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What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected. Chief Seattle Animals 834
No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor, but honest. Bertrand Russell Animals 804
Animals are such agreeable friends; they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. George Eliot Animals 176
Clearly animals know more than we think and think a great deal more than we know. Irene M. Pepperberg Animals 138
When a dog runs at you, whistle for him. Henry David Thoreau Animals 127
Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals, love them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. Edwin Way Teale Animals 127
The trouble with a kitten is That Eventually it becomes a Cat. Ogden Nash Animals 110
I think using animals for food is an ethical thing to do but weve got to do it right. Weve got to give those animals a decent life and weve got to give them a painless death. We owe the animal respect. Temple Grandin Animals 104
The owl of ignorance lays the egg of pride. Proverbs Animals 100
What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us. Marcus Tullius Cicero Animals 100
..the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man. Yann Martel Animals 99
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Sir Winston Churchill Animals 98
In seeking honey expect the sting of bees. Arabian Proverb Animals 94
Fierce and poisonous animals were created for terrifying man, in order that he might be made aware of the final judgment in hell. John Wesley Animals 93
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain Animals 92
Is it not wonderful that the love of the animal parent should be so violent while it lasts and that it should last no longer than is necessary for the preservation of the young? Joseph Addison Animals 92
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. Josh Billings Animals 91
People speak sometimes about the bestial cruelty of man but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts no animal could ever be so cruel as a man so artfully so artistically cruel. Fyodor Dostoevsky Animals 91
Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures. Thomas De Quincey Animals 90
The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each tooth point goes. Rudyard Kipling Animals 89
Happiness to a dog is what lies on the other side of a door. Charleton Jr. Ogburn Animals 89
A fence should be horse high, hog tight and bull strong. Source Unknown Animals 88
A sparrow fluttering about the church is an antagonist which the most profound theologian in Europe is wholly unable to overcome. Sydney Smith Animals 84
We are alone absolutely alone on this chance planet and amid all the forms of life that surround us not one excepting the dog has made an alliance with us. Max DePree Animals 79
He could tell by the way animals walked that they were keeping time to some kind of music. Maybe it was the song in their own hearts that they walked to. Laura Adams Armer Animals 79
The only good cage is an empty cage. Lawrence Anthony Animals 79
The better I know men the more I admire dogs. Source Unknown Animals 79
There is one respect in which brutes show real wisdom when compared with us-I mean their quiet, placid enjoyment of the present moment. Arthur Schopenhauer Animals 78
Because we have viewed other animals through the myopic lens of our selfimportance we have misperceived who and what they are. Because we have repeated our ignorance one to the other we have mistaken it for knowledge. Tom Regan Animals 77
Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires. Alexander Graham Bell Animals 77
Often vegan advocates assume that a persons defensiveness is the result of selfishness or apathy when in fact it is much more likely the result of systematic and intensive social conditioning. Melanie Joy Animals 76
As for hearing the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound. Yann Martel Animals 75
When I play with my cat, who knows but that she regards me more as a plaything than I do her? Michel de Montaigne Animals 74
Let us remember that animals are not mere resources for human consumption. They are splendid beings in their own right who have evolved alongside us as coinheritors of all the beauty and abundance of life on this planet Marc Bekoff Animals 74
Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer. Dean Koontz Animals 74
The use of butterflies is to adorn the world and delight the eyes of men, to brighten the countryside, serving like so many golden spangles to decorate the fields. John Ray Animals 73
Every dog must have his day. Jonathan Swift Animals 73
Animals have these advantages over man: They have no theologians to instruct them, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills. Voltaire (Fran Animals 72
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. Mark Twain Animals 72
Each outcry of the hunted hare A fiber from the brain doth tear. William Blake Animals 70
To say that a being who is sentient has no interest in continuing to live is like saying that a being with eyes has no interest in continuing to see. Deathhowever humaneis a harm for humans and nonhumans alike. Gary L. Francione Animals 69
Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble-but a quality carried to excess defeats itself. Clarence Day Animals 67
Cats are there to be indulged. Thats their function to receive the love we never fully gave our parents. Not like dogs. Dogs are there to give us the love and devotion our children will never fully give us. Alex Shakar Animals 67
Regarding factory-farmed animals We owe them a merciful death, and we owe them a merciful life. And when human beings cannot do something humanely, without degrading both the creatures and ourselves, then we should not do it at all. Matthew Scully Animals 67
Four legs good, two legs bad. George Orwell Animals 67
Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man. Thomas Love Peacock Animals 67
Hair on a mans chest is thought to denote strength. The gorilla is the most powerful of bipeds and has hair on every place on his body except for his chest. Anton Szandor LaVey Animals 63
Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away. Confucius Animals 63
An eagle does not catch flies. Proverbs Animals 63
Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings. Victor Hugo Animals 63

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