Animals

Unlike the primate hand, the elephant's grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to sniff and touch it. With their unparalleled sense of smell, the animals know exactly what they are going for. Vision is secondary.

My dog is half pit-bull, half poodle. Not much of a watchdog, but a vicious gossip!

Animals suffer both emotionally and physically, but they don't suffer metaphysically. That is, they don't suffer about suffering, don't get thrown into spiritual confusion by it, or fall out of connection with the divine because of it.

There was a young lady called Peaches,who simply loved animals to pieces.She ate pigs and sheep,and for cows she would weep,when baked in a sauce of rich greases.

The beagle and the kobold approached, walking out of the dusty distance.

We are like other animals; we live and die as they do. If there is any afterlife, I believe we are in together.

My cat is an ungrateful brat. -Nellie McKay.

Who’s gonna bring the wild animals some hope? If we don’t love them the way they are..

Man is a social animal.

I'd say the best is when I was in Africa, I saw a hippo in a house. Someone had a pet hippo. And they're meant to be one of the most dangerous animals on the planet, and they had one that was sort of just wandering in and out of their house, just sort of roaming about.

Kali has a habit of doing these beautiful works that never translate during the races in the afternoon. They call animals like her morning glories, or horrendous bets. Take your pick.

Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed ancestry had given him a dexterity of jaw that was truly awesome. He somersaulted happily around the floor, making faces like a rubber gargoyle in a washing machine.

It was as if she was a wannabe Persian cat who had just tasted sour milk.

Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhumans as moral persons with the fundamental moral right not to be treated as the property or resources of humans.

One of the good things about cats is that, unlike dogs, they don’t come up to you in the street and try to have sex with your leg.

I take it hard when an animal in my care suffers or dies. I take it even harder when the animal's suffering is the result of human exploitation or carelessness.

The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer.

An open mind and helpful hands can do much to change a dog's future.

My pictures are about making people realize we've got to protect those who can't speak for themselves.

He was an animal, that great thing for someone else to be.