Every living creature on the earth is special. You want to be the one that puts an end to one of them? —Sue Monk Kidd More about this quote Tags: life death responsibility earth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
People who let their dogs and cats have litters in order to show their children the “miracle of birth” should come witness the “miracle of death” performed in the back rooms of animal shelters all over the country. —Phyllis Wright More about this quote Tags: politics life death dogs cats birth animal shelters Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Practice love first on animals; they are more sensitive. —George Gurdjieff More about this quote Tags: love relationships sensitivity animals Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I am sometimes asked, “Why do you spend so much of your time and money talking about kindness to animals when there is so much cruelty to men?” I answer, “I am working at the roots.” —George T. Angell More about this quote Tags: kindness time money animals cruelty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man. —Mahatma Gandhi More about this quote Tags: humanity animals mercy protection Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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. —Samuel Butler More about this quote Tags: dogs animals Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If cats could talk, they wouldn’t. —Nan Porter More about this quote Tags: cats animals politeness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Most pets display so many humanlike traits and emotions it’s easy to forget they’re not gifted with the English language and then get snubbed when we talk to them and they don’t say anything back. —Stephenie Geist More about this quote Tags: emotions communication language animals pets Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is not one world for man and one for animals; they are part of the same one and lead parallel lives. —Rigoberta Menchú More about this quote Tags: humanity world nature animals Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence. —Will Cuppy More about this quote Tags: intelligence perception animals Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When something or someone is no longer bringing you up, but pulling you down—it’s time to let go. When something or someone is no longer adding to your life, but subtracting from it—it’s time to let go. —Mandy Hale in The Single Woman More about this quote Tags: life relationships Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To forget oneself is to be happy. —Robert Louis Stevenson More about this quote Tags: happiness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Just when you think you’ve hit rock bottom, someone will hand you a shovel. —Jill Shalvis in Simply Irresistible More about this quote Tags: life Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever. —Henry Drummond More about this quote Tags: love life immortality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read. —Frank Zappa More about this quote Tags: writing music journalism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email