Quotes about Animals

It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it my neighbor.

In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.

Noah must have taken into the Ark two taxes, one male and one female. And did they multiply bountifully! Next to guinea pigs, taxes must have been the most prolific animals.

The best doctor in the world is the veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter-he's got to just know.

When God created dogs He just sat back and smiled.

Cruelty to dumb animals is one of the distinguishing vices of low and base minds. Wherever it is found, it is a certain mark of ignorance and meanness; a mark which all the external advantages of wealth, splendour, and nobility, cannot obliterate. It is consistent neither with learning nor true civility.

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.

Animals are footprints of God.

Humor must be one of the chief attributes of God. Plants and animals that are distinctly humorous in form and characteristics are God's jokes.

King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to a good man, they say.