“As an animal lover, I don’t like zoos. I feel the only creatures that should be caged behind bars are politicians, lobbyists,… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The newspapers do little better. Their coverage of nonhuman animals is dominated by "human interest" events like the birth of a baby… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Adult gorillas will fight to the death defending their families. This is why poachers who may be seeking only one infant for… — Sy Montgomery Copy Share Image
National parks, zoos, protected areas, polluted seas - using the whole world as a readymade, I thought about it as a stage… — Aleksandra Mir Copy Share Image
When I saw the sun bears at the Oakland Zoo, I immediately was drawn to them. Not to be ornery, but regarding… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
The zoo cannot but disappoint. The public purpose of zoos is to offer visitors the opportunity of looking at animals. Yet nowherein… — John Berger Copy Share Image
Many Americans think of the rest of the world as a kind of Disneyland, a showplace for quaint fauna, flora and artifacts.… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
It is hard to get mad at Donald Trump for saying stupid things, in the same way you don't get mad at… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
My father never cheated on my mother. He used to cheat on me. He used to pick other kids after school. Take… — Dom Irrera Copy Share Image
They used to have a smoking section at most airports. No more. They now have these glass-encased rooms. You're not just a… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
The voice of the natural world would be, "Could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I'm less upset with politicians than the media. I feel like politicians, there is a certain, inherent - you know, the way… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I think she is going to find you too old... Yes that was it, the moment she said it I knew it… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
The Zoo is a prison for animals who have been sentenced without trial and I feel guilty because I do nothing about… — Russell Hoban Copy Share Image
Traveling across the United States, it's easy to see why Americans are often thought of as stupid. At the San Diego Zoo,… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I am personally not against keeping animals at zoos, as they serve a huge educational purpose, but treating them well and with… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Ageing is very rare. We only see it in humans and laboratory animals and in zoo animals and in our pets. Basically,… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
The surprise of animals... in and out, cats and dogs and a milk goat and chickens and guinea hens, all taken for… — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
What right do we have to claim, as some might, that human beings are the only inhabitants of our planet blessed with… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
I remember once reading that it is still not understood how the giraffe manages to pump an adequate blood supply all the… — Robert Solow Copy Share Image
I bet it breaks your heart to have two of your friends pine for me the way they do," he said proudly.… — Ellen Schreiber Copy Share Image
What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and zoos to… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Unlike accredited zoos like the Bronx Zoo, San Diego Zoo, the Los Angeles Zoo, these are private menageries, and these people are… — Eric Goode Copy Share Image
In my low periods, I wondered what was the point of creating art. For whom? Are we animating God? Are we talking… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
...there was the annual Fourth of July picketing at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. ...I thought it was ridiculous to have to go… — Martha Shelley Copy Share Image
When I take my kids to the zoo in Los Angeles, they always look the longest at the creature that moves the… — Julian Sands Copy Share Image
Those who take knowledge to be a whole zoo of sub-disciplines will react to my giving metaphysics a privileged position in that… — Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra Copy Share Image
Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
It has got to the point in this country where men believe they are men, just because that is their birthright. If… — William Powell Copy Share Image
“Wolves as symbols of wilderness are so culturally important that we humans will go to great lengths to protect the species purity,… — Emma Marris Copy Share Image
My own first love was biology. I spent a great part of my adolescence in the Natural History museum in London (and… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin (his wife). When we got to… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
At school, our classroom had a small rodent zoo consisting of two rabbits, three hamsters, a litter of baby gerbils and a… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
It was wrong to capture wild animals and confine them in captivity for people to go and gawk at them. And that's… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I like to do chill things on dates. I think it would be fun to go to the zoo. I know it's… — Ashlee Simpson Copy Share Image
I understand the people-watching, but I've never done it where people have to race to three different shows, from here to there.… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
A good zoo," Stella said, "is a large domain. A wild cage. A safe place to be. It has room to roam… — Katherine Applegate Copy Share Image
I was always fascinated with animals and I wanted to go to the zoo all the time. When I got older and… — Marcus Hudson Copy Share Image
The chimpanzees in the zoos do it, Some courageous kangaroos do it Let's do it, let's fall in love. I'm sure giraffes… — Cole Porter Copy Share Image
My favorite species to study would be Cobras and King Cobras which are two different families. They're very intelligent, and they're beautiful… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
