Animal Quote by J.D. Salinger

My point of view is that men are basically animals, and I'm okay with that.

— Bryan Callen

My ethics are basically around animals. I cannot do animals in distress. I was able to shut myself off with humans, and in a…

— Harry Benson

“There are men who cannot hear animals," he said. "And then there are men who cannot hear anything at all.”

— Mark Twain

I always befriended animals and have said many a good word for them. Even to the least-loved mosquitoes I gave many a meal, and…

— John Muir

“As to animals," said the Count unexpectedly, "whatever one says, I maintain that the rodent family has a certain charm about it." "The rodent…

— Yukio Mishima

“‘Yes, but humans are more important than animals,’ said Brutha. ‘This is a point of view often expressed by humans,’ said Om.”

— Terry Pratchett

“It was my father who taught me to talk to animals.He said they understand a hell of a lot more than we think they…

— Craig Johnson

A million years of evolution, Eric said bitterly, and what are we? Animals.

— Sylvia Plath

“[Y]ou’re someone who took up birds in the first place because they fired your imagination; they fascinated you because ‘they seemed of all created…

— J.D. Salinger

We must love animals in such a powerful way that we should reject to eat them!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one…

— Ernest Becker

Practically all animals which move fast in a homogeneous medium have found means of giving their body a streamlined shape, thereby reducing friction to…

— Konrad Lorenz