I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained; I stand and look at… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“Around the time that Homo sapiens was elevated to divine status by humanist religions, farm animals stopped being viewed as living creatures… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“When young, they are attached by heavy chains to large stakes driven deep into the ground. They pull and yank and strain… — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
“It looked like a massive bear atop the dune. It stood up onto its hind legs and howled into the night. Its… — Megan Duncan Copy Share Image
One animal or plant species may become extinct every hour. All species are doomed to extinction, but man through worldwide development/killing animals… — Erik P. Eckholm Copy Share Image
“Whether the scouring, sexless eye of the bird or beast of prey disperses and sees all or concentrates and evades all saving… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
Animals have this way of constantly confronting us with ultimate questions - about truth and falsehood, guilt and innocence, God and sanctity… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
If someone were watching from a distant planet, our beliefs might look like this: domestic animals should be more wild; wild animals… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
The show's writers had peppered the piece with words like "savage," "wild," and "animalistic." What bullshit. Show me the animal that kills… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
“When you don the pelt of a particular animal--snake, beaver, marmoset--the effect on the viewer is dramatic [...]. You will instantly and… — Simon Doonan Copy Share Image
We are beasts, you know, beasts risen from the savannas and jungles and forests. We have come down from the trees and… — Yasmine Galenorn Copy Share Image
The idea that we can have a new life form, what does it say about the zoo's main purpose, which is to… — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
In my opinion, one of the greatest animal-welfare problems is the physical abuse of livestock during transportation… Typical abuses I have witnessed… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I find solace in animals. I have got a stray dog at home called Candy. I picked it up while I was… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
I'm killing two birds at once, so to speak. Animal-based food kills people. This way, by going vegan... we get healthy and… — Steve Wynn Copy Share Image
In this twenty-first century, there's no one like Sharona Muir who can write, in bright accurate language, animals real or imaginary in… — John Felstiner Copy Share Image
The average beast of prey is a decent creature who merely kills for the sake of food or in a fight against… — Gilbert Murray Copy Share Image
“I thought I could wait to tell you until everything was figured out,” she says. “I didn’t think you’d have any contact… — Olivia A. Cole Copy Share Image
The human animal originally came from out-of-doors. When spring begins to move in his bones, he just must get out again. Moreover,… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“I thought you didn’t like animals.” “I love animals. Where did you get that idea?” Marmie put her paws on his leg,… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
I was very interested in highlighting group behaviour and I wanted to show that I think this is very fundamental about being… — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
The world of organisms, of animals and plants, is built up of individuals. I like to think, then, of natural history as… — Marston Bates Copy Share Image
When you are trying to make a tackle, you have to think as if you were the ball-carrier. Trying to hunt, you… — Leighton Vander Esch Copy Share Image
After spending time with the rescued turkeys at Farm Sanctuary's shelter and seeing how similar they are to my furry companion animals… — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
“To the broody hen the notion would probably seem monstrous that there should be a creature in the world to whom a… — William James Copy Share Image
“As with some examples we have shown earlier, these very vocal advocates seem to overlook the “genocide” of native animals perpetrated by… — Peter P. Marra Copy Share Image
“It’s all Dhamma if we have mindfulness. When we see the animals that run away from danger, we see that they are… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
I have read a great deal about what animals dream, but none of it has ever really satisfied me. I believe they… — Cleveland Amory Copy Share Image
“My family tree spreads wide as well. I am a great ape, and you are a great ape, and so are chimpanzees… — Katherine Applegate Copy Share Image
“The Wolf is never tamed through violence. But rather with a kind, gentle, and above all, patient hand. The most ferocious of… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
When you're wearing an animal costume and something bad happens, your facial expression doesn't change. The animal is deadpan the whole time.… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
“It was an old hunter in camp and the hunter shared tobacco with him and told him of the buffalo and the… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
I had never considered myself a political guy, but there are certain things I can't shut up about. When I hear people… — John Grant Copy Share Image
“What was the point in being human, in having brains that could develop vaccines and organize people across a continent, if all… — Megan Crewe Copy Share Image
“All creatures must learn that there exist predators. Without this knowing, a woman will be unable to negotiate safely within her own… — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Copy Share Image
I'm a radical environmentalist; I think the sooner we asphyxiate in our own filth, the better. The world will do better without… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“Humans are a force of nature—we are, in some senses, THE force of nature—and we influence animals whether we intend to or… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“This was the first living creature I had ever loved passionately, because he returned my affection. My love for the animal was,… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
“We like to romanticize the wild, raw, majestic beauty of nature. But when you take a closer look, nature is really just… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“Minutes passed by. A little blue butterfly landed on my nose. I blinked at it and it fluttered to my ear. A… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image