"Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts."

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"Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts."

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"One thing I think kids need to do is more chores, and take care of their own rooms. Responsibilities are really important to start them with. If they have animals, they have to feed them and care for them. That's the only way I think I could do it."

Faith Ford, American Actress

Animals, Care, Kids

"I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;Her coat is one of the tabby kind,with tiger stripes and lepard spots."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Animals, Cat, Description, Appearance

"The way animals were and are abused appalls me to this very day."

Marie Windsor, American Actress

Animals, Day

"Be able to identify the most common breeds of dogs and cats on sight."

Marilyn vos Savant, American Writer

Animals, Cats, Dogs, Sight

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

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Animals, Intelligence, Comparison, Life

"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."

George Orwell, British Author

Animals, Man

"People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Animals, Love, Storytelling, Connection

"Animals will always have sad eyes because they can see into the soul of man."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

Animals, Sadness, Soul, Humanity

"If we stay with animal analogies for a moment, owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are god. (Cats may sometimes share the cold entrails of a kill with you, but this is just what a god might do if he was in a good mood.)"

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Animals, God, Power, Relationship

"I hate cats."Death's face became a little stiffer, if that were possible. The blue glow in his eye sockets flickered red for an instant."I SEE," he said. The tone suggested that death was too good for cat haters."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Animals, Power, Regret, Today

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

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"City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead."

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"The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying."

God

"Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on the principle that it is long, and savor variations of the kind best appreciated if most days are the same."

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"Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without the genocide of those Old Guard, bristling Indian tribes?"

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"Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents."

Events

"Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run."

Man

"Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts."

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