Animal Quote by John Muir

“Humans are animals, but aren’t we supposed to be civilized animals?”

— Justine Monikue

We are civilized animals, right? Then why do we continue to slaughter for sport? What if you were a Chicken, how would you feel?…

— Buckethead

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Is not the history of real civilization the slow and gradual emancipation of the intellect, of the judgment, from the mastery of passion? Is…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

No man, however civilized, can listen for very long to African drumming, or Indian chanting, or Welsh hymn singing, and retain intact his critical…

— Aldous Huxley

No doubt it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. That work is already advanced and is making progress every day. But…

— Victor Hugo

…their eager, childlike attention was refreshing to see as compared with the decent, deathlike apathy of weary civilized people, in whom natural curiosity has…

— John Muir

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity...

— John Muir

Juliet's version of cleanliness was next to godliness, which was to say it was erratic, past all understanding and was seldom seen.

— Terry Pratchett

Women are dirt searchers; their greatest worth is irradicating rings on collars and tables. Never mind real-estate boards' corruption and racism, here's your soapsuds.…

— Florynce Kennedy

There is a road to freedom. Its milestones are obedience, endeavour, honesty, order, cleanliness, sobriety, truthfulness, sacrifice, and love of the fatherland.

— Adolf Hitler

I think toilets are more important than temples. No matter how many temples we go to, we are not going to get salvation. We…

— Jairam Ramesh