Animal Quotes

As an animal lover and as a sometime-meat-eater, I've read so much about the emotional sophistication of pigs and cows and sheep that I do think twice when I do still eat them on occasion.

Jem spoke with enormous care; talking to Will about anything personal was like trying not to startle away a wild animal.

Time partially reconciles us to anything. I gradually became content--doggedly contented, as wild animals in cages.

He reflected on the decay of mankind-the decline of the human race into folly and weakness and rottenness. 'Be a good animal, true to your animal instinct' was his motto.

To seek solitude like a wild animal. That is my only ambition.

People have opinions about everything and especially when you get into that world of animal rights or tree rights or whatever rights, they all have an opinion.

For a long time that's all I could do, howl and scream and cry like the wild animal of the night that I'd become.

Dogs are the broccaflower of the animal kingdom.

It's animal by animal that you save a species.

The speculators deadly enemies are: Ignorance, greed, fear and hope. All the statute books in the world and all the rules of all the Exchanges on earth cannot eliminate these from the human animal.

I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.

Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.

Even if animal experimentation was proved to be of value, it would be morally wrong.

Clothes don't make the man, but they make all of him except his hands and face during business hours, and that's a pretty considerable area of the human animal.

We talk of wild animals, but the wildest animal is man.

Winners don't eat wieners.

I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business.

I had a very famous trainer tell me once, You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever. They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.

Cruelty, as a fine art, has attained its perfect flower in the trained-animal world.

When I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.

I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior.

Chimps taught us we're not separated from the animal kingdom, we're a part of it.

Whatever it takes to stop someone from abusing animals is certainly morally acceptable

I've always been an animal lover my entire life.

Evolution was in a strange mood when that creation came along.... It makes one wonder just where the plant world leaves off and the animal world begins.

To be reminded that one is very much like other members of the animal kingdom is often funny...though...I do not too much mind being somewhat like a cat.

Animal rights is a serious subject, but I do my best to find humor where I can.

I believe that the camera has aided animal welfare by giving a platform and a vision [for bringing] awareness to the most important animal-welfare issues worldwide.

I am always incorrigibly interested in the behaviour of the 'human animal', and look forward to perusing divers effusions of your lively pen.

I love animals and I love to see movies with animals that are done respectfully, you know?

I'm definitely an animal lover, and I stand up for all animals' rights.

The primary concern of the human animal is to avoid rejection and abandonment.

Instagram what you think is funny and exciting and try not to include any animal abuse!

I bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They'd eaten each other.

I'm very interested in animal behavior, and the relationship of human beings to other animal behavior.

The human animal only sees what it wants to see.

Every animal loves itself.

In the animal world individuals cheat, as do we.

So it was true! A pain slashed at her heart as savagely as a wild animal's fangs.

We lost this animal instinct that we used to have. We use a very low percentage of our instinct.

The queen!" someone shouted in alarm, and the King erupted like a wild animal caught in a snare.

The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.

There are a lot of great animal rights organizations who save dogs and save cats, but the Humane Society is actually really good at working with Congress and getting legislation actually passed.

I've been an animal rights activist and a vegan for 28 years. The entire time, I've asked myself: How do I best advance an animal rights agenda?

The people of California clearly have the right to prohibit the sale of a product that is the result of abject animal abuse.

I'm the best animal lover in the world. There's nobody who takes care of their pets like me...... they are my children.

The human animal needs a freedom seldom mentioned, freedom from intrusion. He needs a little privacy as much as he wants understanding or vitamins or exercise or praise.

It is astonishing how the human animal survives its misfortunes.

Biologically, man is still the great amateur of the animal kingdom; he is unique in his lack of anatomical and physiological specialization.

I did, however, manage to do it without hurting those dogs. Very considerate of me. Don't let it be said I'm not an animal lover-that wretched kitsune aside.