“I'm sorry, my child, I just find it hard to whip up an interest in the subject. It's admirable, what you do,… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
A study of animal communities has this advantage: they are merely what they are, for anyone to see who will and can… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I've always felt my spirit animal was a Tiger, so it's funny that now in 'Roar' with Katy Perry - which is… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
“Animals are not always struggling for existence, but when they do begin, they spend the greater part of their lives eating …… — William Stolzenburg Copy Share Image
In every animal that walks upright, the deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: The… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come… — John Grogan Copy Share Image
We all are limited in that none of us can fly and none of us can run faster than some animals, but… — Alex Zanardi Copy Share Image
I met my first turkey at an animal sanctuary in 2000. The sanctuary owner brought out a turkey named Olivia who had… — Karen Dawn Copy Share Image
Winter then in its early and clear stages, was a purifying engine that ran unhindered over city and country, alerting the stars… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Without an acquaintance with chemistry, the statesman must remain a stranger to the true vital interests of the state, to the means… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
It's an important point to realize that the genetic programming of our lives is not fully deterministic. It is statistical - it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The medical argument for animal testing doesn't stand up. Even if it did, I don't think we should kill other species. We… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
“People who looked after animals were by and large kind people; they simply practised kindness, unlike those who made much of it.… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
To husband is to use with care, to keep, to save, to make last, to conserve. Old usage tells us that there… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Natural inclinations are present in things from God, who moves all things. So it is impossible for the natural inclinations of a… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Some people may argue that if the animals are treated humanely prior to being slaughtered, this justifies their confinement and slaughter. Is… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
My own view is that being a vegetarian or vegan is not an end in itself, but a means towards reducing both… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
People know what happened in California, and they know it can happen again and again. They know that no group has passed… — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
I could speak to you and say, 'Laytay-chai, paisey, paisey.' ... Why aren't you responding? Oh, you don't speak Swahili. Well, I've… — Ian Dunbar Copy Share Image
One thing bothered me as a student. In the 1960s, human behavior was totally off limits for the biologist. There was animal… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Americans are very big about loving the dog first, so when you tell them you have to set rules and limitations, a… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
Many people will first be attracted to veganism for their health but find themselves far more open to learning about the animal… — Karen Dawn Copy Share Image
The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
One of my problems is to find the Ego, which has only one form and is immortal - to find it in… — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful, for looking at it takes so small… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“There is no way to communicate to a dog that one is sorry that we live in the world but it is… — Jonathon Safran Foer Copy Share Image
As an integral part of the Department of Agriculture, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service monitors our Nation's agriculture to protect… — Mike Rogers Copy Share Image
It’s admirable, what you do, what she does, but to me animal-welfare people are a bit like Christians of a certain kind.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Weak or wicked, great or small, in men and in animal, resides the same omnipresent, omniscient soul. The difference is not in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It's fair to say when you go out and walk in the woods or on a beach, the most conspicuous forms of… — Andrew H. Knoll Copy Share Image
“A good zoo is a place of carefully worked-out coincidence: exactly where an animal says to us, "Stay out!"...we say to it,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15 minutes, watching the changing colors [and then]… — Adriaan Kortlandt Copy Share Image
Love the animals. God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Don't trouble it, don't harass them, don't deprive… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I'm one of the actors who really enjoys working with kids and animals, which is always a no go. There's something beautiful… — Mads Mikkelsen Copy Share Image
So there you have it: Nature is a rotten mess. But that's only the beginning. If you take your eyes off it… — Lee Goldberg Copy Share Image
I can definitely tell you what viewers can expect from Season 2 [of 'Zoo']. It picks up right where Season 1 left… — James Wolk Copy Share Image
All the accoutrements that distinguish us from animal existence were put in place when we had a different kind of mind than… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I love animals. With animals you never know what you're getting. Everybody says don't mess with animals and little kids in movies… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
“The ferret didn't matter. Because there was something about Mick that wasn't a fake anything. And Winnie herself felt more real somehow,… — Judith Ivory Copy Share Image