Animals Quotes: Creatures of Wisdom and Inspiration

"Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle"

Adolf Hitler, Criminal

"Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad"

W. C. Fields, Comedian

"The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men"

Emile Zola, Novelist

"I want to be spontaneous like a wild animal"

Giovanni Morassutti, Actor

"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals"

Immanuel Kant, Philosopher

"Man is by nature a political animal"

Aristotle, Philosopher

"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened"

Anatole France, Novelist

"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them"

Samuel Butler, Poet

"The only meat I eat is from animals I've killed myself"

Mark Zuckerberg, Businessman

"Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established"

Rudyard Kipling, Writer

"Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case"

John Rawls, Educator

"Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it"

Giorgio Vasari, Artist

"Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've reached"

Kenneth Grahame, Novelist

"Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

"Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades"

Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer

"Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all"

Thomas Carlyle, Writer

"He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish"

Jose Rizal, Writer

"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to"

Alfred A. Montapert, Philosopher

"Can our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs?"

Julian Casablancas, Musician

"First I wanted to be a veterinarian. And then I realized you had to give them shots to put them to sleep, so I decided I'd just buy a bunch of animals and have them in my house instead"

Paris Hilton, Celebrity

"Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly"

Diogenes, Philosopher

"My favorite animal is steak"

Fran Lebowitz, Journalist

"Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level"

Francis Arinze, Clergyman

"The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing"

Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist

"A committee is an animal with four back legs"

John Le Carre, Author

"Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not"

David Seabury, Psychologist

"In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined"

Thomas Szasz, Psychologist

"Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal"

Gustave Flaubert, Novelist

"Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together"

John Gay, Poet

"I'm a hard guy to live with. I'm like a caged animal. I'm up all night walking around the living room. It's hard for me to come down from what I do"

Jim Carrey, Comedian

"I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals"

Brigitte Bardot, Actress

"Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage"

Wendell Phillips, Activist

"The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self"

George H. Mead, Philosopher

"Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted"

Eartha Kitt, Actress

"All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing"

Maurice Maeterlinck, Dramatist

"A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights"

Lance Morrow

"Those who actually hate animals to the point of being cruel to them are outcasts to the rest of us, no matter where in the world they live"

Nick Clooney, Politician

"We ended up moving out to Texas. We live outside of Austin. We've got a couple horses, we've got three miniature donkeys, we've got four dogs. Miniature donkeys are very warm, loving animals"

Kyle Chandler, Actor

"I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice"

Laurell K. Hamilton, Writer

"Although I agree that wild horses are a symbol of the American West, I also believe that it is the responsibility of Congress to ensure that these animals are managed, protected, and controlled in an effective manner"

Jon Porter, Politician

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