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And here are the rest of the animal quotes...

I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.

- Abraham Lincoln 

I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

- Abraham Lincoln


I don't believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals.

- Gary Larson 

Life is hard and then you nap... Now there's the cat way of dealing with difficulties. Take a nap and all will be better. If you like the design, you will find it in Cafepress and Zazzle.

I had a linguistics professor who said that it's man's ability to use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet. That may be. But I think there's another thing that separates us from animals. We aren't afraid of vacuum cleaners.

- Jeff Stilson 


I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.

- Mark Twain

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

- Winston Churchill


I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

- Jean Cocteau


I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.

-Gilda Radner


I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long."

- Walt Whitman

We've all seen the all-innocent cat sitting in the midst of havoc, not having the slightest idea what could have happened. Maybe it was the dog who did it? If you like the design you will find it in Cafepress and Zazzle.

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because you lap is warmer.

- Alfred North Whitehead


If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.

- James Herriot


If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.

- Martin Delany


If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse.

- Walt Disney


If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.

- Francis of Assisi

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semihuman. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.

- Edward Hoagland


In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble, He gave him the cat.

- Warren Eckstein


It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.

- Haile Selassie 


I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

- Hippolyte Taine

A meow massages the heart... Any cat owner who has been feeling a bit down, knows how a loving meow from a cat puts things right back into place... If you like the design, you will find it in Zazzle and Cafepress.

Animal Quotes I by Anonymous

If you think that something small cannot make a difference - try going to sleep with a mosquito in the room.

- Anonymous


If you want a kitten, start out asking for a horse.

- Anonymous

Animal Quotes K

Kindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society.

- Cesar Chavez

Animal Quotes L

Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.

- Dalai Lama 


Lots of people talk to animals.... Not very many listen, though.... That's the problem.

- Benjamin Hoff


Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled

- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Animal Quotes M

My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating -- and he knows when to stop working.

- Harry S. Truman

My little dog -- a heartbeat at my feet..

- Edith Wharton

Animal Quotes N

Never try to outstubborn a cat.

- Lazarus Long


No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich.

- Louis Sabin


No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

- Abraham Lincoln


No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

- Christopher Morley


Non-violence begins with the fork.

- Elizabeth Frians

Animal Quotes N by Anonymous

No heaven will not ever Heaven be; Unless my cats are there to welcome me.

- Anonymous

Animal Quotes O

Want to get higher in life? Do it the cat way... If you like this cat wisdom, you will find it in Zazzle and Cafepress.

Of all the things I miss from veterinary practice, puppy breath is one of the most fond memories!

- Dr. Tom Cat


Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.

- Joe Gores


Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well.

- Bonnie Wilcox 


One cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human children.

- Jane Goodall


One cat just leads to another.

- Ernest Hemingway


Only animals were not expelled from Paradise.

- Milan Kundera


Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

- Albert Einstein 

Animal Quotes O by Anonymous

One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why

- Anonymous

Animal Quotes T

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

- Andrew A. Rooney 


The basis of all animal rights should be the Golden Rule: we should treat them as we would wish them to treat us, were any other species in our dominant position.

- Christine Stevens


The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

- Saint John Chrystostom


The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

- Henry David Thoreau


The Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him.

- Rudyard Kipling


The dog represents all that is best in man.

- Etienne Charlet


The dog was created especially for children. He is the God of frolic.

- Henry Ward Beecher


The greatest 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.

- Samuel Butler


The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

- Mahatma Gandhi


The little furry buggers are just deep, deep wells you throw all your emotions into.

- Bruce Schimmel 


The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer

- Paula Poundstone


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.

- Evan Esar


The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.

- Hippocrates


The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them. That's the essence of inhumanity.

- George Bernard Shaw 


There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

- Albert Schweitzer


There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

- Ben Williams


There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.

- Robert Lynd


There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat.

- Wesley Bates


Time spent with cats is never wasted.

- Sigmund Freud


To err is human, to purr, feline.

- Robert Byrne

Animal Quotes T by Anonymous

A fact of life cats know and people should know. Cats Rule. Find this design in Cafepress and Zazzle.

The cat has nine lives: three for playing, three for straying, three for staying

- Anonymous

The zoo is a place for animals to study the behaviour of human beings.

- Anonymous 


There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats.

- Anonymous


There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.

- Anonymous


This house is owned & operated solely for the comfort & convenience of the CATS!

- Anonymous


Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten it.

- Anonymous


To err is human, to forgive, canine.

- Anonymous

Animal Quotes U

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

- Anatole France

Animal Quotes W

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

- Immanuel Kant


What is a man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die form great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to man.

- Chief Seattle


Whatever you do unto the least of my brothers, you do it unto me.

- Matthew 25:40


When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.

- Montaigne


When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

- Percy Bysshe Shelley


Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!

- Theophile Gautier


Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies.

- Gene Hill


Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

- Robert A. Heinlein


You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!

- Dave Barry


You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets.

- Nora Ephron 


You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.

- Robert Louis Stevenson


When I lost my way, I was accustomed to throw the reins on his neck, and he always discovered places where I, with all my observation and boasted superior knowledge, could not.

- Napoleon Bonaparte speaking of Marengo, his horse


When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.

- Montaigne

Animal Quotes Y

You become responsible forever for what you have tamed.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery


You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!

- Dave Barry

You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.

- Jane Pauley


You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets.

- Nora Ephron 


You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

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