#animals

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #animals




It struck me that the beauty we attribute to children isn’t something they have that we don’t. It's something they do, which we have long since stopped doing—just describing things as we see them, the simple, unadorned facts.


Christina Carson


#family #native #solving-human-dilemmas #beauty

A dog's spirit dies hard.


Mikhail Bulgakov


#death #depression #dogs #hard-times #hardship

I waited for him to come out. He didn't. I considered going in after him, but knew the fact that I had readied myself to kill him did not mean that he had readied himself to die.


Derrick Jensen


#animals #death #duck #ducks #eating

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.


Josh Billings


#dogs #love

You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan.


Gary L. Francione


#abolitionist #ahimsa #animals #education #exploitation

To an eagle or to an owl or to a rabbit, man must seem a masterful and yet a forlorn animal; he has but two friends. In his almost universal unpopularity he points out, with pride, that these two are the dog and the horse. He believes, with an innocence peculiar to himself, that they are equally proud of this alleged confraternity. He says, 'Look at my two noble friends -- they are dumb, but they are loyal.' I have for years suspected that they are only tolerant.


Beryl Markham


#companionship #man #tolerance #equality

At the same time we see the phenomenon of successful women adopting the standards of men with a vengeance. Will women's march to power ascendancy, won against all odds, mean that they too will choose to flaunt their preferences for red meat, animal skin, sport hunting, and even bullfighting? As women are swelling the ranks of biomedical science, many have adopted the practice of animal experimentation. Will animal exploitation become the ultimate symbol of equality with the white male?


Maria Comninou


#animals #feminism #women #equality

We middles see the world in shades of grey rather than in the clear blacks and whites of committed animal activists and their equally vociferous opponents


Hal Herzog


#morals #philosophy #equality

One trained dog equals 60 search-and-rescue workers.


Charles Stoehr


#dogs #heroes #equality

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.


Temple Grandin


#animals #humanity #death