Animals Quotes

"The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality." - Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher"

"If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much."

"All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it."

"Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends"

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated"

"Ignorant people think it's the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it's the sickening grammar they use"

"Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid."

"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat"

"Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts."

"Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are an imitation of fighting"

"When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even."

"Ladies and gentleman are permitted to have friends in the kennel, but not in the kitchen."

"From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought."

"One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals"

"Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity- these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no trace of them."

"There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man."

"Time spent with cats is never wasted."

"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."

"I'm not a vegetarian, but I eat animals who are"

"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."