Famous Quotes & Sayings

Unlike the people, ... the animals don't have a choice to leave, so we stay with them.

Unlike most animals - with some exceptions like beavers - we engineer our environment. So that allows us to hang on in places that would otherwise be singularly inhospitable.

Damien Hirst

We have had some animal rights things but they all get the facts wrong so they have to go away looking a bit stupid.

We have all of the safeguards in place to ensure the safety of the animal and the products that might be derived from that animal.

Susan Clark

We have what are considered to be some of the weaker laws in the nation protecting animals.

The animal kingdom is destined by nature to serve, and that service is fulfilled in alleviating the temporal and physical needs of man; the animal spirit or soul is limited by time - it dies with the body.

Peter Singer

In most countries, it is possible to visit zoos and see bored animals pacing back and forth in cages, with nothing to do but wait for the next meal. Circuses are even worse places for animals. Their living conditions are deplorable, especially in travelling circuses where cages have to be small so that they can go on the road.

Rick Wakeman

Sparks is a sporting charity that puts on golf tournaments for sick children, and my animal charities include Oldham Cats and Feline Care, a big cat charity close to me in Norfolk. I'm also a Freemason and the money they raise for charity is phenomenal.

We have the appropriate safeguards in place - overlapping, redundant safeguards - to protect public health and animal health.

John Fowles

You are like a porcupine. When the animal has its spines erect, it cannot eat. If you do not eat, you will starve. And your prickles will die with the rest of your body.

We've got six dogs, and we rotate them in and out of the fenced-in vineyards, ... I think a lot of the animals don't come because the dogs are here.

We've marked over 200, and five became nuisance animals.

We've made some inquiries. I know the animal rescue people documented a lot of what was going on.

We're using these animals as ocean sensors to tell us about oceanographic conditions, and we're also learning how they use the ocean--where they go and what they do.

Jennifer Granholm

Using computer technology to shoot at caged animals from a distance is a corruption of our proud hunting traditions, ... This practice is nothing more than a live-action video game, and I am proud to stand with Michigan's outdoor enthusiasts in opposing it.

John Young

Virtually every human being in the country has benefited from animal research.

Usually, there is not too much competition, but there are usually two or three animals that draw a lot of interest.

Paul Shaffer

When you look into the eyes of an animal you've rescued, you can't help but fall in love.

Misty May-Treanor

My campaign is about getting pets to be more active, and exercise with your animal is a great way for people to exercise. When you're out with your pet, it becomes fun. You don't think of it as a chore. For me, taking my dog out for a walk is very relaxing.

Without computers, in the 17th century, we could classify the entire animal kingdom... there was this idea of the speciation, right? And now, all a search engine is is essentially the mathematical speciation of ideas - and these things really derive from the way that language is used and the way words relate.

Without BDNF in the circuit, an animal can't learn that a social stimulus is threatening and respond appropriately.

We recycle bottles and cans, and we have a lot of pets because we love animals. It's important to celebrate Earth Day so we can save everything and conserve.

We don't seize animals. We only document what happened.

We expect an animal to socialize if they can.

We exceeded our goal. More importantly, it created a lot of awareness for animal services and the reading festival.

We envision humans healing animals and animals healing humans.

We encourage parents to buy their kids stuffed animals. We're really adamant about it.

Gary L. Francione

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.

We really recognize that level of commitment. Plus, these animals are really, really special.

Well, we try to give the best care we can to the animals who need it. We're different from most shelters in that we have the volunteer and donor support to take care of bigger (medical) problems most shelters can't.

We'll want to know what feed that animal had been fed, and even more importantly what other animals were on the farm at that same time that might have consumed the same feed and where are they now?

Chuck D.

We have a lot of events coming up, such as Tennessee Week for the Animals in October. We work closely with the Maryville Animal Shelter, which has been just great.

Most of the cloned animals through all kinds of species are abnormal. A lot of them die prematurely, or have all kinds of defects. Many cloned mice die immediately after birth because of breathing failure.