Animal Quote by River Phoenix Download Open image “Animals are not our playthings. We are on this earth to protect them. It's our duty.” — River Phoenix ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Animal Animals Duty Earth Nature Protect
We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defence of these uses is our… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment or for any exploitative purpose. — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I've always been very bonded to animals - more so than most people. (laughs) I don't think that they can defend themselves, so we… — Jennie Garth Copy Share Image
We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
I really believe that we have a responsibility, almost a sacred responsibility, to the animals that share this planet with us. — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
Animals are not here for us to do as we please with. We are not their superiors, we are their equals. We are their… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
God requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help. Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection. — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
There is a certain consideration, and a general duty of humanity, that binds us not only to the animals, which have life and feeling,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I've always felt somewhat out of place with other kids my own age", said River. "I was constantly reminded by people's reaction to our… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
Although I can't stop all cruelty to living creatures on the planet, I can be kinder to every living creature in my life. — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
It's a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies. — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
I really like acting because you can create a character. You can make someone who has never existed before. That's neat. — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish I wasn't as conscious as I am. It would be so much easier. — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, it's not that important.… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace. But it's a small link. There are lots of other issues: apartheid , vivisection, political prisoners,… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
I feel that there are great minds up there who would like to see what I can do with an Oscar nomination. I guess… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free feeling. I'm glad I didn't have a… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
I was 3-years-old - to this day it is a vivid memory. My family and I were on a boat, catching fish. As one… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
Animals know nothing of themselves, and they also know nothing of the world. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
We must love animals in such a powerful way that we should reject to eat them! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
This brings me back to the image of Kafka standing before a fish in the Berlin aquarium, a fish on which his gaze fell… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Animal rights without veganism is like human rights with slavery. It makes no sense. None whatsoever. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
It’s a small thing to help one animal, but to that one animal it’s a big thing — Gene Baur Copy Share Image
Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check.… — Alan Abel Copy Share Image
We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
