Animals Quotes · Page 50

Few, if any, creatures are equally active all night.

— Henry David Thoreau

My friends call me 'Dolittle One' [a reference to her physical stature and affinity for animals].

— Gloria Estefan

“Music is one of the highest forms of language which can touch everyone’s feeling—including animals.”

— Debasish Mridha

To a certain extent, I think I've become an animal-rights person.

— Jason James Richter

“Intelligence is more important than strength, that is why earth is ruled by men and not by animals.”

— Amit Kalantri

“If you're in middle of the hell you have to be a creature sometimes...”

— M Saravana Kumar

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

— George Orwell

Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.

— George Orwell

Right, I breast feed baby camels in my backyard just for the freaking fun of it. Just tell me where you live,…

— David Sedaris

Hey, moose!” I screamed. The Set animal locked its glowing eyes one me. Well done! Horus said. Now we’ll both die with…

— Rick Riordan

Hunting is a relic of the barbarism that once thirsted for human blood, but is now content with the blood of animals.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want them to do, without training them.…

— Tom Riddle

At PETA, we often say that the issue of how animals are treated isn't just about them; it's about us, how we…

— Ingrid Newkirk

Animals are the best actors. They never lie, they're always present, and they listen. That's a lot more than a lot of…

— Graham Phillips

Intimacy with a beloved pet or special animal makes millions of people feel as though they win the lottery every day.

— Marty Becker

Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if we're…

— Russell Hoban

There's a difference between mastering something physical and working with an animal. There's a spiritual component to working with a horse. You're…

— Buck Brannaman

If anything, the bailouts actually hindered lending, as banks became more like house pets that grow fat and lazy on two guaranteed…

— Matt Taibbi

Tom Regan’s now classic Case for Animal Rights blends careful argument with intense moral concern. For two decades, where Regan has been…

— Holmes Rolston III

“As discussed earlier, humans who lack the reflective self-awareness of normal adults, such as those with particular forms of amnesia or very…

— Gary L. Francione

Our human responsibility for animal rights, plant rights, and the rights of the earth to its health and wholeness is self-evident. Whatever…

— Densey Clyne

“In the physical constitution of an organized being, that is, a being adapted suitably to the purposes of life, we assume it…

— Immanuel Kant

I was lucky enough to be surrounded by all sorts of animals from a very young age. My sister Jo was much…

— Steve Backshall

“For the bliss of the animals lies in this, that, on their lower level, they shadow the bliss of those -- few…

— George MacDonald

Every creature is a divine word because it proclaims God

— Bonaventure

I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major problem.

— Ian Somerhalder

An animal can learn to fight, but to sing beautiful things and make people believe them.

— Dalton Trumbo

Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.

— Edward Thorndike

I don't eat four-legged animals, but I eat birds, I eat cheese, I eat dessert. I eat everything.

— Gwyneth Paltrow

Without animals, there would be no humanity. In a world of just people, people will mean nothing . . .

— Chuck Palahniuk

The world is not a factory and animals are not products for our use

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Every house has to have rules - even 'Animal House.'

— Andrew Neil

Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.

— Plutarch

Actually, the animal pictures came about in a funny way.

— Garry Winogrand

“Appropriately, his bird was the vulture. The dog was wronged by being chosen as his animal.”

— Edith Hamilton

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

— George Eliot

There's no such thing as an animal too big too kill, AND we're cornered by such animals every day.

— Shane McCrae

Where do we record the passing of wildlife? Who mourns the silent deaths of the small?

— Anonymous

Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans.

— Jim Fowler

When economic modernizations come in, say goodbye to wildlife.

— Patrick Bergin