Animal Quotes · Page 159

Man is an emotional animal, occasionally rational; and through his feelings he can be deceived to his heart's content.

— Will Durant

Folk caught up in a riot aren't our cousins and sisters, our brothers and uncles. They are part of a big animal…

— Tamora Pierce

“The scientific name for an animal that doesn’t either run from or fight its own enemies is lunch. ”

— Michael Friedman

People will sooner aid a sick dog lying on the sidewalk than to try to find shelter for a sick person. It's…

— Michael Zaslow

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your…

— Woodrow Wilson

I love kissing. I love kissing my husband, I love kissing my kids, I love kissing my horse. I dont like kissing…

— Mary McCartney

I petted the dogs who didn't argue with me ever. All dogs love God. They're wiser than their masters.

— Jack Kerouac

In my opinion, everything, every shape, every bit of natural form, animals, people, pebbles, shells, anything you like are all things that…

— Henry Moore

I do not mean to call an elephant a vulgar animal, but if you think about him carefully, you will find that…

— John Ruskin

“I often think about dogs when I think about work and retirement. There are many breeds of dog that just need to…

— Martha Sherrill

I shall not rest until Leeds United are kicked out of the football league. Their fans are the scum of the earth,…

— Ken Bates

No occupation is more worthy of an intelligent and enlightened mind, than the study of Nature and natural objects; and whether we…

— Joseph Paxton

Growing up, it was always, 'If you buy kosher meat, they're killed humanely.' But I've seen so many horrible videos. What we…

— Carol Leifer

. . . And so Charlie Asher . . . led an army of fourteen-inch-tall bundles of animal bits, armed with everything…

— Christopher Moore

My scrapbook albums are about capturing and saving the everyday joys of my whole family. In fact, in lots of ways, it's…

— Nancy O'Dell

These days, it feels to me like you make a devil's pact when you walk into this country. You hand over your…

— Zadie Smith

I think because I'm 6'4" and have blond hair and I didn't dress like any other kind of a boy, people just…

— Patrick Wolf

i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants.

— Rick Riordan

one has to give a great deal of oneself to animals if one is to get the best out of them.

— Barbara Woodhouse

Yeah, dolphins and monkeys basically could play chess together. Those are brilliant animals.

— Perry DeAngelis

“Having a purebred human baby is like having a purebred dog; it's nothing but vanity, human vanity.”

— Ingrid Newkirk

Time partially reconciles us to anything. I gradually became content--doggedly contented, as wild animals in cages.

— Charles Lamb

We are all God's creatures-that we pray to God for mercy and justice while we continue to eat the flesh of animals…

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

Guide dogs for the blind. It's cruel really, isn't it? Getting a dog to lead a man round all day. Not fair…

— Steve Coogan

I may be biased, but I think jackals are cute and cuddly, even if they were known for digging up graves in…

— Rick Riordan

Man is an animal that cannot long be left in safety without occupation; the growth of his fallow nature is apt to…

— George Stillman Hillard

Animals are complicated and so is the animal-rights opposition. It's hard to read motives in animals, and hard to read motives in…

— Bette Ford

I've always been an animal lover and have no human children, so my heart has been with helping animals.

— Beth Ostrosky Stern

As a designer, I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed; that's why I avoid all animal skins.

— Stella McCartney

Once when I had remarked on the affection quite often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, "Yes. But I bet…

— Anonymous

I'm keen to get into trophy hunting, no animal in particular, but a big safari in Africa would be great.

— Glenn McGrath

The moment I began to understand what was going on with the treatment of animals, it led me more and more in…

— Bryan Adams

Eloquent testimony to the recovery powers of wild animals frequently becomes apparent from the study of skeletons housed in museums.

— Louis Leakey

Without close and reciprocal relationships with other animal beings, we're alienated from the rich, diverse, and magnificent world in which we live.

— Marc Bekoff

You can always reason with a German. You can always reason with a barnyard animal, too, for all the good it does.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Concord, solidarity, and mutual help are the most important means of enabling animal species to survive.

— Christian Lous Lange

It's important for me to really play with the traditions and keep things simple and easy. Ultimately I believe in animal instincts…

— Peter Dundas

What do dogs want? They want each other. Human beings are merely a cynomorphic substitute.

— Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I love pandas, they're so chill. They are all like 'Dude, racism is stupid. I'm White, Black, and Asian...'

— Anonymous