--- title: "13 Better Animals Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 13 Better Animals quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Better Animals sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/lauren-oliver-109_animal_at-our-heart-at-our-base-we-are-no-bette_3139639.png" --- > [“At our heart, at our base, we are no better than animals.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/at-our-heart-at-our-base-we-are-no-better-than-animals/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/lauren-oliver-109_animal_at-our-heart-at-our-base-we-are-no-bette_3139639.png) > [“better than animals. They might”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-horn/better-than-animals-they-might/) [J.D. Horn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-horn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/j-d-horn-25390_animals_better-than-animals-they-might-1066266_1066266.jpg) > [The priests and the scientists are right about one thing: At our heart, at our base, we are no better than animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/the-priests-and-the-scientists-are-right-about-one-thing-at-our-heart/) [Lauren Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/lauren-oliver-109_animal_the-priests-and-the-scientists-are-right_2271237.png) > [“Four legs good, two legs better! All Animals Are Equal. But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/four-legs-good-two-legs-better-all-animals-are-equal-but-some-animals/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/george-orwell-57_animals_four-legs-good-two-legs-better-all-anima_2216927.jpg) > [By the time I was six, I made an important discovery that I get along much better with animals than humans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/by-the-time-i-was-six-i-made-an-important-discovery-that-i-get-along/) [Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/glenn-gould-13144_animal_by-the-time-i-was-six-i-made-an-importan_1029340.png) > [Now, knowing better, we can act better, we can live better, and give the animals, our children and ourselves a true reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-tuttle/now-knowing-better-we-can-act-better-we-can-live-better-and-give-the/) [Will Tuttle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-tuttle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1f/will-tuttle-37722_animal_now-knowing-better-we-can-act-better-we_796431.jpg) > [If tomorrow we decided only to desist from killing and causing suffering for sport and entertainment, the world would be significantly better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/if-tomorrow-we-decided-only-to-desist-from-killing-and-causing/) [Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/andrew-linzey-22857_achieve_if-tomorrow-we-decided-only-to-desist-fr_32739.jpg) > [If we're so smart and so much better than all the animals, and man rules the world, why can't we just change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miley-cyrus/if-we-re-so-smart-and-so-much-better-than-all-the-animals-and-man/) [Miley Cyrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miley-cyrus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/miley-cyrus-613_animal_if-we-re-so-smart-and-so-much-better-tha_2208246.jpg) > [Well it's true, ever since I stopped eating meat I feel a lot better among animals, I feel I can be much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/well-it-s-true-ever-since-i-stopped-eating-meat-i-feel-a-lot-better/) [Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/leonard-cohen-448_animal_well-it-s-true-ever-since-i-stopped-eati_869904.jpg) > [If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-mccartney/if-slaughterhouses-had-glass-walls-everyone-would-be-vegetarian-we/) [Linda McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-mccartney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/linda-mccartney-18427_animal_if-slaughterhouses-had-glass-walls-every_656670.jpg) > [“Should we only look ourselves?' Rehman said finally. 'Aren't humans better than animals who think only of their own hunger and thirst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/farahad-zama/should-we-only-look-ourselves-rehman-said-finally-aren-t-humans/) [Farahad Zama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/farahad-zama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/farahad-zama-18311_nature-of-man_should-we-only-look-ourselves-rehman-sai_3067571.jpg) > [“You've got to understand that the world's full of men who are little better than animals… Problem is that a man is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-anthony-durham/you-ve-got-to-understand-that-the-world-s-full-of-men-who-are-little/) [David Anthony Durham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-anthony-durham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/david-anthony-durham-28102_animal_you-ve-got-to-understand-that-the-world_2527517.jpg) > [We owe the animals our profoundest apologies. Defenseless and unable to retaliate, they have suffered immense agonies under our domination that most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-tuttle/we-owe-the-animals-our-profoundest-apologies-defenseless-and-unable/) [Will Tuttle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-tuttle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a2/will-tuttle-37722_acting_we-owe-the-animals-our-profoundest-apolo_859084.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-animals/#itemlist", "name": "Better Animals Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“At our heart, at our base, we are no better than animals.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Oliver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-oliver/at-our-heart-at-our-base-we-are-no-better-than-animals/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/lauren-oliver-109_animal_at-our-heart-at-our-base-we-are-no-bette_3139639.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/lauren-oliver-109_animal_at-our-heart-at-our-base-we-are-no-bette_3139639.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/lauren-oliver-109_animal_at-our-heart-at-our-base-we-are-no-bette_3139639.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At our heart, at our base, we are no better than animals.” — Lauren Oliver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“better than animals. 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