Christians tell me that they have a higher destiny than the lower animals, because Homo Sapiens can reason. But the Bible tells… — Ruth Hurmence Green Copy Share Image
The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Fireflies out on a warm summer's night, seeing the urgent, flashing, yellow-white phosphorescence below them, go crazy with desire; moths cast to… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
You have never seen such animals as these who without a sound or a sign carry you off. You race with them… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
Based on the Bible, I believe that all the land animals were made on day six, and Adam and Eve were made… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
“Despite all their flaws, zoos wake us up. They invite us to step outside our most basic assumptions. Offered for our contemplation,… — Thomas French Copy Share Image
The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain. This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I would love to be more specific, but really, any type of bird is the funniest animal. They have to move awkwardly… — Kurt Braunohler Copy Share Image
“Many of us shrink from judicial execution of even the most horrible human criminals, while we cheerfully countenance the shooting without trial… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Most people come to Africa to see large or outlandish animals in the wild, while some others — “the new gang —… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“the mangrove killfish, lives in South American and southern US coastal swamps that can either dry up or become so toxic that… — Karen Shanor Copy Share Image
Meat is undoubtedly an environmentally expensive food. Large animals have inherently low efficiency of converting feed to muscle, and only modern broilers… — Vaclav Smil Copy Share Image
Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people. Wherever one notices them, they constitute… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She sighed, annoyed at her restlessness. “So,” she said, disrupting Wolf in another backward glance. “Who would win in a fight—you or… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
It seems increasingly dogs are attacking humans in response to their slavery... AND, wildlife in captivity are also attacking their enslavers AND… — Adela Popescu Copy Share Image
“Let’s not forget another major factor to animal distribution — humans! Humans have been involved since the Flood. In fact, due to… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
“You know, sir, this operation is not, in any hands, a hundred percent predictable?" "Well, I'm an optimist." "I didn't know there… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
“There is something deeply awe-inspiring about the sight of any living creatures in incomputable numbers; it stirs, perhaps, some atavistic chord whose… — Gavin Maxwell Copy Share Image
Nobody knows, understands or can possibly explain why that preposterous creature does what he does. In fact there is no explanation -… — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
Humans like to think of themselves as unusual. We've got big brains that make it possible for us to think, and we… — Mark Pagel Copy Share Image
Of all animals, the outward form of the Lion is the most striking ; his look is bold and confident; his gait… — William Pinnock Copy Share Image
These are things I'd never seen before, they were very disturbing and they were very compelling to try and do something to… — Jan Cameron Copy Share Image
Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I fear animals regard man as a creature of their own kind which has in a highly dangerous fashion lost its healthy… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When I watch animals, I realize I am watching individual with lives that matter, to them. It isn't just another chicken or… — Jonathan Balcombe Copy Share Image
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“I don't mean to defend zoos. Close them all down if you want (and let us hope that what wildlife remains can… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Animals are not just other species. They are other nations. And we murder them at our peril. The peace map is drawn… — Philip Wollen Copy Share Image
I have mild albinism, which means I am very sensitive to light, so the animal representation of my spirit would have to… — Sarah Monette Copy Share Image
Let the advocate of animal food, force himself to a decisive experiment on its fitness, and as Plutarch recommends, tear a living… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I, myself, sank into that abysmal pit of feeling utterly worthless, useless and burdensome. Caring for an animal, especially one that's been… — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
Scientists who study play, in animals and humans alike, are developing a consensus view that play is something more than a way… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
I wish I were like an animal with natural instincts. Then I could find a mate without fear. I could tell the… — Guardian Copy Share Image
First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My aim is to advocate that we make this mental switch in respect of our attitudes and practices towards a very large… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“Some animal rights activists are demanding vegetarianism, even veganism now, or nothing. But since only 4 or 5 percent of Americans claim… — Steven Wise Copy Share Image
We can move water easily with plastic pipes. We can move shade around with nursery cloth like a tinker toy for animals… — Joel Salatin Copy Share Image
“Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their ‘beliefs.’ The reason is… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
The reason we love nature is because it's fascinating and we love all the creatures, but if you watch any nature film,… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
