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Animals Quotes

What animals reveal about us, and what separates us.

A recurring pairing here is animals and children - both described as easy to connect with, both said to wear masks rather than show a settled character yet. See Children for the related side of that comparison.

Too often, animal-rights supporters seem to care about animals to the exclusion of people.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

I've always been passionate about animals.

Quotes by Aaron Ramsey

I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.

Quotes by Zoe Saldana

The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.

Quotes by William Osler

Believe Quotes

Everything I do is to support my passion, and that is the rescuing of animals!

Quotes by William McNamara

Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.

Quotes by William Henry Hudson

The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.

Quotes by William Greider

Animal-rights advocates remind us of this admonition: The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.

Quotes by William Greider

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.

Quotes by W. H. Auden

Children Quotes

Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad.

Quotes by W. C. Fields

In Kenya, where there isn't the luxury of feeding grains to animals, livestock yield more calories than they consume because they are fattened on grass and agricultural by-products inedible to humans.

Quotes by Tristram Stuart

As human pastoralists discovered 8,000 years ago, raising animals can be an efficient way of harnessing otherwise unusable resources such as grass.

Quotes by Tristram Stuart

Heartless though it may seem to some, among the least harmful things to eat are sustainably culled wild animals. In the absence of natural predators, deer populations in parts of Britain have reached such dense numbers that the woodlands they...

Quotes by Tristram Stuart

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.

Quotes by Tracy Chapman

Environment Quotes

Not only does virtual dissection save animals, it also saves schools money and helps the environment by sparing the use of toxic chemicals typically used to embalm animals.

Quotes by Torrey DeVitto

When I became aware of how inhumane it is to test on animals, I made a commitment not to buy anything that was.

Quotes by Torrey DeVitto

Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that.

Quotes by Tony Gilroy

If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat?

Quotes by Tom Snyder

I've always had a fascination for animals. I loved watching them, and even then I thought of them as beings rather than pets. I call it a birth affect!

Quotes by Tippi Hedren

Faith Quotes

If people could be as honest as animals, what a different world it would be.

Quotes by Tippi Hedren

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do children come up so often alongside animals in these quotes?
It's a common pairing in classic quotations - children and animals are often grouped together as innocent, uncomplicated company, or compared philosophically as beings still forming their own identity.
Is there a quote about relating well to both kids and animals?
Yes - "I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them," a simple, affectionate statement about connecting easily with both.
What does the quote about "countenances" and "masks" mean?
It's a philosophical observation: "The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own" - the idea that a distinct, individual character takes time to emerge.
Is there a well-known joke-style quote about hating kids and animals?
Yes - "Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad," a classic bit of ironic humor that's been quoted for generations.
Is there a quote about humans wanting medicine?
Yes - "The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals," a witty observation about human nature. See also our Children quotes or Family quotes pages.

One quote turns philosophical, naming the desire for medicine as one thing that actually separates humans from animals. Browse Believe or Environment.