Affection Quote by George Bernard Shaw

[Animals] appreciate others' affection, they also have the sort of ability to show their own affection. And then as soon as we're born, child,…

— Dalai Lama

When you have an animal in your home, a relationship forms very quickly, where that animal ceases to be an animal to you. It…

— Elijah Wood

The more we come in contact with animals and observe their behaviour, the more we love them, for we see how great is their…

— Immanuel Kant

“We’re social animals with a biological imperative to reproduce. That’s it. That’s all. Love is a neurochemical response with a shelf life long enough…

— The Coquette

Animal lovers often tend to be misanthropes or loners, and so they transfer their affection to the creature in their control.

— Paul Theroux

Cats, dogs, and some I mean, birds, many species of mammals, they also have the sort of potential to show affection firstly because of…

— Dalai Lama

“Sometimes conceiving an affection for an animal is easier than for a human.”

— Arto Paasilinna

The intuitive connection children feel with animals can be a tremendous source of joy. The unconditional love received from pets, and the lack of…

— Frans de Waal

One of the things that I always think about is the emotional sophistication of animals and how much we're learning about the emotional sophistication…

— Bryan Fuller

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively selfish and…

— George Bernard Shaw

“Though reason must guide us in laying down standards and laws regarding animals, and in examining the arguments of those who reject such standards,…

— Matthew Scully

The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable—namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial…

— Charles Darwin