Famous Quotes & Sayings

I view ... the push to outlaw horse slaughter in this country as false compassion because all those animals are going to die sometime. ... The way that animals are slaughtered in harvest facilities, it is quick and as painless as possible.

I want to be a veterinarian when I grow up, because I really, really like helping animals and being with animals, ... I've just liked that for a long time.

It turns out that early in the origin of many types of animals, there were a lot of branching events in a short period of time.

It used to be that people had stone floors because they shared living space with animals.

Terry Anderson

Cartoonists tend to be quite lonely, solitary animals and the whole point of the studio when it was founded was offering a team that could do larger pieces of work and larger commissions than a single cartoonist could ever hope to do.

He called and wanted to make us the recipient of a percentage of the proceeds from the auction of the antique furniture that was in the mansion. His love for animals is extreme and sincere.

I definitely think there are still a lot of animals that have the minimum score to qualify for the record book. Whether or not it is a new state record you never know, but those records are made to be broken.

Dick Van Patten

I come from New York originally, but Californians have been wonderful about animals. These animals are so nice and so good and so sweet and intelligent. It's a crime not to help them.

I feel bad about it. I love animals. I have no tolerance for animals that people just discard animals.

I don't think there would be any problem from our standpoint with providing an export permit if the animals were going to a place that was suitable for housing the bears.

I don't think the girls realized there's so much to do, taking care of all the animals. It's an all day, every day job.

The first time that I got to a set, which was "As the World Turns," I said to my mom, "God, it's so small. Where are all the animals and the horses and the donkeys.

The children take the animals in a ring and they have a judge. There will be maybe four or five classes for the hogs, and the judge will pick the top two and then declare an overall grand champion.

The case sizes are proper for a traveling cage, and there were no violations. Animals were cared for properly.

James J. Gibson

The human young must learn to perceive these affordances, in some degree at least, but the young of some animals do not have time to learn the ones that are crucial for survival.

The Humane Society of the U.S. found no evidence of intentional malicious cruelty, neglect or mistreatment of the animals here.

Wayne Pacelle

The Humane Society of the United States has planned and trained for this sort of catastrophe for years, ... We issued warnings asking people to evacuate with their pets since we've seen what happens when animals are left behind. The tragedy is that so many people apparently could not leave in time. The human and animal toll is expected to be enormous.

The examination of the bodies of animals has always been my delight; and I have thought that we might thence not only obtain an insight into the . . . mysteries of Nature, but there perceive a kind of image or reflex of the omnipotent Creator himself.

The enrichment part is all the things she gets to see. Let her see other animals, let her get excited by people and events. That's the thing that really makes a difference to her.

The chemical does have an effect on animals that are fed high doses of it. But animals respond differently to PFOA than people, and there is no evidence that there are any health effects in people.

The character of a person is often carried in the mannerisms of his pet.

The important thing is not to touch those animals.

The idea of using COX-2 inhibitors for treatment of other forms of cancer is now being tested on animals.

Adam Roberts

a horribly dangerous precedent, a wrong-headed conservation policy propelled by the circus and zoo, trophy-hunting lobby in the United States and others who want to profit by the commercialization of live animals or dead ones.

You've got people who have animals who want to know about (getting their) animals cross-country. People with boats want to know about the lakes. People with horses want to know about boarding horses. It's really interesting.

E. O. Wilson

The eastern coyote is, in fact, a hybrid between the eastern wolf and coyote that expanded from the west. Whatever animals made it over to Newfoundland probably came from this hybrid eastern coyote.

John Millington Synge

The freedom of the sand seemed to give a stronger spirit of revolt, and some of the animals were only caught after a dangerous struggle.

The developing world wants to eat meat. And there's only one way to produce it--grow more animals.

Samuel Butler

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it.

All the money will be used to help animals right here in Port Alberni, it will be used for medical expenses and general costs of the shelter to help local animals.

The medical community is preparing to be able to handle the infected people, but the infected animals also have to be taken care of or they will re-infect the people.

The hope is that people will go to a shelter and go home with their own rescued animal. That is the underscoring message of the event: Get out and give the animals a home.

The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.