The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road. (Quote by - James Thurber)

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal..one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. (Quote by - Theophile Gautier)

Let me assure you that all of our pets, and animals of every kind will be with us for eternity on the Other Side. (Quote by - Sylvia Browne)

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. (Quote by - Jules Verne)

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. (Quote by - George Orwell)

I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals-like Lassie. (Quote by - Edith Head)

Violence in any form is evil and to kill innocent animals in tantamount to blatant savagery. (Quote by - Sri Sathya Sai Baba)

I am the very model of a modern Major-General; / I've information vegetable, animal and mineral; / I know the Kings of England, and I quote the fights historical, / From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical. (Quote by - William S. Gilbert)

Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad. (Quote by - W. C. Fields)

There is something wholly likeable about most people who write about animals. (Quote by - Eric Duthie)

Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They're like the people who become successful and then don't want to be reminded of the old neighborhood. (Quote by - Phil Donahue)

I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her. (Quote by - Ellen DeGeneres)

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals. (Quote by - Brigitte Bardot)

I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries. (Quote by - Romain Rolland)

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile. (Quote by - Albert Schweitzer)

If you treat your children at home in the same way you treat your animals in the lab, your wife will scratch your eyes out. My wife ferociously warned me against experimenting on her babies. (Quote by - Abraham Maslow)

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. (Quote by - Albert Schweitzer)

We are trying to do ground and air patrol to ensure that the problem animals do not cause any havoc and to try to drive the elephants back to the park. (Quote by - Connie Maina)

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. (Quote by - Immanuel Kant)

You have to save the habitat, you have to save the population - not individual animals. What you want to save is the foundation, the basic infrastructure from which resources are produced. You can't save Fifi and Boo-Boo and Thumper. (Quote by - Ted Nugent)

Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. An extremely yang solution to a peculiar problem which they faced. (Quote by - Terence McKenna)

While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?. (Quote by - Isadora Duncan)

People are always the start for me.. animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings, immortals, the dead.. these are all people to me. (Quote by - Tanith Lee)

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals. (Quote by - Malcolm X)

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say -- and to feel -- ''Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it. You're not as alone as you thought.''. (Quote by - John Steinbeck)