To understand animal thinking you've got to get away from a language. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
All animals and people have the same core emotion systems in the brain. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Animals do have emotion. But fear tends to be one of the most primal emotions. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“Animals like novelty if they can choose to investigate it; they fear novelty if you shove it in their faces.” — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The animal that I have worked with the most is beef cattle, so that's my favorite animal, but I like all animals. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of people that are really good at taming animals and working with animals; and they can't explain how… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Research has shown that a barren environment is much more damaging to baby animals than it is to adult animals. It does… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You got to get away from words if you want to understand any animal. It thinks in pictures, it thinks in smells,… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
It is important that our relationship with farm animals is reciprocal. We owe animals a decent life and a painless death. I… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I know a lot of animal communicators and I think a lot of them are just good behaviorists because they pick up… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
In my opinion, one of the greatest animal-welfare problems is the physical abuse of livestock during transportation.... Typical abuses I have witnessed… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Let's get into talking about how autism is similar animal behavior. The thing is I don't think in a language, and animals… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Well the dog that is the most is the a Labrador retrievers because they tolerate kids tugging on them and things better… — Temple Grandin 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… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I studied a lot of animal behavior and one of the things I find really interesting is the whole idea that animals… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
An animal’s memory is not in words, they’ve got to be in pictures – it’s very detailed so let’s say the animal… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Animals are like autistic savants. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that animals might actually be autistic savants. Animals… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I believe that the best way to create good living conditions for any animal, whether it's a captive animal living in a… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
My problems are sort of more on a nuisance level. I can't stand scratchy clothes, I've got to have soft kinds of cotton against… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Language just gradually came in, one or two stressed words a time. Before then, I would just scream. I couldn't talk. I couldn't get… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Autism is a big continuum, going from someone who remains nonverbal, all the way up to geniuses on Silicon Valley. And some kids are… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Some people with autism who don't talk, all they hear are vowel sounds. Like if I said 'cup,' they might just hear 'uh.' — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Animals do have emotion. But fear tends to be one of the most primal emotions. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
I think that the definition of autism is too broad. You got to remember, autism definition is a behavioral profiling. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection. — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
There is a small segment of people with autism that have savant skills, where they can memorize entire maps of whole entire city. They… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
here's certain things that are similar to cats and dogs. Dogs are just hyper social and they have a want to please you way… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer? — Temple Grandin 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)
