donkey, a ship, or a delicate tool, then it's just as easy to not see them in your brother or sister when you can profit by treating them badly.

J.Z. Colby

#22. I'm essentially a jobbing actor. If I'm out of work, I'll be the back end of a donkey.

Michael Gough

#23. I don't mind your calling me a clog, if only we were fastened together."
"But I do mind you calling me a donkey," he replied.

Elizabeth Gaskell

#24. Kingslund's dress will be a matching one in silver. They will be absolutely exquisite. Jen would be exquisite. I'd probably look like a donkey at the races. With ribbons on it.

Mark Henwick

#25. The coffee tastes like a donkey's ass

Victoria Scott

#26. Israel's journey from Egypt to Canaan is peppered with strange events: the earth swallows a clan, almond blossoms sprout from a rod, and a donkey opens its mouth to argue with a wayward prophet. Who says the Bible is dull?

Preston Sprinkle

#27. I have a photograph of my grandfather driving a donkey cart barefoot.

Nelly Furtado

#28. Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat, which became a donkey, which became a human being? There's a real lack of evidence from change from actual species to a different type of species.

Michele Bachmann

#29. A poet is a poet, whether he rides in a Ford or on a donkey; a sage is a sage, whether he plays golf in New Jersey or bathes in the Ganges, or prays in the desert; and a fool is a fool, whether he be a maharaja or a president of a post-war republic.

Ameen Rihani

#30. Have you ever seen a donkey smelling a beautiful rose? Donkeys aren't interested in roses, they like thorn bushes or watermelon rinds!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#31. Yeah, cause that would be a smart choice. So, I should just forget about the whole lying to me thing when you pronounce you will never do it again?"
"Yes."
"You'd have a better chance getting a donkey to shit gold.

Elizabeth J. Kolodziej

#32. New York City vagrant:
"What sort of 'nese are you people? Are you Chinese, or Japanese, or Javanese?"
Kakuzo Okakura responds:
"We are Japanese gentleman. But what sort of 'key are you? Are you a Yankee, or a donkey, or a monkey?

Okakura Kakuzo

#33. My grandfather was a very mystical guy who travelled from Argentina to Chile, across the mountains with a donkey, carrying the Torah.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

#34. Hurry no man's cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself

Walter Scott

#35. The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.

Shane Claiborne

#36. A donkey appears to me like a horse translated into Dutch.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

#37. She's about as attractive as a donkey's asshole mid-shit." "Well,

Emma Hart

#38. The entrance into Jerusalem has all the elements of the theatre of the absurd: the poor king; truth comes riding on a donkey; symbolic actions - even parading without a permit!

David Kirk

#39. The voice of a donkey braying in the neighbouring meadow seemed like the mocking laughter of demons.

P.G. Wodehouse

#40. If you don't have a car, ride a bicycle or a donkey.

Charles Nqakula

#41. My whole life have been treated like a donkey. All I want is that one of mine - at least one - should live like a man.

Aravind Adiga

#42. She drew herself up to her full height - it was a little difficult on a donkey - and said primly, I have always found that in painful situations it is a sensible idea to take each hour as it comes and not to anticipate beyond. But oh how I wish I could have a bath!

Dorothy Gilman

#43. I have had a horse. Why would I accept a donkey?

Dr. Hawa Abdi

#44. A Vampire!" I stammered. Then I noticed her legs. Below the cheerleader skirt, her left leg was brown and shaggy with a donkey's hoof. Her right leg was shaped like a human leg was it was made of bronze. "Uhh, a vampire with-"
"Don't mention the legs!" Tammi snapped. "It's rude to make fun.

Rick Riordan

#45. If somebody tells you that you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you so, buy yourself a saddle.

Sholom Aleichem

#46. If a woman's got nothing but her fair fame to feed on, why, it's thin tack, and a donkey would die of it!

D.H. Lawrence

#47. If Jesus were here today, he wouldn't be riding around on a donkey. He'd be taking a plane, he'd be using the media.

Joel Osteen

#48. I lived in a hut with no roof, and I rode to school on a donkey. I used to shoot birds with a slingshot to cook for dinner. Now I prefer to get my food from KFC.

Wyclef Jean

#49. 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.

Chris Rock

#50. A unicorn is a donkey from the future

Joe Rogan

#51. If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle.

Sholom Aleichem

#52. Only the great warriors fall down from their horses; one would not fall who rides a donkey cart.

Waheed Ibne Musa

#53. The FBI announced today that they are now looking for Osama bin Laden's financial adviser. You think this guy is in demand. How good can he be? his top client is living in a cave and driving a donkey. It doesn't sound like he is getting the best return on his investments to me.

Jay Leno

#54. Never done anything yourself, have yer? Never performed live to a real audience, have yer?' 'Nor have I fucked a donkey, destabilized a Central American state, or played Dungeons & Dragons,' retorts Cheeseman, 'but I reserve the right to hold opinions on those who do.

David Mitchell

#55. He who sees a gold bullion more valuable than a tree has surely an intelligence much less than a donkey's!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#56. This is indeed a funny country. Yesterday, for example, we were in a cafe which is one of the best in Cairo, and there were, at the same time as ourselves, inside, a donkey shitting, and a gentleman who was pissing in a corner. No one finds that odd; no one says anything.

Gustave Flaubert

#57. There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions.

Rahman Baba

#58. So he can go ride a donkey naked through the desert with snapping turtles attached to his nipples for all I care.

Suzanne Wright

#59. Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise.

Idries Shah

#60. Note to self on waking. Lay off the beer on an empty stomach. This dream is even more screwed up than the time I had a donkey and a corkscrew. (Aiden) Donkey and a corkscrew? (Leta) I don't know you well enough to fill you in on those details. (Aiden)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#61. We also pass a farmer in his yard, power-washing a donkey with a high-pressure hose.

Simon Armitage

#62. Follow and elephant or a donkey for too long, and you'll eventually get dumped on.

A.G. Roderick

#63. Poetry is a dumb Buddha who thinks a donkey is as important as a diamond.

Natalie Goldberg

#64. When in the body of a donkey, enjoy the taste of grass.

Tenzin Wangyal

#65. I feel like a donkey, with a stick in my mouth and a carrot up my ass.

Anton Chekhov

#66. He doesn't need a donkey," says Ana Kuya. "He has a wife.

Leigh Bardugo

#67. A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.

Idries Shah

#68. God is not troubled by one who is conservative or liberal, and He certainly never inclines His ear toward a donkey or an elephant.

Max Lucado

#69. Takes a donkey to know a donkey.

Khaled Hosseini

#70. I like parties, but I don't like pinatas, because the pinata promotes violence against flamboyant animals: 'Hey, there's a donkey with some pizzaz. Let's kick his ass!'

Demetri Martin

#71. Von Neumann, by contrast, wore a three-piece suit at almost all times, including on a donkey ride down the Grand Canyon; even as a student he was so well dressed that, upon first meeting him, the mathematician David Hilbert reportedly had but one question: Who is his tailor?45

Walter Isaacson

#72. Tengo had a gift for such work. He was a born technician, possessing both the intense concentration of a bird sailing through the air in search of prey and the patience of a donkey hauling water, playing always by the rules of the game.

Haruki Murakami

#73. If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

George Herbert

#74. That's more about lifestyle [Peter Mayles], living abroad. It's about buying a donkey and house in south France, and that's a slightly different thing. A very popular genre but that's not quite my thing.

John Gimlette

#75. I learned long ago that you don't get in the middle of a lover's spat. Nothing EVER goes as planned - People fall in love with the wrong person, someone ends up with a donkey head and then its a whole big mess. - Puck

Julie Kagawa

#76. Dangling a carrot in front of a donkey - or anyone else for that matter - is not nice, and not fair, unless you eventually plan to give it up to them.

Vera Nazarian

#77. So, you got shit-faced, spray-painted a barn with a lovely shade of Exorcist-green puke, fucked a donkey while you were there, and started a fist fight with a recovering, meth-addicted nun and her lovechild who were reenacting the nativity scene?

Kendall Grey

#78. Looking up, Missouri saw a formation of low-flying P-47's on the horizon, heading up the coast from Naples...Sergeant Missouri laughed aloud. "They're sending us the Air Force, Chico, and we made it with a donkey," he said.

Maureen Daly

#79. My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I'm tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It's hilarious. So we decided that I'm going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support for the family.

Gordon Ramsay

#80. If God gave Abraham a ram to prevent his slaying Isaac, He might stick a donkey in the bush for me to ride up this infernal mountainside."
~ Grace Madison, PhD.

N.L.B. Horton

#81. When we die, our souls still live. If you are a gangster or a bastard or a crook, your soul inhabits a donkey or something terrible.

Mohamed Al-Fayed

#82. A fortune-teller means a braggart anyway. Don't you know that a donkey can't do but braying, a wolf can't do but howling, a horse can't do but neighing, and a fortune-teller can't do but telling lies?

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#83. Okay," Juke said. "Your horse is a donkey, your poodle is a giant wolf breed, and your boyfriend is whatever the hell he is. You have problems.

Ilona Andrews

#84. Then Samson said. With a donkeys jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey's jawbone I have killed a thousand of them.

Anonymous

#85. The mouse is a fair treat but this one would talk the hind legs off a donkey.

C.S. Lewis

#86. When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog - big as a donkey.

Ray Davies

#87. The end
When I die bang on cans
Romp around in leaps and bounds
Let whips crack in the air
Call in clowns and acrobats!
I want my coffin to go on a donkey
Decked out in Andalusian style
You can't refuse anything to a dead man
And I want, by all means, go on a donkey

Mario De Sa-Carneiro

#88. Let me see you ride a donkey over my green again, and as sure as you have a head upon your shoulders, I'll knock your bonnet off, and tread upon it!

Charles Dickens

#89. Learning without wisdom is a load of books on a donkey's back.

Zora Neale Hurston

#90. Fear not, daughter Zion," Stephen whispered. "See, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt ... " He spun to me, eyes flashing. "This is written of the Anointed One, in the book of Zechariah. You see, it is him! He orchestrates this with intention!

Ted Dekker

#91. Being impatient with a donkey is a futile exercise.

Vannetta Chapman

#92. I feel that if I could sweep all this away ... all the buildings and the sects and the fierce squabbling churches ... that I might see Christ's quiet figure riding into Jerusalem on a donkey
and believe in him.

Agatha Christie

#93. A caveman took a shell, and maybe it had a hole in it, or maybe he put a hole in it, and he put it on a piece of a tail of a donkey or a dinosaur or something and gave it to the cavewoman. She put it around her neck - the first jewel.

Kenneth Jay Lane

#94. Clearly his next tat needed to be more along the lines of a donkey. 'Cuz he was acting like an ass.

-Rehv's thoughts

J.R. Ward

#95. I had chosen a blind spot at the end of the plumbers' shop to make my escape bid. Under my overalls I wore extra jeans, vest, t-shirt and I had a donkey jacket on that I intended to throw over the razor wire. Hopefully the extra clothes would stop the razor wire from cutting me.

Stephen Richards