The essential quality of an animal is that it seeks its own living, whereas a vegetable has its living brought to it — Henry Mayhew Copy Share Image
Animals give us their constant, unjaded faces, and we burden them with our bodies and civilized ordeals. — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Horror is my motor. It gets to me on an animal level and satisfies my impulse toward scenario building. — Laird Barron Copy Share Image
To go on being an actor, you need sheer animal energy. If you can't restock your energy, you have to hide your… — Hume Cronyn Copy Share Image
In point of fact I was a perfectly devoted and dutiful little Catholic—until the day I learned that animals have no souls. — Susan Kay Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Chimps don't have language. Humans actively instruct others about how things should be done. Chimpanzees probably pick up cultural traditions by observation. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician, the salesman,… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I owe my dogs much - more than I can say - but they are not my 'companions' - as if we… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
I remember I picked up a person from the street who was nearly eaten up with maggots, and he said, I have… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
My mother had seven children in seven years. No twins. She also had a three-legged beagle who was compelled to bite strangers,… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
Did I ever tell you my pet peeve?' No,' I said. People who dress up their pets to look like Little Lord… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
I sometimes say animals are closer to God than humans. They are closer to the source. The humans are more lost in… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
'DogsHe is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The "No Touch, No Talk, No Eye Contact" approach gives dogs a chance to smell you and get to know you first… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
Look, PETA! If God hadn't wanted us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them so darn tasty! — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Before a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend, some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
“…certain feet were made for stepping on ,in order to improve the breed, promote the general welfare and minimize the ancient insolence… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Intimacy with a beloved pet or special animal makes millions of people feel as though they win the lottery every day. — Marty Becker Copy Share Image
If you absolutely must express yourself with the use of animal hide, fur, antlers etc., then at the very least make sure… — Hilary Farr Copy Share Image
Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'? — Moby Copy Share Image
I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
The comic strip is what I looked at, and it's another reason I did it. The comic strip, where animals would comment… — Garry Shandling Copy Share Image
I think the lion, besides the elephant, was the one animal that I just started thinking about so much. — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive. — Gilda Radner Copy Share Image
I never, for instance, have the urge to paint animals 'the way I see them,' but rather the way they are... The… — Franz Marc Copy Share Image
The old saw says - 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Experience knows better; experience says, If you want to convince do it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I mean, you know, you're not going to change the human animal. And the human animal really doesn't get a lot smarter. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I was very concerned about helping animals improve their situations. But that was out of love. It wasn't political or out of… — Sam Simon Copy Share Image
Does man differ from the other animals? Only in posture. The rest are bent, but he is a wild beast who walks… — Philemon Copy Share Image
The Breath becomes a stone; the stone, a plant; the plant, an animal; the animal, a man; the man, a spirit; and… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Having had so many human rats in my life, I don't think I'm scared of the animal variety. — Lady Colin Campbell Copy Share Image
I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
“We have no reason to believe that an animal can grasp the notion of extended life, let alone choose to trade current… — Bernard Rollin Copy Share Image
But man is above all a social and political animal; his relations with his fellow human beings form his most absorbing and… — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
Just watching an animal closely can take you out of your mind and bring you into the present moment, which is where… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
You know the way people begin to look like their dogs? Well, we're beginning to look like each other. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Through PETA, we rescue animals in roadside zoos and circuses. They are some of the most abused animals in the country. — Sam Simon Copy Share Image
