#animal

There it must be, I think, in the vast and eternal laws of matter, and not in the daily cares and sins and troubles of men, that whatever is more than animal within us must find its solace and its hope. I hope, or I could not live. ↗

— H.G. Wells

#hope #men

On the black earth on which the ice plants bloomed, hundreds of black stink bugs crawled. And many of them stuck their tails up in the air. "Look at all them stink bugs," Hazel remarked, grateful to the bugs for being there. "They're interesting," said Doc. "Well, what they got their asses up in the air for?" Doc rolled up his wool socks and put them in the rubber boots and from his pocket he brought out dry socks and a pair of thin moccasins. "I don't know why," he said. "I looked them up recently--they're very common animals and one of the commonest things they do is put their tails up in the air. And in all the books there isn't one mention of the fact that they put their tails up in the air or why." Hazel turned one of the stink bugs over with the toe of his wet tennis shoe and the shining black beetle strove madly with floundering legs to get upright again. "Well, why do you think they do it?" "I think they're praying," said Doc. "What!" Hazel was shocked. "The remarkable thing," said Doc, "isn't that they put their tails up in the air--the really incredibly remarkable thing is that we find it remarkable. We can only use ourselves as yardsticks. If we did something as inexplicable and strange we'd probably be praying--so maybe they're praying." "Let's get the hell out of here," said Hazel. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#humanity #praying #religion #religion

I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#animal #during #every #good #hunted

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim. ↗

— Alphonse de Lamartine

#brutality #cruelty #difference #mankind #only

I don't wear fur and I understand their cause. I am the biggest animal lover in the world. I have four dogs and two horses, and I have rescued animals all my life. ↗

— Gisele Bundchen

#animal #animal lover #biggest #cause #dogs

Depending on the season, between 20 and 30 percent of my collections contain some sort of eco or sustainable element, whether it's a beautiful organic fabric or a natural dye. And obviously I don't use animal skins or fur of any kind. ↗

— Stella McCartney

#any #beautiful #between #collections #contain

No computer, no gadget, no trickery. I am an animal, it is a plant. I will beat the weed! ↗

— Matthew McConaughey

#animal #beat #computer #gadget #i

If you look at little kids and wild animals, these are two groups of things that whenever I'm with them forces me to be in the moment. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#groups #i #kids #little #little kids

This bored fantastic woman, with her animal nature, giving herself the pleasure of seeing her enemy struck down, not a particularly keen one for her because she is so weary of having all her desires satisfied. ↗

— Gustave Moreau

#because #bored #desires #down #enemy

TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories. ↗

— Connie Nielsen

#bring #character #character development #days #development