best quotations about
Animals |
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Quotations
 | All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. — George Orwell, 1903-1950, British writer 11 likes |
 | Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game. — Paul Rodriguez, 1955-, American comedian 10 likes |
 | Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 8 likes |
 | It is farmers who are nice to the cows and the pigs and then kill them. It's even more hypocritical than hunters. At least the hunters don't pet the animals. — Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer 8 likes |
 | I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 7 likes |
 | Man is the only animal that Blushes. Or needs to. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 4 likes |
 | Nature is to zoos as God is to churches. — Margaret Atwood, 1939 -, Canadian writer 3 likes |
 | Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 3 likes |
 | Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 3 likes |
| The animal lacks both anxiety and hope because its consciousness is restricted to what is clearly evident and thus to the present moment: the animal is the present incarnate. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 2 likes |
 | To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so. — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims 2 likes |
 | We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should. — Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007, American writer 2 likes |
| In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish. — Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer 2 likes |
 | Animals were never kicked out of Heaven… — Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer 1 likes |
 | An actor is never as good as when he reminds you of an animal: landing like a cat, lying down like a dog, moving like a fox. — François Truffaut, 1932-1984, French film director 1 likes |
 | Animals are such agreeable friends ―they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. |
 | Circus, n. A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool. |
 | For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. |
 | Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened. |
 | I want a horse and plough, Chickens too, Just one cow, With a wistful moo. |
 | Life is life –whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher |
 | I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. |
 | The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. — Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher |
 | Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Men's bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man sleeps with his body in his mind. — Malcolm de Chazal, 1902-1981, Mauritian thinker & aphorist |
| Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don’t understand us. — Malcolm de Chazal, 1902-1981, Mauritian thinker & aphorist |
 | The cow is not the female ox. The cow is the female bull. The female ox is the plow. |
 | It is impossible to convince the fool that there are pleasures superior to those we share with the rest of the animals. |
 | If a lion could talk, we could not understand him. |
 | The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men. |
Funny Quotes
 | If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes? — Anonymous 4 likes |
 | Condensed milk is wonderful. I don't see how they can get a cow to sit down on those little cans. — Fred Allen, 1894-1956, American comedian 2 likes |
| The elephant is the only mammal that can masturbate hands-free. — François Cavanna, 1923-2014, French humorist 1 likes |
| The chameleon only has the color of the chameleon when it is placed on another chameleon. — François Cavanna, 1923-2014, French humorist 1 likes |
 | On the neck of a giraffe a flea begins to believe in immortality. |
| The caterpillar becomes a butterfly, the pig becomes a sausage, it is a great law of nature. |
Ancient Greek
| Plants exist for the sake of animals and animals for the sake of men. Τα φυτά των ζώων ένεκέν εστι και τα ζώα των ανθρώπων χάριν. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 8 likes |
 | Good breeding for the animals means bodily strength and for the men grace of character. Κτηνέων μεν ευγένεια η του σκήνεος ευσθένεια, ανθρώπων δε η του ήθεος ευτροπίη. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 5 likes |
Proverbs
 | Every animal knows more than you do. — American Indian proverb ‐ Nez Perce 2 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | One morning, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas, I don't know. — from the film Animal Crackers (1930) 7 likes |
