Quotes About Animals

Animals have always left me with a curiosity about human nature. I trust animals more than most people.

We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.

You can't give wild animals food and then take it away." Stevie pointed a finger at Charlie and snarled through gritted teeth, "So if that means you need to bake, bitch. Bake!

From the perspective of many ethical vegans, the "What about plants?" question sounds absurd. Does the omnivore really believe in plants' rights? More likely, the vegan assumes, the omnivore is suggesting that granting rights to animals is as ridiculous as granting rights to plants. But perhaps the non-vegan sincerely wants to hear the vegan's answer to this seemingly-rhetorical question.

I go about looking at horses and cattle. They eat grass, make love, work when they have to, bear their young. I am sick with envy of them.

I hope people don't take kittens on a whim, like they would a toy, then not care for them.

Dulcie said there were no cats in the Bible, but Kit wasn't sure she believed that. Why would there be horses and cows and dogs, wild pigs and weasels, but no cats? Why, when everyone knew that a little cat would have to be God's favorite?

Toto wusste, dass Tiere über die gleiche Intelligenz verfügen wie Menschen und allein durch eine Verkettung unglücklicher evolutionärer Umstände in Körper ohne Stimme und ohne praktische Hände geboren werden.

When people are very young they see animals as equals, even as kin. That humans are different, unique and superior to all other species - this they have to be taught.

Like Gabriela, she liked animals because they behaved in a natural way; if they were hungry they ate nonstop, if they were thirsty they drank until they were full, if they were in heat they made love desperately, if they were tired they slept at any hour of the day, if they were furious they bit or scratched or killed their enemy. It is true is that they also died and that dying is ridiculous, but they were so meticulous, so precise.

think I none so simple would say that Aesop lied in the tales of his beasts: for who thinks that Aesop writ it for actually true were well worthy to have his name chronicled among the beasts he writeth of.

Dogs want only love but cats demand worship.

Most of us are animal lovers. We insist that we love all animals equally - the hamster, the weasel, and the zebra - but if pressed, we will admit to being either a cat person or a dog person.

If you claim to 'love' animals but you eat animal products, you need to think critically about how you understand love.

Animals are a continuous source of inspiration and wonder to me. I would love to play a dog.

Animals were my passion from even before I could speak apparently. When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan.

The French, who love their dogs, sometimes eat their horses. The Spanish, who love their horses, sometimes eat their cows. The Indians, who love their cows, sometimes eat their dogs.

I love pets, especially dogs.

I really love animals. My cat is my little soul mate. He's not just a cat, he's my friend.

My dad, Donald, was a vet and had a practice in Yorkshire. Cats and dogs were his bread and butter, but his greatest love was large animals.

I think the unconditional love you get from an animal, especially a dog, is better than anything else.

Animals speak with pure affection. It's important to me to get something going in NY so we can get to be a no-kill city, and give the animals homes and more attention and love.

I love that India has declared dolphins non-human people with all laws that apply to human. I'm fascinated with the alien-ness of that.

Love is a universal force, like gravity, that holds the solar system together and pours into our hearts as life-force - and gets expressed to us most beautifully by small children and animals.