66 Penguin Quotes

Lydia Samson
Sep 19, 2023 By Lydia Samson
Originally Published on Oct 21, 2022
Penguin quotes that will help you learn more about penguins and at the same time get some inspiration in life.
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Age: 3-18
Read time: 8.6 Min

About Penguin

Penguins are very interesting creatures.

They lead a life that is very different from all of us and they are uniquely capable of doing a lot of things that normal birds can't. Penguins are flightless birds that are commonly found in the southern hemisphere.

Over the years, penguins have fascinated many authors, actors, musicians, and more. In today's world, everyone loves penguins because of how cute they are.

Penguin Love Quotes

Penguins tend to have only one partner whom they love dearly. This is why oftentimes, penguins are considered a symbol of love.

"Once a penguin finds its perfect other penguins, they stay together pretty much forever."

- 'The Prank List', Anna Staniszewski.

"Because penguins are so beloved, they are uniquely capable of teaching us about love for the natural world."

- 'Every Penguin In The World: A Quest To See Them All', Charles Bergman.

"I’ve never been in love, but if a penguin can find a soul mate, I’m sure I can, too."

– 'Playing Nice', Rebekah Crane.

"I want to be your personal penguin. Please?"

– 'Your Personal Penguin', Sandra Boynton.

"The penguins that spent most of their time fighting were the ones with no chicks ... It's like they're supposed to be taking care of their chicks. But because they don't have any, they have nothing to do with all their energy."

-'Where'd You Go, Bernadette', Maria Semple.

"Like a soulmate, he’s your penguin."

– Christina Perri.

"Penguins mate for life."

-Ellen DeGeneres.

"I wish to find a partner like a penguin." 

- Rich Lowry.

"Male penguins are unfaithful up to an advanced age, a phenomenon sometimes attributed to the sea air."

-Will Cuppy.

"Why had this penguin come to mean so much? That, at least, is easy to explain. Anybody who suddenly moves far from family and friends and the pets they love feels a vulnerable emptiness."

- 'The Penguin Lessons', Tom Mitchell.

Cute Penguin Quotes

Penguins are also incredibly cute, which is highlighted in the following penguin quotes.

"It is hard to be miserable in the company of penguins. It’s hard not to feel happy in their presence. Susan calls this feeling 'the penguin glow'."

- 'Every Penguin In The World: A Quest To See Them', Charles Bergman.

"One can’t be angry when one looks at a penguin."

– John Ruskin.

"My name is Jimmy, but my friends just call me the hideous penguin boy."

-Tim Burton.

"It’s practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry."

– Joe Moore.

"There's a tendency to think tap's had its day, but 'Happy Feet' kept us in the race. That penguin is our Shirley Temple."

-Savion Glover.

"She smiled with the warmth of a penguin."

- 'The Outlaw Demon Wails', Kim Harrison.

"You can’t not be happy around penguins. You’re unfortunately happy and cold but the happiness makes up for the coldness".

-Carla Gugino.

"I think penguins are cute."

– Zooey Deschanel.

"Penguins are so cute, no one can get angry by looking at them."

- Rich Lowry.

Inspirational Penguin Quotes

There are a lot of values that one can learn from penguins, and the following quotes talk about these very inspirational habits.

"Antarctica. You know, that giant continent at the bottom of the earth that’s ruled by penguins and seals."

- 'Twinepathy', C.B. Cook.

“The answer to every problem involved penguins”

- The Throne Of Fire', 'Rick Riordan.

"Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on Earth has it worse than an Emperor penguin. "

- 'The Worst Journey In The World', Apsley Cherry-Garrard.

"They said you are a bird, and birds should soar high. So I spread my wings and decided to touch the sky. Foolish me, for I am a penguin, and penguins can never fly."

– Shon Mehta.

"The penguin doesn’t know it’s cute, and the leopard seal doesn’t know it’s kind of big and monstrous. This is just the food chain unfolding."

– Paul Nicklen.

"The literature of the emperor penguin is as forbidding, as inaccessible, as the frozen heart of Antarctica itself. Its beauties may be unearthly, but they are not for us."

-Ursula K Le Guin.

"I’ll always defend the people I love even though I’m as terrifying as a baby penguin."

-Niall Horan.

"A penguin cannot be a giraffe, so just be the best penguin you can be."

-Gary Vaynerchuk.

"These penguins call us to a deeper resolve and commitment to do what we can on their behalf. If we cannot save penguins—cannot save what everybody loves—what can we save?"

- 'Every Penguin In The World: A Quest To See Them All', Charles Bergman.

"I suggest we depict penguins as callous and unfeeling creatures who insist on bringing up their children in what is little more than a large chest freezer."

-'Something Rotten', Jasper Fforde.

"I am glad The Worst Journey is coming out in Penguins: after all it is largely about penguins."

- 'The Worst Journey in the World', Apsley Cherry-Garrard.

"Penguins don't waste their time trying to fly. They're unique. They know they were built for the water."

-Sidney Knight.

"Penguins are an indicator of the health of our watery planet, and if they are unable to survive, we had better take notice or we might find our own survival threatened."

-Roger Troy Peterson.

"I have taken the liberty of quoting at length throughout from the gospels of the Emperor penguin. To them, I owe a special debt of gratitude for their remarkable patience."

-'Adequate Earth', Donald Finkel.

"All penguins are the same below the surface, which I think is as perfect an analogy as we're likely to get for the futility of racism."

-'My Booky Wook', Russell Brand.

"For a man so incredibly hairy and square, watching my dad get on a bike was like watching a penguin spread its wings and take flight. He'd take off at inhuman speed, a smile on his face, and never look back."

- Zelda Williams.

"If ever the difficulties of your life seem overwhelming, consider the prospect of being eaten alive by savage penguins and rejoice that such horrors are unknown to you."

-'Now That You're Back', A.L. Kennedy.

"Our babies are like penguins; penguin babies can’t exist unless more than one person is taking care of them. They just can’t keep going."

-Alison Gopnik.

"Penguins are living lessons in caring for the earth and its creatures, in all their beauty and vulnerability."

- 'Every Penguin In The World: A Quest To See Them All', Charles Bergman.

"Mr. Popper had read that penguins are extremely curious, and he soon found that this was true, for stepping out, the visitor began to inspect the house."

-'Mr. Popper's Penguins'. Richard Atwater.

"And they will march just as they have done for centuries, ever since the emperor penguin decided to stay, to live and love in the harshest place on Earth."

-'March of the Penguins'.

"Our wings serve as flippers that carry us across the ocean; not in the sky! Why, us penguins have so much fun time in the water, we don’t even want to fly!"

– Jasmine Jean.

"Instantly, there had been cries of protest from the industrial archaeologists, outraged at such vandalism, and from the naturalists, who pointed out that the penguins simply loved the abandoned pipeline."

-'The Fountains Of Paradise', Arthur C. Clarke.

Funny Penguin Quotes

Penguins are just as funny as they are cute.

"If I ever have any backup dancers, I want the penguins from Madagascar."

- Ed Sheeran.

"I know what nuns are, kind of. It's just I never saw one. I didn't know they looked like penguins."

- 'MapHead 2', Lesley Howarth.

"In the evening every man looks the same. Like penguins. Women have a special dress for that event; men, the same tuxedo."

-Roberto Cavalli.

"How could there be penguins if nothing existed yet?"

– Apocalypse All The Time', 'David S. Atkinson.

"I think penguins are the most human of all the birds, which may be why people love them.' They’re cute, they stand upright, and they look like they’re wearing tuxedos."

– Shia LaBeouf.

"Ford, you’re turning into a penguin. Stop it."

-' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy', Douglas Adams.

"There have been better attempts at marching, and they have been made by penguins."

- 'Monstrous Regiment', Terry Pratchett.

"I'm fortunate to know a lot of incredibly talented people, and they all want to be a penguin."

-Bob Saget.

"Still enmeshed from the knees down, Vayl flopped off the cabinet before we realized he needed a hand down, falling fast and hard like a penguin who hasn't bought the whole flightless scenario."

- 'Once Bitten, Twice Shy', Jennifer Rardin.

"I saw the whole thing! A dog and a penguin helped him escape!"

-'Meddling Kids', Edgar Cantero.

"If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg."

- 'The Worst Journey In The World', Apsley Cherry-Garrard.

"You can draw a penguin on a toilet reading The New York Times and it’s adorable, but try doing it with an adult male character, and it’s disgusting."

– Bill Watterson.

"I walk like a duck: very straight up and down. Or like a penguin. It's a dead giveaway that I'm a dancer."

- David Hallberg.

"He looks about as happy as a penguin in a microwave."

- Sid Waddell.

They’re cute, they stand upright, and they look like they’re wearing tuxedos."

– Shia LaBeouf.

"Penguins are one of the best antidotes for despair that I know."

-'Every Penguin In The World: A Quest To See Them All', Charles Bergman.

"You can never have too many penguins."

-Robyn Mundy.

"If you think penguins are fat and waddle, you have never been attacked by one running at you in excess of 100 miles per hour."

-Linus Torvalds.

"No matter what I do with my life, or how successful I am, I will always be a socially awkward penguin inside. "

-Wil Wheaton.

"Everyone has their weaknesses. Some people smoke. I collect stuffed penguins. If you won't tell, I won't."

-' Guilty Pleasures', Laurell K. Hamilton.

"Don’t believe what you hear about those penguins. A species of lazy waddlers. Their extinction is imminent."

-Benson Bruno.

"The Ballpoint Penguins, black and white, Do little else but write and write. Although they've nothing much to say, They write and write it anyway."

- Jack Prelutsky.

"You can’t train a penguin to act. You kind of have to take what you get."

– James Tupper.

"The king tut masks flew off the penguins, revealing them to be -gasp- penguins."

-'Serpent's Shadow', Rick Riordan.
 

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Written by Lydia Samson

Bachelor in Science specializing in Mass Communication

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Lydia SamsonBachelor in Science specializing in Mass Communication

A diligent and driven mass communications graduate from Caleb University, Lydia has experience in media and a passion for digital marketing and communications. She is an effective communicator and team-builder with strong analytical, management, and organizational skills. She is a self-starter with a positive, can-do attitude.

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