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Animals Quotes by Mark Twain
- Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.
- I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so-called,) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I…
- Man is the only slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and…
- Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them. They hide…
- It now seems plain to me that that theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one...the Descent of Man from…
- There are no wild animals until man makes them so.
- Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he…
- There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his…
- I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor thing's blood, and…
- If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word…
- You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking…
- Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing…
- I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't...The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting…
- Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is…
- I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I…
- Humor must be one of the chief attributes of God. Plants and animals that are distinctly humorous in form and characteristics are God's jokes.
- God made all the animals in a single day; he could have swept them all away in the flood and re-created them in one day…
- Ignorant people think it's the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it's the sickening grammar they use
- The man that sets out to carry a cat by it's tail learns something that will always be useful and which will never grow dim…
More Animals Quotes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. — Mary Kay Ash
- People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. — David Attenborough
- There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of… — David Attenborough
- The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between… — David Attenborough
- I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work. — David Attenborough
- I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated… — David Attenborough
- If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is… — David Attenborough