We make our journey in the company of others; the deer, the rabbit, the bison, and the quail walk before us, and the lion, the eagle, the wolf, the vulture, and the hyena walk behind us. All our paths...
animals are indeed more ancient, more complex and in many ways more sophisticated than us. They are more perfect because they remain within Nature's fearful symmetry just as Nature intended. They shou...
Don't judge a cat by its coat.
What is the bottom line for the animal/human hierarchy? I think it is at the animate/inanimate line, and Carol Adams and others are close to it: we eat them. This is what humans want from animals and...
Dogs come when they are called cats take a message and get back to you.
If called by a panther Don't anther.
Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man but it would deteriorate the cat.
To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night. From his watchtower in the skies Til the dappled dawn doth rise.
The quizzical expression of the monkey at the zoo comes from his wondering whether he is his brother's keeper or his keeper's brother.
You have now learned to see That cats are much like you and me And other people whom we find Possessed of various types of mind.
No animal admires another animal.
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon hence the constant popularity of dogs.
Cats - a standing rebuke to behavioural scientists . . . least human of all creatures.
I'd rather have an inch of dog than miles of pedigree.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions they pass no criticisms.
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself
A robin redbreast in a cage Sets all heaven in a rage.
I think I could turn and live with animals they are so placid and self-contain'd I stand and look at them long and long They do not sweat and whine about their condition They do not lie awake in t...
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