Quotes about Animals

“Eagles do not beget Doves.”

“Who loves me loves my dog.”

“The dog is the god of frolic.”

“Four legs good, two legs bad.”

“The fatter the flea the leaner the dog.”

“What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.”

“Animals often strike us as passionate machines.”

“Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.”

“A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.”

“Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.”

“The best thing about animals is they don't talk much.”

“The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.”

“Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.”

“Happiness to a dog is what lies on the other side of a door.”

“The cow is of the bovine ilk: One end is moo, the other, milk.”

“I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.”

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.”

“Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.”

“Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”

“Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.”

“The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.”

“Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.”

“No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor, but honest.”

“Who can guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes?”

“Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man.”

“Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.”

“Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.”

“I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em.”

“Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.”