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Loren Eiseley

"Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us."

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"Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us."

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"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals."

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"The dog is a gentleman, I hope to go to his heaven not man's."

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"If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much."

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"Cats gravitate to kitchens like rocks gravitate to gravity."

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"Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established."

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"Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans: once you leave the litter, you sever contact with your mothers."

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"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts."

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"The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation."

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"If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat?"

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"I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either."

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"Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us."
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