“In my family, my fat family, none of us ever say the word 'fat.' 'Fat' is the word you hear shouted on the playground or in the street - it's never allowed over the threshold of the house. My mum won't have that filth in her house. At home together, we are safe. ... There will be no harm to our feelings here because we never acknowledge fat exists. We never refer to our size. We are the elephants in the room.” FeelingsHomeTogetherHouseRoomsStreetsSafeMy FamilyWeightSizeHarmFatsAcknowledgeMumElephantsThresholdPlaygroundsFilthElephant In The Room Author:Caitlin Moran
“Time magazine put Chris Christie on the cover with the caption, 'The Elephant in the Room.' And People magazine named him 'Sexiest Garbage Truck in a Suit.'” PeopleRoomsMagazinesSuitsElephantsTruckGarbageSexiestChristieCaptionTime MagazineElephant In The RoomGarbage Trucks Author:Bill Maher
“People of conscience in our leadership in Washington have been scared off by the right and the fossil fuel lobbies. They won't even use the term "sustainability" or "climate change" in an energy bill, which is ludicrous on its face. It completely ignores the elephant in the room that we're all dealing with. The average American doesn't even believe climate change is real, they think it's all a hoax.” PeopleThinkingBelieveHas BeensRealUseFacesEnergyTermRoomsConscienceBillsClimateClimate ChangeAverageScaredFuelSustainabilityElephantsFossilsFossil FuelHoaxesElephant In The Room Author:James Cameron
“I think that the reason that people are so up in arms about movies that have historical inaccuracies is because now that we've trashed our education institutions beyond repair, people fear that the only people are getting their histories is through the movies, so the elephant in the room is that no one wants to talk about why we're so passionately obsessed with accuracy.” PeopleThinkingWantReasonRoomsArmsInstitutionsHistoricalObsessedElephantsAccuracyElephant In The Room Author:Nicholas Meyer