“Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Anyone who says that life matters less to an animal than it does to us has not held in his hands an… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
The problem is that humans have victimized animals to such a degree that they are not even considered victims. They are not… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
The way we treat animals is the root cause of all the human suffering in the world, from poverty, starvation, disease, and… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
“I believe we need wilderness in order to be more complete human beings, to not be fearful of the animals that we… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
If flies are a great model, they're a great model for flies. These animals, you know, they're not like us. We don't… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
“The Mistress of the Manor (Hoyt calls her MOM) has no idea he shoots the skunks and raccoons he traps on her… — Sarah Kernochan Copy Share Image
“I’d like to see you try to have my job. Around here I’m more connected than a Kennedy. As for our animals,… — Alex Morgan Copy Share Image
Children have an anxious concern for living beings, and the satisfaction of this instinct fills them with delight. It is therefore easy… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
While some animals exhibit individual powers in higher perfection, man stands for their superior, not only in combining in his own body… — George Combe Copy Share Image
“Blake was right. They're a force of nature, like a hurricane or an earthquake.' Rose's smile faded as she registered the intensity… — K. Valisumbra Copy Share Image
“(Quick soapbox moment here for you “animal people” — having a pet, even a dog, is not the same as having children.… — Robin O'Bryant Copy Share Image
We, who think like animals living in small groups, must structure a global world. We believe in universal human rights and believe… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
“The earth is black in front of the cliff, and no orchids grow. Creepers crawl in the brown mud by the path.… — Wu Cheng'en Copy Share Image
“Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland, Beasts of every land and clime, Hearken to my joyful tidings Of the golden future time.… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Sometimes she could swear that she saw, in Joe Grey's eyes, a judgment far too perceptive, a watchfulness too aware and intense… — Shirley Rousseau Murphy Copy Share Image
If we can contain and monitor animal viruses at an earlier stage - when they're first entering human populations, preferably before they've… — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share Image
A surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no point in developing anything at the cost of exploiting and abusing animals. Not only is it important for me… — Kat Von D Copy Share Image
There are so many great animals in our local shelters that people don't really know about. Annually, two to four million animals… — Beth Ostrosky Stern Copy Share Image
“Yet is it not the heart but the members of play that elevate us above the beasts: the fingers with which we… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
In order to turn natural history into a true science, one would have to devote oneself to investigations capable of telling us… — Pierre Louis Maupertuis Copy Share Image
Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons.… — Phil Donahue Copy Share Image
“As to animals," said the Count unexpectedly, "whatever one says, I maintain that the rodent family has a certain charm about it."… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
No consideration at all is given to the interests of the "pests" - the very word "pest" seems to exclude any concern… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“Just as they reached the door to the accommodation section, it opened, and a small boy towing a travel bag along the… — Alan Campbell Copy Share Image
“For a human to win, it is not necessary for a horse to lose. You should not have to take things away… — Cherry Hill Copy Share Image
To an eagle or to an owl or to a rabbit, man must seem a masterful and yet a forlorn animal; he… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
“We may see a Creature with forty-nine heads Who lives in the desolate snow, And whenever he catches a cold (which he… — Roald dahl Copy Share Image
We created a line of pet food called Nutrish that's made to human standards, and 100 percent of the proceeds go to… — Rachael Ray Copy Share Image
“Crossover' is a word scientists use to describe dolphins' soaring over seas, their traveling so free and fast, so high-spirited and almost… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
“But I want to extol not the sweetness nor the placidity of the dog, but the wilderness out of which he cannot… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“There is a tendency to oversimplify the issue of spay/neuter and to promote the essential benefits without recognizing that our animals do… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
“From my chair I had a clear view of Hobie’s Noah’s Ark: paired elephants, zebras, carven beasts marching two by two, clear… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“Rabbits (says Mr. Lockley) are like human beings in many ways. One of these is certainly their staunch ability to withstand disaster… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
I started reading and learned that we don't need any of it - meat, dairy products. We get everything we need without… — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
People are seen as sheep, and as the propagandists way of seeing that the propagandists and wicked hypocrites say they are animals,… — Shawn Cullen Copy Share Image
My grandmother had a courtyard of animals, like goats and chickens. She made ricotta cheese, cooked with potatoes warm from the garden,… — Lidia Bastianich Copy Share Image
“It struck me that the beauty we attribute to children isn’t something they have that we don’t. It's something they do, which… — Christina Carson Copy Share Image
“I know that man started animal husbandry thousands of years ago, and I think it’s disgusting. Men and animals should never be… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image