Kind 'Guardian' readers have been forwarding me round robin Christmas newsletters for years now: lengthy missives full of perfect children, exotic holidays,… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
“My dear Orga is here on my lap, sleeping blissfully after I spoilt her with the best cuts of meat from the… — Heather Fawcett 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
Children all over the world consort quite naturally with animals. They don't see any dividing line. That is something they have to… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Even in a culture where people are well meaning, there are sometimes 'microaggressions.' People who will just cut you off. You'll be… — Susan Wojcicki Copy Share Image
My scrapbook albums are about capturing and saving the everyday joys of my whole family. In fact, in lots of ways, it's… — Nancy O'Dell Copy Share Image
We were impelled to remain loyal for a while to the memory of Penny. It was a form of the old fashioned… — Derek Tangye Copy Share Image
There are few things sweeter in this world than the guileless, hotheaded, intemperate, open admiration of a junior. Even a woman in… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Between pets, comedy and toys, I try to surround myself with as much fun stuff as I can. That's how I pick… — Eric Stonestreet Copy Share Image
Indians still consider the whites a brutal people who treat their children like enemies - playthings, too, coddling them like pampered pets… — Mari Sandoz Copy Share Image
Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Some people - which I don't understand - kind of get mad like I'm disrespecting shoes. I'm like, 'They are sneakers, they… — P. J. Tucker Copy Share Image
If you're ever selling your house, and some people come by, and a big rat comes out and he's dragging the rattrap… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
You can also hurt a dog if it's insecure, if a dog is nervous and then you try to pet him, you… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
That is the injustice of a woman's lot. A woman has to bring up her children; and that means to restrain them,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Having pets can teach us a lot of things. For kids, they are often their first lesson in responsibility, and being responsible… — Cesar Millan Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything that I would really baulk at doing on-screen. I don't think so. I've got certain pet peeves… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Men give us most rarely that which we really want, not favor, but - Justice. Nothing is easier than to coax them… — Frances Power Cobbe Copy Share Image
You dont have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them ... One day, we would like an end to… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
I pushed him away, catching Lee's awe that I was not only standing with a demon outside a circle, but that Al… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
When I was young I had a security blanket and a pet dog. The dog got sick and died and the blanket… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I had a Super Beetle that I restored and painted deep purple in honor of Jimi Hendrix that was stolen. After that,… — Tamara Taylor Copy Share Image
The men and woman who make the best boon companions seem to have given up hope of doing something else...some defect of… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
i made myself a snowball As perfect as can be. I thought I'd keep it as a pet, And let it sleep… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
She bounded before me, and returned to my side, and was off again like a young greyhound; and, at first, I found… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
Nature does not capriciously scatter her secrets as golden gifts to lazy pets and luxurious darlings, but imposes tasks when she presents… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
We may be losing the ability to understand animals who are not pets or horses. We have less contact with them. We… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Even in half demon hunter clothes, Clary thought, he looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house to pick… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
It is fun to think about your pet moonlighting as a water delivery man, or a bouncer at a bar. Thinking about… — Eric Stonestreet Copy Share Image
I can't imagine my life without animals. I have two dogs and three cats. Coming home and finding them all lined up… — Halle Berry 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 think we all make our own families, whether they're comprised of blood relations or friends. Some people are lucky and love… — Jane Cleland Copy Share Image
Eve: "She had big plans for me. Kind of a pet, I imagine. Like William. Her little trained dog. And with you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even as a child I was fascinated by death, not in a spiritual sense, but in an aesthetic one. A hamster or… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“A common misconception is that pets have easy lives. They don’t have to do any work to find food and shelter or… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
I think human self-hatred may be the great untold story of the millennium. It's the common thread linking deep ecology and animal… — Annie Gottlieb Copy Share Image
My mother and dad were big animal lovers, too. I just don't know how I would have lived without animals around me.… — Betty White Copy Share Image
Talking, texting or tweeting on your phone is the worst in any social situation. I went to a lunch during Paris Fashion… — Derek Blasberg Copy Share Image
“Animals are not genderless objects. “He” and “she” are vast improvements over “it.” “Who” is more fitting than “that” or “which.” (So,… — Jessica Pierce Copy Share Image
The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image