There is no beast in wolf or lion or serpent that is so brutish as the beast in man. According to the Levitical law, he that touched a dead animal was unclean till evening, but he who touched a dead man was unclean seven days. For man is a seven times more polluting creature than […]
Animals Quotes
We’re poor little lambs who’ve lost our way, Baa! Baa! Baa! We’re little black sheep who have gone astray, Baa – aa – aa! Gentlemen rankers out on the spree, Damned from here to Eternity, God ha’ mercy on such as we, Baa! Yah! Baa!
Pets come in all sizes, breeds and colors, Each one with their own unique personality They bring us unconditional love and Ask nothing in return. They know when you are happy or sad, and will Stand by you with such understanding and patience. Pets can melt your heart like No one else can. The loyalty […]
I had a linguistics professor who said that it’s man’s ability to use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet. That may be. But I think there’s one other thing that separates us from animals. We aren’t afraid of vacuum cleaners.
I never liked my own species.
For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.
I have often had the impression that, to penguins, man is just another penguin – different, less predictable, occasionally violent, but tolerable company when he sits still and minds his own business.
Toward dusk he is standing by a creek, lapping the cool water, when a wolf howls – a long wail that quickly reaches pitch and then tapers, with several harmonics, long moments to a tremolo. He recognizes his sister. He waits a few moments, and then throwing his head back and closing his eyes, he […]
I find penguins at present the only comfort in life. One feels everything in the world so sympathetically ridiculous; one can’t be angry when one looks at a penguin.
Since, then, a prince is necessitated to play the animal well, he chooses among the beasts the fox and the lion, because the lion does not protect himself from traps; the fox does not protect himself from wolves. The prince must be a fox, therefore, to recognize the traps and a lion to frighten the […]
