Animals Quote by Matthew Scully

“Indeed, people speak sometimes about the ‘animal’ cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to animals, no animal could ever be…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“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

“Love the animals: God gave them the rudiments of thought and an untroubled joy.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we…

— Ingrid Newkirk

“The fate of animals is of far greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous.”

— Emile Zola

“Animals, like people, did not ask to be who or what they were, and to make life difficult for others simply for being what…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“Animals are better than humans. They aren’t complicated or evil. They do what they have to do to survive. And they have emotions just…

— E.L. Todd

“I sometimes think that animals are incapable of the kinds of cruelty that humans willingly inflict on each other.”

— Belinda Jeffrey

“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

“When we accustom ourselves to see animals suffer, we in time overcome the natural repugnancy of the sense of anguish, we become less accessible…

— Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël

“Because When you write about people, you inevitably offend--but if you write about animals, the evil do not recognize themselves but the good understand…

— Erica Jong

“When you are in the company of people who look down upon themselves as though they were animals, you too become like an animal.…

— Peter Høeg