--- title: "10 Talk Animals Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Talk Animals quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Talk Animals sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/benjamin-hoff-4297_animal_lots-of-people-talk-to-animals-not-very_413259.png" --- > [Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-hoff/lots-of-people-talk-to-animals-not-very-many-listen-though-that-s-the/) [Benjamin Hoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-hoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/benjamin-hoff-4297_animal_lots-of-people-talk-to-animals-not-very_413259.png) > [“Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-a-milne-2/some-people-talk-to-animals-not-many-listen-though-that-s-the-problem/) [A.A. Milne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-a-milne-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/a-a-milne-2-10056_animal_some-people-talk-to-animals-not-many-lis_2324706.jpg) > [If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages, maybe take an animal degree...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-harrison/if-we-could-talk-to-the-animals-learn-their-languages-maybe-take-an/) [Rex Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/291/rex-harrison-30210_animal_if-we-could-talk-to-the-animals-learn-th_966713.png) > [I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/i-wanted-to-talk-to-the-animals-like-dr-dolittle/) [Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/jane-goodall-950_animal_i-wanted-to-talk-to-the-animals-like-dr_109468.jpg) > [I think the way I can sing the way I sing is because of the way I talk to my animals. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-lupone/i-think-the-way-i-can-sing-the-way-i-sing-is-because-of-the-way-i/) [Patti LuPone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-lupone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/patti-lupone-16503_animal_i-think-the-way-i-can-sing-the-way-i-sin_1309505.png) > [I was very independent growing up, but there were things that were bothering me that I never told anybody. I would talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-jackson/i-was-very-independent-growing-up-but-there-were-things-that-were/) [Janet Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/janet-jackson-2288_animal_i-was-very-independent-growing-up-but-th_1428278.jpg) > [If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-talk-to-the-animals-they-will-talk-with-you-and-you-will-know/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/anonymous-1_animal_if-you-talk-to-the-animals-they-will-tal_2495842.jpg) > [One thing to remember is to talk to the animals. If you do, they will talk back to you. But if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-dan-george/one-thing-to-remember-is-to-talk-to-the-animals-if-you-do-they-will/) [Chief Dan George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-dan-george/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dac/chief-dan-george-28655_animal_one-thing-to-remember-is-to-talk-to-the_1240945.jpg) > [ We cannot talk with \[animals\] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-hall/we-cannot-talk-with-animals-as-we-can-with-human-beings-yet-we-can/) [Rebecca Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/rebecca-hall-3694_animal_we-cannot-talk-with-animals-as-we-can-wi_2945539.png) > [“It was my father who taught me to talk to animals.He said they understand a hell of a lot more than we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-johnson/it-was-my-father-who-taught-me-to-talk-to-animals-he-said-they/) [Craig Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17f/craig-johnson-3716_animals_it-was-my-father-who-taught-me-to-talk-t_569624.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/talk-animals/#itemlist", "name": "Talk Animals Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lots of people talk to animals... 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