--- title: "18 Dead Animals Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 18 Dead Animals quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Dead Animals sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/roman-vishniac-43370_animal_you-can-t-teach-biology-with-a-bottle-co_3089630.png" --- > [You can't teach biology with a bottle containing dead animals and organisms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-vishniac/you-can-t-teach-biology-with-a-bottle-containing-dead-animals-and/) [Roman Vishniac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-vishniac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/roman-vishniac-43370_animal_you-can-t-teach-biology-with-a-bottle-co_3089630.png) > [The only thing you find in the middle of the road are dead animals and dumb Americans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-newcombe/the-only-thing-you-find-in-the-middle-of-the-road-are-dead-animals/) [Anton Newcombe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-newcombe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/anton-newcombe-57166_animal_the-only-thing-you-find-in-the-middle-of_1564311.jpg) > [I do not want to make my stomach a graveyard of dead animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/i-do-not-want-to-make-my-stomach-a-graveyard-of-dead-animals/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/george-bernard-shaw-68_animal_i-do-not-want-to-make-my-stomach-a-grave_1437987.png) > [I-man say don't make jah body a graveyard for de dead animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-marley/i-man-say-don-t-make-jah-body-a-graveyard-for-de-dead-animals/) [Bob Marley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-marley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84a/bob-marley-680_animal_i-man-say-don-t-make-jah-body-a-graveyar_2312854.jpg) > [How many of those dead animals you see on the highway are suicides?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-miller/how-many-of-those-dead-animals-you-see-on-the-highway-are-suicides/) [Dennis Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/dennis-miller-1315_animal_how-many-of-those-dead-animals-you-see-o_902293.png) > [I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/i-choose-not-to-make-a-graveyard-of-my-body-for-the-rotting-corpses/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a62/george-bernard-shaw-68_animal_i-choose-not-to-make-a-graveyard-of-my-b_1565076.png) > [“Half the people I know have dead animals in their freezers: reptiles, birds, mammals. Is that normal?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/half-the-people-i-know-have-dead-animals-in-their-freezers-reptiles/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/771/david-sedaris-333_animal_half-the-people-i-know-have-dead-animals_229779.png) > [Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/fork-an-instrument-used-chiefly-for-the-purpose-of-putting-dead/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/ambrose-bierce-140_fork_fork-an-instrument-used-chiefly-for-the_536481.jpg) > [We wouldn't have to speak so critically if businesses would stop feeding dead animals to live ones, putting non-food substances into food,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donella-meadows/we-wouldn-t-have-to-speak-so-critically-if-businesses-would-stop/) [Donella Meadows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donella-meadows/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/donella-meadows-9060_animals_we-wouldn-t-have-to-speak-so-critically_2160345.png) > [A lot of hip-hop artists wear fur, and they think it's a status symbol. That doesn't register for me; I just see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lee/a-lot-of-hip-hop-artists-wear-fur-and-they-think-it-s-a-status-symbol/) [Tommy Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/tommy-lee-3389_animal_a-lot-of-hip-hop-artists-wear-fur-and-th_2645526.jpg) > [The stars are dead. The animals will not look: We are left alone with our day, and the time is short, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden/the-stars-are-dead-the-animals-will-not-look-we-are-left-alone-with/) [W. H. Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/w-h-auden-856_alas_the-stars-are-dead-the-animals-will-not_2810209.png) > [My point is, to emulate dead animals and their parts as decoration is pretty disgusting, and as a design statement, it also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-farr/my-point-is-to-emulate-dead-animals-and-their-parts-as-decoration-is/) [Hilary Farr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-farr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efd/hilary-farr-15715_animals_my-point-is-to-emulate-dead-animals-and_2027769.jpg) > [To divine the course of world events, you'd do as well to probe the entrails of dead animals. Better still, ask your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bacevich/to-divine-the-course-of-world-events-you-d-do-as-well-to-probe-the/) [Andrew Bacevich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bacevich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53e/andrew-bacevich-26572_affair_to-divine-the-course-of-world-events-you_2220289.jpg) > [“Only yesterday an express train tore up a whole flock of sheep not far from here, over forty dead animals, flung through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elfriede-jelinek/only-yesterday-an-express-train-tore-up-a-whole-flock-of-sheep-not/) [Elfriede Jelinek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elfriede-jelinek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/elfriede-jelinek-4485_fitness_only-yesterday-an-express-train-tore-up_2904992.jpg) > [“From above you could see the chaos of entangled plots on the other side of the road, and a couple of tough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-d-miller/from-above-you-could-see-the-chaos-of-entangled-plots-on-the-other/) [A.D. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-d-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/a-d-miller-51887_russia_from-above-you-could-see-the-chaos-of-en_1977666.jpg) > [“I thought I could wait to tell you until everything was figured out,” she says. “I didn’t think you’d have any contact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-a-cole/i-thought-i-could-wait-to-tell-you-until-everything-was-figured-out/) [Olivia A. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-a-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/olivia-a-cole-30798_animals_i-thought-i-could-wait-to-tell-you-until_183982.jpg) > [“It was an old hunter in camp and the hunter shared tobacco with him and told him of the buffalo and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/it-was-an-old-hunter-in-camp-and-the-hunter-shared-tobacco-with-him-2/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c3/cormac-mccarthy-181_animals_it-was-an-old-hunter-in-camp-and-the-hun_2316648.jpg) > [“It was an old hunter in camp and the hunter shared tobacco with him and told him of the buffalo and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/it-was-an-old-hunter-in-camp-and-the-hunter-shared-tobacco-with-him/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) 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