“I have argued that this sort of thinking is problematic in at least two regards: First, the notion that nonhuman animals do… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
Popular culture bombards us with examples of animals being humanized for all sorts of purposes, ranging from education to entertainment to satire… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
The pretense that humans are superior to nonhumans is entirely unsupportable. I have seen no compelling evidence that humans are particularly more… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
You must know the story of how the race of ancient days reached the stars, and how they bargained away all the… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
One thing about a pig, he thinks he's warm if his nose is warm. I saw a bunch of pigs one time… — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
I have drawn things since I was 6. All that I made before the age of 65 is not worth counting. At… — Hokusai Copy Share Image
Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
Our knowledge of animals and their behaviour has come a long way. We can no longer justify imprisoning them, robbing them of… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
“It is wrong that we associate the word 'dumb', especially pertaining to animals, with the inability to communicate in a common communal… — Stafford Samuel Lakay Copy Share Image
cruelty to animals is contrary to man's duty to himself, because it deadens in him the feeling of sympathy for their sufferings,… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
A dog is a pitiful thing, depending wholly on companionship, and utterly lost except in packs or by the side of his… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
My dogs have never been good at things like "sit," "stay," or even "come." I think that we've given the tourists a… — James Stewart Copy Share Image
Along with the evidence of common sense, researchers have proven scientifically that humans are all one people. We're a lot like dogs… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
Definitely, when I have a place and I'm going to be there for any significant amount of time, I want to have… — Nick Lachey Copy Share Image
Thinking clearly and effectively is the greatest asset of any human being. We are constantly reminded that the one superiority that man… — Harry Lorayne Copy Share Image
I find it very annoying that so many animal advocates talk about the difficulty of being vegan. Many animal advocates are inclined… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
A prince who loves and fears religion is a lion who stoops to the hand that strokes or to the voice that… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Not only does every animal live at the expense of some other animal or plant, but thevery plants are at war… The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you're a gazelle, you don't have a very complex emotional life, despite being a social species. But primates are just smart… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
I was often humiliated to see men disputing for a piece of bread, just as animals might have done. My feelings on… — Francois Arago Copy Share Image
It is not speech or tool making that distinguishes us from other animals, it is imagination…Of what use are speech sounds and… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
The eye is the window of the soul, the mouth the door. The intellect, the will, are seen in the eye; the… — Hiram Powers Copy Share Image
Bedding her could be anything from tenderness to riot, but to take her when she was a bit the worse for drink… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Basically there are two types of animals: animals, and animals that have no brains; they are called plants. They don't need a… — Rodolfo Llinas Copy Share Image
“Oh yes," said Jana. "You want the birdbath." She let him down onto the rim of the birdbath, then watched as he… — Betsy Woodman Copy Share Image
“New Rule: A dog is the only animal that can get you laid. No offense, parrot guy, but it's not gonna happen.… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
It always seems to me when the anti-suffrage members of the Government criticize militancy in women that it is very like beasts… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
I think animals help us live; they've helped me live. It was only when I began to devote myself to protecting animals… — Brigitte Bardot Copy Share Image
My pets Mia and Rambo. They are my family, and every day when I go back home after work, they are there… — Jasmin Bhasin Copy Share Image
Everything is 'colossalized' - events, fortunes, accidents, climate, conversation, ambitions - everything is in the extreme ... They can't even have a… — Elinor Glyn Copy Share Image
Puerto Ricans who find they can no longer afford to keep their pets often choose to drop their dogs, sometimes even whole… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
Large factory trawlers indiscriminately scrape and haul up everything from the ocean floor, along with everyone unfortunate enough to get caught in… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
There are three basic ways [to use a dog to work with autistic children], one is just to be companion person and… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“ All of us, whether vivisector or vegan, have been subject to mechanisms undercutting sympathy for animals. How long and to what… — Brian Luke Copy Share Image
Blushing is the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion, but it would require an overwhelming… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Language is never fully trustworthy, but when it comes to eating animals, words are as often used to misdirect and camouflage as… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
We try not to waste food in general. Because as a meat eater it's just responsible to eat as much of the… — Thu Tran Copy Share Image
“Some of this diversity in animal feeling is surely related to enculturation (we in the United States tend to love dogs and… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
I'm a huge supporter of animal rights - and I've been an outspoken critic of the cruelties routinely inflicted on livestock at… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image