Animal Quotes
All animals, including humans, need to see the connection between action and consequence in order to learn or react appropriately.
Jocko WillinkJocko Willink The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
William BlakeWilliam Blake A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw The least I can do is speak out for the hundreds of chimpanzees who, right now, sit hunched, miserable and without hope, staring out with dead eyes from their metal prisons. They cannot speak for themselves.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall Although an ass is tired, he continues to carry his burden; he is unmindful of cold and heat; and he is always contented; these three things should be learned from the ass.
ChanakyaChanakya They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Don’t let anyone tame the wild horses that stampede inside your heart.
J.S BrownJ.S Brown The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals.
Adam SmithAdam Smith Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round.
Buffalo BillBuffalo Bill I got a new dog. He’s a paranoid retriever. He brings back everything because he’s not sure what I threw him.
Steven WrightSteven Wright We should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favor, like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.
ChanakyaChanakya Even if not a single fossil has ever been found, the evidence from surviving animals would still overwhelmingly force the conclusion that Darwin was right.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins You can’t put feathers on a dog and call it a chicken!
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw