“While many animals learn from members of their own species, dogs are one of the few that can learn from other species.” — Gregory Berns Copy Share Image
I like handling newborn animals. Fallen into life from an unmappable world, they are the ultimate immigrants, full of wonder and confusion. — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“Wherever there are wild animals in the world, there is always an opportunity for caring, compassion and kindness.” — Paul Oxton Copy Share Image
“We are random animals. That is who we are, and we have only ourselves, nothing more--there is no greater relationship.” — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Animals are not property or "things" but rather living organisms, subjects of a life, who are worthy of our compassion, respect, friendship,… — Marc Bekoff Copy Share Image
Part of my gradual education of myself has been to think that there is a deep relationship between the nature of the… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
Acting was not on my agenda. It just happened by chance. I always wanted to be involved in wildlife protection or maybe… — Nithya Menen Copy Share Image
We humans should never forget our capacity to connect with the collective spirit of animals. Their energy is essential to our future… — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
I thought the Invalids were beasts; I thought they would rip me apart. But these people saved me, and gave me the… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“Highly social animals like dogs and chimpanzees who live in small groups evolved to be more tolerant in subordinate roles. The fact… — Benjamin Kilham Copy Share Image
Man, who preys both on the vegetable and animal species, is himself a prey to neither. He too possesses the reproductive principle… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“I say I became habituated to the Beast People, that a thousand things which had seemed unnatural and repulsive speedly became natural… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
The creatures of the sea hold special mystery, and they are among the most exciting, graceful, and beautiful on Earth. Just consider… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. Its eight… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“God loves and cares for creation and has the right to expect this loving care be replicated by humans. Creation exists, not… — Richard A. Young Copy Share Image
If that hideousness came here, it wouldn't be any more hideous for the animals — they are all bound for a ghastly… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
My assumption is that fundamentally the picture of the human animal, as developed by Freud, is largely right. — Peter Gay Copy Share Image
“a creature cloistered now by deliberate choice and still in the throes of enforced apprenticeship to, rather than voluntary or even acquiescent… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“We are cynical about our own species, but less so about animals, especially wild ones. We might not shelter them from habitat… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
We're one of the only animals in the world that don't really think of ourselves as animals, but we are animals, and… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“He was a mighty beast, mightily muscled, and the urge that has made males fight since the dawn of life on earth… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
Turns out, I couldn't catch them - or even get close to them. I realized that sharks are amazing, beautiful animals who… — Malin Akerman Copy Share Image
“When you deal with irrational animals, with things and circumstances, be generous and straightforward. You are rational; they are not.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
“Where’s…My…Cow?” They backed away. “Is that my cow?” the creature demanded, stepping forward unsteadily. It shook its head sadly.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. — James Stewart Copy Share Image
I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defense, should one think of killing any animal. — Morarji Desai Copy Share Image
All paths lie together in the hand of god like a web endlessly woven, and yours and mine are no greater or… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
I was born with a love of animals, the same way I was born with brown hair. When I was a little… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
“We can always be human Meeting each day a wise new man But the Animal Kingdom to which we belong Animals we… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“Childish and slender creature! It seemed as if a linnet had hopped to my foot and proposed to bear me on its… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“For two thousand years or more man has been subjected to a systematic effort to transform him into an ascetic animal. He… — Norman O. Brown Copy Share Image
The film musical is a very strange animal. They can bite you in the back, or they can do very well for… — Leslie Bricusse Copy Share Image
“On many occasions animals are not so much trying to hurt us as giving us a mere rebuke or warning. The trouble… — Lee H. Whittlesey Copy Share Image
All of our lives is a rebus Of little wooden animals painted shy, Terrific colors, magnificent and horrible, Close together. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogs I am compelled to conclude That man is the superior animal. When I… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“If you really care about animals, then stop trying to figure out how to exploit them 'compassionately'. Just stop exploiting them.” — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“I like that name, that game too, though utterly valueless, the animal in us just sufficiently domesticated, our venomous American aggressiveness confined… — Hayden Carruth Copy Share Image
Apprehend God in all things, for God is in all things. Every single creature is full of God and is a book… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
