Animal Quotes - Page 7

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.

Humans are the only animals who will follow unstable pack leaders.

I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do, but we've got to do it right. We've got to give those animals a decent life, and we've got to give them a painless death. We owe the animal respect.

Why can't you place a blessing like that on us?" I asked. "It only works on wild animals." "So it would only affect Percy," Annabeth reasoned. "Hey!" I protested.

A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage.

If a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth - beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals - would you concede them the rights over you that you assume over other animals?

If I could do anything about the way people behave towards each other, I would, but since I can't, I'll stick to animals.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.

All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.

Christ has something in common with all creatures. With the stone he shares existence, with the plants he shares life, with the animals he shares sensation, and with the angels he shares intelligence. Thus all things are transformed in Christ since in the fullness of his nature he embraces some part of every creature.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

My favorite animal is steak.

I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals-like Lassie.

The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between it and millions of other species of both animals and plants.

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.

I despise 'animal welfare.' That's like saying, 'Let's beat the slaves three times a week instead of five times a week'.

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.

If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.

He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.

One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.

As a general rule, man strives to avoid labor. Love for work is not at all an inborn characteristic: it is created by economic pressure and social education. One may even say that man is a fairly lazy animal. It is on this quality, in reality, that is founded to a considerable extent all human progress; because if man did not strive to expend his energy economically, did not seek to receive the largest possible quantity of products in return for a small quantity of energy, there would have been no technical development or social culture.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.