There is something wholly likeable about most people who write about animals.
Animals Quotes
Mary had a little lamb Little lamb, little lamb, Mary had a little lamb Its fleece was white as snow. Ev’rywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went, Ev’rywhere that Mary went, The Lamb was sure to go. It followed her to school one day, School one day, school one day, It followed her to […]
Ah yes, I wrote “The Purple Cow” I’m Sorry now I wrote it But I can tell you Anyhow I’ll Kill you if you Quote it!
Kissing originates from animals sniffing each other.
You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with the falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn’t reserve a plot for weeds.
Wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie, O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!
Every creature is a word of God.
Sometimes kids are so cruel to animals, especially insects. I remember one time I caught this grass- hopper, and I made him wear a little straw hat that I had made. Also, a little pair of denim overalls. And I made him hold this little tiny pitchfork. So guess what he looked like? What is […]
There are a couple of cows waiting for me. You know, when I first got back from Washington, it seemed like the cows were talking back. But now that I’ve spent some time in Crawford, they’re just cows. (Town Hall Forum on Economy, Ontario, California, Jan. 5, 2002)
When we were children we wanted to talk to animals and struggled to understand why this was impossible. Slowly we gave up the attempt as we grew into the solitary world of human adulthood, it is worth at least a wistful thought that someday the porpoise may talk to us and we to him. It […]
