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.

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.

William Shakespeare

He hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not drunk ink; his intellect is not replenished; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts. (Shakespeare, Love's Labor's Lost, IV)

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.

Within the realm of some of these organizations, including the Animal Liberation Front, every effort is made not to harm a human being.

We have major concerns about stocking animals for hunting. This practice should be banned.

We must also increase the USDA surveillance program, which is testing just one percent of all animals slaughtered in the United States. We think USDA should be testing all animals over 20 months at slaughter. But at a minimum, USDA should test all high-risk cattle, and all cattle from Western Canada, from the Pacific Northwest and from Texas, where cases have been identified.

We must also increase the USDA surveillance program, which is testing just 1 percent of all animals slaughtered in the United States. We think USDA should be testing all animals over 20 months at slaughter. But at a minimum, USDA should test all high-risk cattle, and all cattle from Western Canada, from the Pacific Northwest and from Texas, where cases have been identified.

Neil Shubin

When we look inside the fin, we see a shoulder, we see an elbow, and we see an early version of a wrist, which is very similar to that of all animals that also walk on land.

When we know there are 136 animals on a location, you sit down and talk about our best plan of action, particularly when he?s not being honest and he?s not opening all the doors.

Tim Miles

Unfamiliar guests, excited children, strange decorations, noise from party poppers, fireworks or balloons and family disputes can often make the most settled animals ill at ease in their usually familiar surroundings.

Louise Fresco

Fighting the disease in animals is key to our success in limiting the threat of a human pandemic.

Bindi Irwin

I know that Daddy had an important job. He was working to change the world so everyone would love wildlife like he did. He built a hospital to help animals, and he bought lots of land to give animals a safe place to live.

There are many other examples. West Nile virus spread from insects to humans; the avian flu we are now so worried about comes from birds. Diseases also jump to domesticated animals such as cows - the human variant of 'mad cow disease', from rodents, and from many different species.

There are many, many cases where DNA has told us about species' relationships that we never would have guessed based on appearances or other characteristics. We need this tree to understand the great story of animal evolution.

Earle Combs

I am not a dumb animal to be browbeaten, cowed, lashed, coerced or goaded into anything I do not think is right.

We came here to check out the welfare of the animals. If they are not well, we'll keep them until they are well.

Cyndi Lauper

Before I became famous I had a very full life, and that gave me a lot to pick from. I always use everything. It always comes in handy. Working with animals... Well, I just enjoyed that. That was the most peaceful time.

David Levithan

What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.

Davey Havok

I am a vegan out of my love and respect for animals, as well as respect for myself.

Danny Boyle

The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted.

Dani Pedrosa

Fear is feeling, is not what do you think. That feeling keeps your body in every way to 100% and makes you react like a wild animal. It gives you that extra than you have in a normal

Daniel Alarcon

A novel is like an animal you have to hunt down and kill. If you let it sit for two days, it's got a two-day head start. So, if I just look at it every day, I'm so much better off.

Danica Patrick

People have opinions about everything and especially when you get into that world of animal rights or tree rights or whatever rights, they all have an opinion.