#animal

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes. ↗

— Simon Cowell

#beat #death #end #leave #more

I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories. ↗

— Jim Davis

#get #human #i #i do #idiosyncrasies

We are mortals all, human and nonhuman, bound in one fellowship of love and travail. No one escapes the fate of death. But we can, with caring, make our good-byes less tormented. If we broaden the circle of our compassion, life can be less cruel. ↗

— Gary Kowalski

#compassion #death #life #death

There's nothing funnier than the human animal. ↗

— Walt Disney

#funnier #human #human animal #nothing #than

I think of a band like Animal Collective where they really follow their own sound and I think that's a really important thing to do. You can find an audience if you can find your voice. ↗

— Andrew Dost

#audience #band #collective #find #follow

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened. ↗

— Anatole France

#animal #loved #part #remains #soul

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal. ↗

— Anatole France

#defining #him #makes #man #out

Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who has had a life as full of pain and suffering as the lives of the fighting dogs. It's strange that we regard the latter as morally different from, and superior to, the former. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#different #dogs #eating #else #enjoy

We eat animals because they taste good. And if that's O.K., what's wrong with wearing fur? We need as a society to think seriously about our institutionalized animal use. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#animal #because #eat #fur #good

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#animal #cat #difficult #does #friendship