Animal Quote by David E. Cooper

“Because different cultures see a particular animal as representing a certain human virtue or vice, the use of animal imagery also allows for more…

— Larry Herzberg

It is obvious that the great majority of humans throughout history have had grossly, even ridiculously, unrealistic concepts of the world. Man is, among…

— George Gaylord Simpson

My assumption is that fundamentally the picture of the human animal, as developed by Freud, is largely right.

— Peter Gay

...the program of scientific experimentation that leads you to conclude that animals are imbeciles is profoundly anthropocentric. It values being able to find your…

— J. M. Coetzee

No other animal on earth has portrayed such a disregard for life than mankind.

— Anthony D. Williams

It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also…

— Blaise Pascal

“No beast of reality, or creature of imagination, is as terrible as mankind. Or as loving. It’s a contradiction. I’ve always liked contradictions. Today…

— David Estes

Animals have their tragic and their comic side, and resemble us in many ways. They, too, have their distinctions and individualities. Many people believe…

— Manfred Kyber

“We talk of humans behaving indistinguishably from animals; this view is an insult to animals, as they would not treat other creatures of their…

— George Korankye

The evolutionary vision is agnostic in regard to systems in the universe of greater complexity than those of which human beings have clear knowledge.…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

There is increasing social concern about our use of nonhumans for experiments, food, clothing and entertainment. This concern about animals reflects both our own…

— Gary L. Francione

The animal has no intellectual capacity to justify or to find reasons to exist. An animal just exists because it's the natural thing to…

— Steven Spielberg