Animals Quotes

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Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harrass them, don't deprive them of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God. — John Henry Newman
Fairies are angels who reside very close to the Earth so that they can perform their Divine mission of protecting nature and animals. — Doreen Virtue
Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventure, and for hides and furs is a phenomena which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is… — Dalai Lama
According to the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, fish have feelings too. Whenever my sons go fishing they always tell me, "Dad… — Donald Trump
Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And after I've finished… — James Stewart
It was the love of love, the love of swallows up all else, a grateful love, a love of natural, of people, of animals, a… — William Carlos Williams
Animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. Neither do I. Maybe that's why we get along. — Charles Bukowski
Look, PETA! If God hadn't wanted us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them so darn tasty! — Stephen Colbert
The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others. — Saint John Chrysostom
When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I always wondered who got his horse. — George Carlin
If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave. — Theophile Gautier
The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact. — P.G. Wodehouse
By and large, people who enjoy teaching animals to roll over will find themselves happier with a dog. — Barbara Holland
Few animals display their mood via facial expressions as distinctly as cats. — Konrad Lorenz
For me, one of the pleasures of cats company is their devotion to bodily comfort. — Compton Mackenzie
Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. — Compton Mackenzie
You can keep a dog: but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. — George Mikes
Cats are a standing rebuke to behavioral scientists wanting to know how the minds of animals work. The mind of a cat is an unscrutable… — Lewis Thomas
If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. — Albert Einstein

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