Animals Quote by Dean Koontz

“Interpreting dog behavior through the lens of wolf behavior is even worse than anthropomorphizing: it’s a human anthropomorphizing wolf behavior and using that flawed…

— Gregory Berns

“Just as humanity has extended this basic equal consideration to humans (including those who were once outside of our moral community), we must extend…

— Bob Torres

“For any anthropomorphism we use to describe our dogs, we can ask two questions: One, is there a natural behavior this action might have…

— Alexandra Horowitz

“Yet still, beneath all the marketing and social construction of attitudes and desires and shopping habits, there is a deep yearning for connection. The…

— Jessica Pierce

“People seem to deny the existence of animal emotions so that they can continue to justify inhumane treatment and exploitation and avoid the fact…

— Stacey O'Brien

Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.

— James Cromwell

“Humankind is drawn to dogs because they are so like ourselves—bumbling, affectionate, confused, easily disappointed, eager to be amused, grateful for kindness and the…

— Patricia B. McConnell

“Anthropomorphism originally meant the attribution of human characteristics to God. It is curious that the word is now used almost exclusively to ascribe human…

— joy williams

Pets inspire many different types of behaviour in their owners, mostly ranging from adoration to ridiculous obsessiveness, in my experience.

— Sheherazade Goldsmith

“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

Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute human thoughts and feelings to them.

— Jim Davis

“As sentimentality towards animals can be overindulged, so, too, can grim realism, seeing only the things we want in animals and not the animals…

— Matthew Scully