Not bad in short, though the last one [understanding the language of animals], isn't half as useful as you might expect, since… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
The moral duty of man consists of imitating the moral goodness and beneficence of God, manifested in the creation towards all his… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
A faint light burned in the pit revealing a furry creature hunched over a stone slab, fiddling with something. At first Gregor… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Why did Dodgson just stand there like that? That's not the way to act around predators. You get caught around lions, you… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Without knowing it, we utilize hundreds of products each day that owe their origin to wild animals and plants. Indeed our welfare… — Norman Myers Copy Share Image
I have long admired the visceral storytelling and moral complexity of John Vaillant’s brilliant non-fiction about humankind’s tragically ambivalent relationship with the… — John Burnham Schwartz Copy Share Image
Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed the fact that after Hurricane Katrina, people… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
When I was thinking up that title, I was taking it from a more cynical approach. Saying 'God Save the Animals' wasn't… — Alex G Copy Share Image
Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
After dealing with so much dark energy and investigating violent people for my job, I value creatures with pure souls - animals,… — Zak Bagans Copy Share Image
Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [...]. He says they consent to die because their animals and… — Nancy Farmer Copy Share Image
“Our Beasts and our Thieves and our Chattels Have weight for good or for ill; But the Poor are only His image,… — Adelaide Anne Procter Copy Share Image
I grew up on a farm, so there were rifles around. Every March around springtime, there's a big hunt that goes on,… — Joseph Mawle Copy Share Image
I just realized that if it's really compassion that drives you, maybe it's not enough just to stop eating animals but you… — Patrik Baboumian Copy Share Image
King of the animals — as thou hast described him — I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Fans of the hit HGTV show 'Fixer Upper' are well aware that its stars, Chip and Joanna Gaines, live on a farm… — Kelly Evans Copy Share Image
The discussion of animal rights in jallikattu has been misunderstood. We know that the tails of the bulls are broken, that chilly… — Amala Akkineni 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
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
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
...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
“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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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'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
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
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
“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
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
“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 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
“Beasts avoid the dangers which they see, and when they have escaped them are free from care; but we men torment ourselves… — Seneca Copy Share Image
![“Not bad in short, though the last one [understanding the language of animals], isn't half as useful as you might expect, since when all's said and done the language of the beasts tends to revolve around: a) the endless hunt for food, b) finding a warm bush to sleep in the evening, and c) the…” quote by Jonathan Stroud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/jonathan-stroud-3021_animal_not-bad-in-short-though-the-last-one-und_2747505.png)
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