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Animal Quotes
It is just like man’s vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. Mark Twain
Man is by nature a political animal. Aristotle
Man seems to be the only animal whose food soils him, making necessary much washing and shield-like bibs and napkins. Moles living in the earth and eating slimy worms are yet as clean as seals or fishes, whose lives are one perpetual wash. John Muir
Humans are amphibians – half spirit and half animal. As spirits, they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. C. S. Lewis
A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. H. L. Mencken
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. Bertrand Russell
If we could establish a deep abiding relationship with nature, we would never kill an animal for our appetite; we would never harm, vivisect, a monkey, a dog, a guinea pig for our benefit. We would find other ways to heal our wounds, heal our bodies. Jiddu Krishnamurti
The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society. Karl Marx
We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain. Saint Augustine
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. H. L. Mencken
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. Groucho Marx
The smoothest curled courtier in the boudoirs of a palace has an animal nature, rude and aboriginal as a white bear. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think that my favorite animal is a baby possum or a joey. The face of a really little joey is so divine – so, so gorgeous. Mem Fox
There’s nothing funnier than the human animal. Walt Disney
Man is the only animal capable of reasoning, though many others possess the faculty of memory and instruction in common with him. Aristotle
Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails. Plato
Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor. Thomas Jefferson
The natural term of the affection of the human-animal for its offspring is six years. George Bernard Shaw
People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of humans; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something. Soren Kierkegaard
For many people who are so lost in their minds, so much involved in their thought processes, the only moments they have when they are not trapped in that is when they are relating to their animal, their pet. Eckhart Tolle
Short Animal Quotes
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones. Bertrand Russell
The human-animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed, or nationality, will always point in the right direction. Harry S Truman
Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops… If you always showing a bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship? Dalai Lama
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. Oscar Wilde
Man is the only animal that blushes – or needs to. Mark Twain
I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I’ve heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human-animal. I encountered that many times, in unexpected places. And I have learned to recognize it when I see it. Dorothea Lange
Until Americans feel that their core asset – their homes – are stabilized, they are not going to have the animal spirits and they will continue to have less buying power. Kevin O’Leary
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. Arthur Schopenhauer
Every seed is awakened, and all animal life. Sitting Bull
I think that intelligence is such a narrow branch of the tree of life – this branch of primates we call humans. No other animal, by our definition, can be considered intelligent. So intelligence can’t be all that important for survival, because there are so many animals that don’t have what we call intelligence, and they’re surviving just fine. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Pretty much every plant and animal alive today is the result of eons of natural cross-breeding. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them. D. H. Lawrence
You could think of an ecosystem as a bunch of antagonistic arms races, almost: Everything that an animal depends upon for food is the body part of some other animal or plant who would just as soon keep that body part for itself. Steven Pinker
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. Leo Tolstoy
When we see animals doing remarkable things, how do we know if we’re simply seeing tricks or signs of real intelligence? Are talented animals just obeying commands, or do they have some kind of deeper understanding? One of the biggest challenges for animal researchers is to come up with tests that can distinguish between the two. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analog in the animal world. Noam Chomsky
Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. Samuel Johnson
If you like a person you say ‘let’s go into business together.’ Man is a social animal after all, but such partnerships are fraught with danger. Brian Tracy
The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant. Victor Hugo
Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile. Albert Schweitzer