We owe them [animals] a decent life and a decent death, and their lives should be as low-stress as possible. That's my… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“And as he watched, the first powerful four-legged lion stepped into the clearing. The male animal shook the snow from its dark,… — Lora Leigh Copy Share Image
Nature places a simple constraint on those who leave the flock to go their own way: they get eaten. In society it's… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
Why are we so concerned about whether other animals are like human beings or not? Because we are worried about whether we… — Sydney M. Lamb Copy Share Image
“After all, when ‘the Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become’ He resolved to ‘wipe from the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The lower animals, on the other hand, must have their bodily structure modified in order to survive under greatly changed conditions. They… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Ever since she was a young girl, [Patricia Highsmith] had felt an extraordinary empathy for animals, particularly cats. The creatures, she said,… — Andrew Wilson Copy Share Image
[I believe] that animals have a worth in and of themselves, and that they are not inferior to human beings but rather… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
“Impressing the ladies is an arduous task ', as the narrator is always saying on Animal Planet...'Perhaps no creature has a more… — James Lever Copy Share Image
Since the so-called Age of Enlightenment, our shaky anthropocentric, rationalist egos have been brainwashed to forget what 'primitive' cultures once understood: Animals… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
Shelters, conservationists, those concerned about unnecessary cruelty toward the animals we eat, and people working against species extinction fight to preserve the… — April Gornik Copy Share Image
I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think that the only effective and productive method of destroying speciesism would be for each uncaring human to be forced… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
From its first faint glimmerings, History shews Man's constant progress as a beast of prey. As such he conquers every land, subdues… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
I like animals. I like people who like animals. I hate people who love animals to the point they lose their sense… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
The word "veganism" denotes a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude - as far as is possible and practical… — Donald Watson Copy Share Image
“The pattern glitters with cruelty. The blue beads are colored with fish blood, the reds with powdered heart. The beads collect in… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“Those of us who are in tune with nature and animals know it is our way of life, Bram. There is a… — Ralph Helfer Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are presented as a hunting expeditions (“As British close in on Basra, Iraqis scurry away”;… — David Livingstone Smith Copy Share Image
“Maybe creatures that are not like each other are supposed to hurt each other to find out which one is stronger, so… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
It goes back to the starfish. That's when the light bulb really popped over my head. We'd found one on the beach,… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
“Just how common do such savageries have to be for a decent person to be unable to overlook them? If you knew… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
In most of the world, we have only small remnants of the wildlife that once existed. Africa has the most astonishing wildlife… — Patrick Bergin Copy Share Image
“lives when we may begin to see even the commonest animals on their own terms, fellow creatures with their own needs to… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
“Within a few months Mitch Bush, head veterinarian at the National Zoo, and David Wildt, a young reproductive physiologist working as a… — Stephen J. O'Brien Copy Share Image
Many of our tribe went to the cliff each night to count the number killed during the day. They counted the dead… — Scott O'Dell Copy Share Image
You run into a party and [a] woman comes up to you. She's the most beautiful creature you ever saw - Ava… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
“They have achieved a level of organization far beyond others of their species. Unfortunately, it is being used for destructive purposes at… — Janet Taylor Lisle Copy Share Image
To deprive a gregarious creature of companionship is to maim it, to outrage its nature. The prisoner and the cenobite are aware… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
PETA is such an important cause to me. The mistreatment of animals is something that just really gets me. I feel it's… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
“The birds screeched and continued to dive at us. One of them settled on a nearby branch and began berating us. I… — Jessica Day George Copy Share Image
“So all this time you thought I was a vampire? ' Edwart whispered furiously, pulling me a few inches to the left.… — The Harvard Lampoon Copy Share Image
“I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself. Do… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I find it quite useful to think of a free-market economy - or partly free market economy - as sort of the… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“The decisions we make lead us to complex behavioral sets, and what we decide to do can be consciously and unconsciously motivated.… — John Rush Copy Share Image
Nature shows suck ass, though cobras are pretty sweet. Pretty much any animal that has a gang named after it is pretty… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
What distinguishes us humans from animals is our conscience. Once our conscience is gone we lose our humanness. Without conscience, humans can… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
If you put a real leaf and a silk leaf side by side, you'll see something of the difference between Homer's poetry… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
“Some folks insist that believing in animal rights is like a religion. But religion asks followers to believe in things nobody can… — Craig Burton Copy Share Image
![“We owe them [animals] a decent life and a decent death, and their lives should be as low-stress as possible. That's my job. I wish animals could have more than just a low-stress life and a quick, painless death. I wish animals could have a good life, too, with something useful to do. People were…” quote by Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e29/temple-grandin-1219_animal_we-owe-them-animals-a-decent-life-and-a_1611307.jpg)
![“Ever since she was a young girl, [Patricia Highsmith] had felt an extraordinary empathy for animals, particularly cats. The creatures, she said, 'provide something for writers that humans cannot: companionship that makes no demands or intrusions, that is as restful and ever-changing as a tranquil…” quote by Andrew Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4b7/andrew-wilson-62688_affection_ever-since-she-was-a-young-girl-patricia_1419212.jpg)
![“[I believe] that animals have a worth in and of themselves, and that they are not inferior to human beings but rather just different from us, and that they really don't exist for us nor do they belong to us...it should not be a question of how they should be treated within the context of their…” quote by Ingrid Newkirk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9a9/ingrid-newkirk-3962_animal_i-believe-that-animals-have-a-worth-in-a_2942608.jpg)
![“You run into a party and [a] woman comes up to you. She's the most beautiful creature you ever saw - Ava Gardner - and says, "I like you and why don't we get together?" What are you going to say, "No"? You'd have to be an idiot. She was an incredible creature.” quote by Artie Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f41/artie-shaw-18387_animals_you-run-into-a-party-and-a-woman-comes-u_2035432.jpg)
