Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.
Alfred North Whitehead

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.
Thomas Mann

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it.
Giorgio Vasari

When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when they come in contact and digest plants that are producing materials ranging from plastics to vaccines to pharmaceutical products?
Jeremy Rifkin

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.
A. Whitney Brown

I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.
Joan Jett

I love sports. I love animals. I love kids. I want to save the world. So how do I combine all those things? I don't know.
Joan Jett

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.
Thornton Wilder

I knew there were, in myself, the souls of millions of people who lived centuries ago; not just people but animals, plants, the elements, things, even, matter. All of these exist in me.
Klaus Kinski

I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time.
Catherine Deneuve

PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness.
Bea Arthur

Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.
Bea Arthur

Making lasting gifts for animals in our estate plans is perhaps the single most important thing we can do to ensure animals have the strongest possible voice for their protection.
Bea Arthur

People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals.
Muhammad Iqbal

If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats are very sexy I think too in the way they move.
Antonio Banderas

Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.
Edward Thorndike

For origin and development of human faculty we must look to these processes of association in lower animals.
Edward Thorndike

From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found.
Edward Thorndike

Amongst the minds of animals that of man leads, not as a demigod from another planet, but as a king from the same race.
Edward Thorndike

Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.
Edward Thorndike