[T]he young and the old of widely different races, both with man and animals, express the same state of mind by the… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“I found Caeden lying on my bed with both the dogs. He was talking to them and petting Archie behind his ears.… — Micalea Smeltzer Copy Share Image
Physiological experiment on animals is justifiable for real investigation, but not for mere damnable and detestable curiosity. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
In ten years [i.e., 1980] all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
“Believe me, Athelstan, you can wrap a dog's turd in a cloth of gold but it remains a dog's turd.” — Paul Doherty Copy Share Image
Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“Even if only one person’s respect for animals increases, then writing Talon would have been worthwhile.” — Christopher Gérard Copy Share Image
I think I'm really lucky that the things I'm able to love - people, animals - it's like the more you put… — Wayne Coyne Copy Share Image
The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings. And the sea is precisely their best vehicle, the only medium through… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
During cycles long anterior to the creation of the human race, and while the surface of the globe was passing from one… — Roderick Murchison Copy Share Image
There are many people who enjoy animal based foods and who have no interest in changing the way they eat. And as… — Gary Player Copy Share Image
It's often said that elephants are the most human of animals - there's something comical about their acquiescence, and tragic also. The… — Dan Chiasson Copy Share Image
My dogs are spoilt for sure. They are pampered pooches. But I love them so much! I guess all dogs need to… — Tamara Ecclestone Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly, we've got to give animals a good life. I've worked really hard improving slaughter plants and animal handling… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
It may be suggested by some books that it is not a sin to kill an animal, but it is written in… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
People say, "Oh, we ought to fight for animal rights." We fought for human rights, but even if humans have rights, they… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
He took a dog-doo snow cone and stuffed it in my right eye. He took a dog-doo snow cone and stuffed it… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw. — James Herriot Copy Share Image
By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Fur only looks good on its original owner. Be comfortable in your own skin, and let animals keep theirs. — Tim Howard Copy Share Image
“Is your dog in a coma?" Quinn asked when the dog didn't move a muscle. "No. Lump leads an active and demanding… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.” — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“We were, to quote the proverb, "The one dog who barks at nothing answered by a thousand dogs barking at something...” — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
'Why' is a question no animal can ask, because both the question and answers require speech. Have you ever seen an animal… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
To the truly ethical man, all of life is sacred, including forms of life that from the human point of view may… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
I have my ideas of what a good documentary is, but drama is a different animal because you're arranging everything. — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to… — Jim Fowler Copy Share Image
Once someone has had the good fortune to share a true love affair with a Golden Retriever, one's life and one's outlook… — Betty White Copy Share Image
I count myself as a feminist. I'm a vegan, so I believe in animal rights. I stand behind the Black Lives Matter… — Oliver Stark Copy Share Image
Animals outline their territories with their excretions, humans outline their territories by ink excretions on paper. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
...some people won't even own a dog for fear it will die - you can't bubble-wrap your heart... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a very strict vegetarian. ...I just really, really love animals, and I act on my values. — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
It's a mixed crowd at the dogs - black, white, hispanic - but to Walt they all look like Jackie Gleason. Heavyset… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
If you claim to 'love' animals but you eat animal products, you need to think critically about how you understand love. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don't… — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
“I met a few chimpanzees on my pilgrimages and I wasn't sure if they were just shrivelled-up villagers or chimps...” — Jonathan Dunne Copy Share Image