Zoos Quotes

135 quotes by 118 authors

The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo. — Desmond Morris
What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what… — Abbe Pierre
Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo. — Paul Simon
Life is a zoo in a jungle. — Peter De Vries
I'm in the middle of my sixth book, which is about animals at the Los Angeles Zoo. — Betty White
I'm not into animal rights. I'm only into animal welfare and health. I've been with the Morris Animal Foundation since the '70s. We're a health… — Betty White
I always wanted to be a zookeeper when I was growing up, and I've wound up a zookeeper! I've been working with the Los Angeles… — Betty White
I've worked with the Los Angeles Zoo for 45 years, and we have this magnificent photographer, Tad Motoyama. He takes these wonderful, wonderful animal pictures.… — Betty White
I am personally not against keeping animals at zoos, as they serve a huge educational purpose, but treating them well and with respect seems the… — Frans de Waal
what sets wilderness apart in the modern day is not that it's dangerous (it's almost certainly safer than any town or road) or that it's… — Bill McKibben
Betty took him for a walk in the zoo and he was amused by her evident belief in the curative power of animals. She seemed… — Nathanael West
...people who believe in God think God has put human beings on earth because they think human beings are the best animal, but human beings… — Mark Haddon
At the foot of the mountain, the park ended and suddenly all was squalor again. I was once more struck by this strange compartmentalization that… — Bill Bryson
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for… — Rachel Carson
I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both. — Yann Martel
I live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South. I was wondering if it… — J D Salinger
Undressing her was an act of recklessness, a kind of vandalism, like releasing a zoo full of animals, or blowing up a dam. — Michael Chabon
To me, these people were as exotic as animals in a zoo. I'd never seen anything like them. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to… — Augusten Burroughs
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit and the vermin of the world inhabit it and its morals aren't worth what… — Stephen Sondheim
I believe that the best way to create good living conditions for any animal, whether it's a captive animal living in a zoo, a farm… — Temple Grandin

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