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Animal Quotes

Instinct, nature, and the animals among us.

This page draws a line between animal instinct and moral courage, arguing that physical bravery comes naturally while true courage runs deeper. If you're browsing for younger audiences, Jokes covers lighter ground on the same subject.

If it's taught well, art really is important to kids early on. It helps children develop language and allows them to see themselves in a way that isn't right or wrong, because if they draw an animal with five legs...

Quotes by Agnes Gund

I'm a real animal. I'm an animal.

Quotes by Adrien Broner

Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.

Quotes by Adam Smith

Cat Quotes

Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.

Quotes by Adam McKay

Fame is a very strange animal.

Quotes by Adam Lambert

Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.

Quotes by Adam Ferguson

Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you...

Quotes by Abraham Polonsky

I love everybody. I think my totem animal is a Labrador Retriever.

Quotes by Abigail Disney

Dog Quotes

I try to be vegan... I really, really try. I don't eat any red meat, and the whole animal thing really upsets me, so I've tried.

Quotes by Abby Lee Miller

Man, an animal that makes bargains.

Quotes by A. C. Benson

The food system is not a free market. In this country, we impose reasonably high standards of animal welfare - but we haven't applied the same standards to food we import, so all we're really doing is exporting cruelty from...

Quotes by Zac Goldsmith

I have been accused of things that I have never done. I have been called a perpetrator of incidents while I was actually a peacemaker. I really don't know why. Yuvraj Singh isn't a party animal; he is just singled...

Quotes by Yuvraj Singh

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think...

Quotes by Xun Kuang

Food Quotes

I have three dogs, a cat, fish. I'm a huge animal lover. They're amazing.

Quotes by Willow Shields

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.

Quotes by William Jennings Bryan

I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.

Quotes by William John Wills

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.

Quotes by William Inge

The puma is, with the exception of some monkeys, the most playful animal in existence.

Quotes by William Henry Hudson

Funny Quotes

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

Quotes by William Hazlitt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about being nervous doing karaoke, compared to performing jokes on stage?
Yes -- one quote describes feeling unusually nervous doing karaoke, noting the speaker is normally used to performing jokes on stage but found singing to be "a whole different" experience.
Is there a quote comparing physical and moral bravery to animal instinct?
Yes, one quote reads, "Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage."
Is there a quote imagining animal life before "the fall into sin"?
Yes -- one quote offers this as its own reflective, faith-based view: "If we knew exactly what animal life was like before the fall into sin and knew what nature was like before the law of entropy invaded it, we would already be living in heaven." It's presented here as that quote's own religious perspective.
Is there a quote criticizing animal welfare standards on imported food?
Yes -- one quote gives this as the speaker's own policy opinion. It states that domestically "we impose reasonably high standards of animal welfare," but argues "we haven't applied the same standards to food we import."
Where can I find animal-themed jokes or stories?
See the Animal Jokes or Animal Stories collections.

Other quotes turn to practical concerns, including a critique of uneven animal welfare standards between domestic farming and imported food. For more animal-themed pages, see Riddles or Stories.