Animals Quotes

They’d had enough of freedom now, The republic of animals clamored For one single regent with absolute rule, Of this they were enamored. Every species assembled itself, Proceeded with fevered devotion, Parties were organized, ballots drawn up, Intrigues were set into motion. The steering committee for asses was By the Old-Long-Ears directed… A little horse’s-party […]

No person hath drunk a better draught than that of anger which he hath swallowed for God’s sake.

A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse! (“Richard III”)

The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.

The cow is of the bovine ilk; One end is moo, the other, milk.

Animals are my friends, and I don’t eat my friends.

I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must be that we will be kind and take care of their needs. They are an obligation put on us, a responsibility we have no right to neglect, or violate by cruelty.

Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented hell for himself, behold, that was his heaven on earth.

The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists of “Ten Best”.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.