Animal quotes

“People love their animals so much so that they put little clothes on them and necklaces and booties and things like that. And if you love your animal, then you should feed them something that's not dangerous for them. There's a lot of poisonous stuff that they're putting in a lot of that food, those by-products.” Ellen DeGeneres

“We have two dogs, Mabel and Wolf, and three cats at home, Charlie, George and Chairman. We have two cats on our farm, Tom and Little Sister, two horses, and two mini horses, Hannah and Tricky. We also have two cows, Holy and Madonna. And those are only the animals we let sleep in our bed.” Ellen DeGeneres

“It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.” Bertrand Russell

“The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.” Bertrand Russell

“Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.” Bertrand Russell

“It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills.” Simone de Beauvoir

“Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.” Angelina Jolie

“Because I wanted to have a place that I could create everything that I that I never had as a child. So, you see rides. You see animals. There's a movie theater.” Michael Jackson

“First I wanted to be a veterinarian. And then I realized you had to give them shots to put them to sleep, so I decided I'd just buy a bunch of animals and have them in my house instead.” Paris Hilton

“It's been my dream to have four babies by 30. I look after animals, so I'd have a lot to give my kids.” Paris Hilton

“When I was younger, my family would go camping and fishing on our ranches. My dad loves being around all kinds of animals. He's the one who got me to be a really big animal lover.” Paris Hilton

“Yes, I've kissed a lot of guys. I like to kiss, but that's it. I don't go home with anyone. I sleep with my animals, like my baby monkey, Brigitte Bardot.” Paris Hilton

“A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.” Albert Schweitzer

“Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.” Albert Schweitzer

“Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.” Jonathan Swift

“Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.” Jonathan Swift

“Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.” Ambrose Bierce

“We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.” Stephen Covey