“When we accustom ourselves to see animals suffer, we in time overcome the natural repugnancy of the sense of anguish, we become… — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
So this piece of dirt waits four and a half billion years and evolves and changes, and now a strange creature stands… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
If animal abusers aren't going to stop perpetrating these types of atrocities, they ought to be stopped using whatever means necessary. What… — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
It struck me as I listened to those two men that a truer nomination (name) for our species than Homo sapiens might… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“What came to mind was a dinosaur. A tiny velociraptor, no bigger than her thumb. Relatively small, bur surprisingly ferocious. When the… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
The one term I don't like to be called is a 'vulture.' Because to me, a vulture is a kind of asset-stripper… — Wilbur Ross Copy Share Image
“On the outside, the man of today is carefully groomed, perhaps unnecessarily and over carefully clean; while inside he is dirtier than… — Arnold Ehret Copy Share Image
I think in rural settings, people have a different appreciation for animals than might the city dweller. In parts of India where… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
There was a minor burst of macho nuttiness after 'Jaws' came out, in which people would go off in shark tournaments and… — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
“These Cro-Magnon people were identical to us: they had the same physique, the same brain, the same looks. And, unlike all previous… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
...people who believe in God think God has put human beings on earth because they think human beings are the best animal,… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
Two friends and I decided to get tattoos of different animals. My one friend got a bulldog. My other friend got a… — Edge Copy Share Image
A human’s love. I couldn’t wish anything better for him. Animals protect what they know. They protect what they are bound to,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Massive round-ups of strays have been replaced by daily intake and elimination, the large crate full of dead dogs replaced by a… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
Animals in the wild lead lives of compulsion and necessity within an unforgiving social hierarchy in an environment where the supply of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
What do they know-all these scholars, all these philosophers, all the leaders of the world - about such as you? They have… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“We are a species of animal which is bringing about the end of the world we were born into. Not out of… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
The difficult thing, the glorious thing, was to be who you really were, even if that person was cruel or dangerous, particularly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hippogriff, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Naturally and logically, people who forage rather than herd domestic beasts and tend crops for a living - that is, people who… — David Petersen Copy Share Image
Viewed from a holistic ecological perspective, some meat - such as conscientiously hunted animals - involves less suffering and environmental damage than… — Tristram Stuart Copy Share Image
“I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Because inside me is a beast that… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Fanatics end by subverting their own argument. For instance, animal rights activists have some point, and many people feel sympathy with them.… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, there's a big, bad new bully threatening ocean animals, climate change. We might save fish only to have them starve because… — Mark Powell Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in animal behavior, and I keep reading about it because it's so surprising all the time - so… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
“Once again the animals were conscious of a vague uneasiness. Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage in… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I got into animals by drawing hair follicles. I liked drawing hair, and from that I got into feathers and fur, then… — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
“If we are going to learn more about animals - real knowledge, not more facts - we are going to have to… — Barry Holstun Lopez Copy Share Image
I don't have a hands-on fondness for animals. I did not grow up bonded to any particular nonhuman animal. I like them… — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
“People said things to me like "They're just animals. They're here for our use." I had a visceral reaction to that phrase,… — Elizabeth Kim Copy Share Image
Year after year, animal print, hides, fur, tusks et al find their way into the home as design elements in various spaces;… — Hilary Farr Copy Share Image
Unlike other animals, all of which are undoubtedly oblivious to their eventual demise, humans are fully aware that their time on Earth… — Gad Saad Copy Share Image
“And as for those high school students who tell me they would rather be a cat than an MD because they prefer… — Nick Trout Copy Share Image
When I was a kid if I was unhappy, I'd stroke my dog. I was into bringing injured birds into the house,… — Steve McFadden Copy Share Image
I published a thesis about animal rights when I was studying in England in 1991. Back then, I was a human rights… — Park Won-soon Copy Share Image
For most humans, especially for those in modern urban and suburban communities, the most direct form of contact with nonhuman animals is… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Many animals even now spring out of the soil, Coalescing from the rains and the heat of the sun. Small wonder, then,… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
“As the English historian Marc Gold wrote in 1995, “The term animal rights is nothing more than a useful kind of shorthand… — Paul Waldau Copy Share Image
Animals are being exploited in such an unbelievable way; it's not acceptable. PETA is trying to get your attention, and they're successful… — Alicia Silverstone Copy Share Image
