Oh, this beast? It's...perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'." "Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled. "And it insults people," Telsa said.… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
You know, sometimes the world seems like a pretty mean place.' 'That's why animals are so soft and huggy. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“Animals’ taste systems are specialized for the niche they occupy in the environment. “That’s driven their sensory systems down a certain path,”… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Man should regard lower animals as being in the same dependent condition as minors under his government ... For a man to… — Ed Buckner Copy Share Image
I am travelling to different places and talking to people about travelling litter-free, observing the wildlife, and respecting the host. — Shenaz Treasury Copy Share Image
The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the… — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
“The work of teaching and organising the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognised as being the cleverest of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Some speak of the savagery of beasts. I will ever prefer that to the thoughtless contempt some men have toward animals.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Pets, he says, are trapped in a state from which there is no escape. “Domestication has essentially created a mentally disabled child… — David Grimm Copy Share Image
“Hey, better than the real thing,” I said. “What do you even do with a chimera?” “What wouldn’t you do with a… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
Animals are like autistic savants. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that animals might actually be autistic savants. Animals… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“Darwin's Ark The fact is, I know those ancestors floating through my sleep: an animal that breathed water, had a great swimming… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
“Being creatures means that we cannot re-create ourselves in any fashion or form that we desire by a simple act of the… — Andrew T. Walker Copy Share Image
“From the same twelfth-century bestiary, we learn that the hedgehog is covered with spikes and curls itself into a ball for protection;… — David C. Lindberg Copy Share Image
The only consolation is that homeopathy can only be practised on animals by a fully trained vet or under the supervision of… — Simon Singh Copy Share Image
I have a tough stomach, and I've put myself through a lot. But when I first found out what happens to animals… — Steve-O Copy Share Image
“He is blessed who is assured that the animal is dying out in him every day by day, and the divine being… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I've worked with a lot of animals and a lot of kids. I've never worked with an animal or a child who… — Christopher Timothy Copy Share Image
“Without hesitating, he said, “Can you tell me something? These animals that are just running around out here . . . they… — Lee H. Whittlesey Copy Share Image
The way that we live with potentially dangerous animals is not to kill them, but to understand them and to coexist with… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
“Many people who think nothing of buying factory-farmed ham or chicken from a supermarket are quick to condemn hunting; yet hunting is… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The art of negotiation is perhaps what most deeply distinguishes man from the animals, and it is this art and this will… — Harry Martinson Copy Share Image
“What an intense thing it is — this human need to be loved. It’s one of the most profound things that make… — Marina Chapman Copy Share Image
We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defence of these uses… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“Most animals can be tamed, I suppose," Cork replied. "The question is, do you really want to? Make them tame and they… — William Kent Krueger Copy Share Image
You think of the rainforest as this incredibly abundant place of fauna and animals and flora. This great, rich wilderness. And yet… — David Grann Copy Share Image
It struck me what we should be trying to do was pluck the egg from the ovary and fertilise it in the… — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures. — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
Fierce and poisonous animals were created for terrifying man, in order that he might be made aware of the final judgment in… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We always had dogs,so I understood all the joy and the love animals are capable of giving. It's crazy to me that… — Alicia Silverstone Copy Share Image
I have my animals, we have the greatest life and I don't see us having children - never say never - but… — Beth Ostrosky Stern Copy Share Image
The animal lacks both anxiety and hope because its consciousness is restricted to what is clearly evident and thus to the present… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
There's something people find hilarious about dogs surfing and dancing and talking in the movies. I think it's nice for people -… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
Sure, hunters remove limited numbers of animals from the landscape for personal use. But with proper management practices and good habitat, those… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
When human body itself is made of flesh, where is the need to consume the flesh of birds and animals? You should… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Our family always had animals, but they became more important to me as the years passed because they helped me deal with… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case… — Jose Bergamin Copy Share Image
“My favorite animal in the park is the grizzly, icnonic, graceful, and with eyes that seem to know, and what they know… — Danielle Rohr Copy Share Image
“People forget that humans are animals too, that we're just as much a part of the wild places as the things that… — Vincent H. O Neil Copy Share Image
