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"Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; animals of one of four elements, nitrogen being added to the other three."

"Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; animals of one of four elements, nitrogen being added to the other three."

Asa Gray, American Scientist

Animals, Being, Plants, Years

31

"Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are."

"Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

Animals, Healing

31

"I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together."

"I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together."

M. Emmet Walsh, American Actor

Animals, Cats, Dogs

30

"I saw a bank of white light, and then I saw all my beloved animals. For a moment I stepped out of my body."

"I saw a bank of white light, and then I saw all my beloved animals. For a moment I stepped out of my body."

Roy Horn, German Entertainer

Animals, Body, Light

30

"Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders."

"Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders."

Nick Clooney, American Politician

Animals, Affection, Respect

30

"Animals are thinking, feeling creatures. They're sensitive."

"Animals are thinking, feeling creatures. They're sensitive."

Loretta Swit, American Actress

Animals, Feeling, Thinking

29

"It is written in the Jewish law book, the Talmud, that only the Jew is human, that Gentiles are only animals."

"It is written in the Jewish law book, the Talmud, that only the Jew is human, that Gentiles are only animals."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

29

"The only animals that we test on are the two of us and our kids."

"The only animals that we test on are the two of us and our kids."

Connie Sellecca, American Actress

29

"Because I wanted to have a place that I could create everything that I that I never had as a child. So, you see rides. You see animals. There's a movie theater."

"Because I wanted to have a place that I could create everything that I that I never had as a child. So, you see rides. You see animals. There's a movie theater."

Michael Jackson, American Musician

Animals, Theater

29

"The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery."

"The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery."

Thorstein Veblen, American Economist

29

"It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler forms. But they were believed not to blend."

"It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler forms. But they were believed not to blend."

Asa Gray, American Scientist

Animals, Plants

29

"Towns are suffering from all these things, we should unite until we are all satisfied, man cannot be killing each other as if we were animals, as if we had no culture; that is a lack of culture."

"Towns are suffering from all these things, we should unite until we are all satisfied, man cannot be killing each other as if we were animals, as if we had no culture; that is a lack of culture."

Compay Segundo, Cuban Musician

Animals, Culture, Killing, Man

28

"I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up."

"I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up."

Julie Walters, British Actress

Animals, Cruelty

28

"Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy, the two animals passed through the broken tumultuous water and moored their boat at the flowery margin of the island."

"Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy, the two animals passed through the broken tumultuous water and moored their boat at the flowery margin of the island."

Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Novelist

Animals, Doubt, Hesitation, Water

28

"I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals."

"I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals."

Ali MacGraw, American Actress

Animals, Cruelty, Deep

28

"Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends."

"Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Animals, Friends

28

"Before long it will be the animals who do the dieting so that the ultimate consumer does not have to."

"Before long it will be the animals who do the dieting so that the ultimate consumer does not have to."

Mimi Sheraton, American Food Critic

Animals, Dieting, Will

27

"I looked about me once again, and suddenly the dancing horses without number changed into animals of every kind and into all the fowls that are, and these fled back to the four quarters of the world from whence the horses came, and vanished."

"I looked about me once again, and suddenly the dancing horses without number changed into animals of every kind and into all the fowls that are, and these fled back to the four quarters of the world from whence the horses came, and vanished."

Black Elk, American Leader

Animals, Dancing, Horses, World

27

"When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed, she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand."

"When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed, she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand."

Lester B. Pearson, Canadian Politician

Animals, Sight, Sound, Voice

27

"I have always loved animals since I was very young."

"I have always loved animals since I was very young."

Nafisa Joseph, Indian Model

27

"Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across the road and being of no use or support to each other in case of sudden trouble or danger."

"Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across the road and being of no use or support to each other in case of sudden trouble or danger."

Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Novelist

Animals, Being, Company, Danger

27

"Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants."

"Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

27

"Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being."

"Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being."

Walter Gilbert, American Scientist

Animals, Being, Will

27

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

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

Thornton Wilder, American Novelist

27

"It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians."

"It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

Animals, Politicians, Scientists

27

"If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors."

"If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors."

Walter Jon Williams, American Writer

Animals, Compliment, Result

27

"The tabloids are like animals, with their own behavioural patterns. There's no point in complaining about them, any more than complaining that lions might eat you."

"The tabloids are like animals, with their own behavioural patterns. There's no point in complaining about them, any more than complaining that lions might eat you."

David Mellor, British Politician

Animals, Complaining

26

"Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first."

"Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first."

Clarence Day, American Author

Animals, Ants, First

26

"As I say, the Animals had a particular concept of themselves as a band. There was an anarchic spirit in it, which was being flattened by commercial designs, attitudes, and needs."

"As I say, the Animals had a particular concept of themselves as a band. There was an anarchic spirit in it, which was being flattened by commercial designs, attitudes, and needs."

Alan Price, American Musician

Animals, Being, Needs, Spirit

26

"Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans."

"Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

Animals, Being, Now

26

"I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals - like Lassie."

"I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals - like Lassie."

Edith Head, American Designer

26

"I'm afraid of animals."

"I'm afraid of animals."

Joanna Noelle Levesque, American Musician

26

"The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects ordinary plants and animals, the difficulty of laying down a definition has become far greater than ever before."

"The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects ordinary plants and animals, the difficulty of laying down a definition has become far greater than ever before."

Asa Gray, American Scientist

Animals, Difficulty, Now, Opinion

26

"It is a science fact that some animals do dream.It'll someday lead them to places better than zoo."

"It is a science fact that some animals do dream.It'll someday lead them to places better than zoo."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Animals, Truth, Life, Wisdom, Power

26

"Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal."

"Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal."

Charles Darwin, English Scientist

25

"First I wanted to be a veterinarian. And then I realized you had to give them shots to put them to sleep, so I decided I'd just buy a bunch of animals and have them in my house instead."

"First I wanted to be a veterinarian. And then I realized you had to give them shots to put them to sleep, so I decided I'd just buy a bunch of animals and have them in my house instead."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

Animals, First, Sleep

25

"In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults."

"In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults."

Jessamyn West, American Author

Animals, Children

25

"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?"

"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, American Economist

Animals, Birds, Insects, Land

24

"The earth is a great big orphanage for most animals."

"The earth is a great big orphanage for most animals."

Eric Roberts, American Actor

24

"Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man."

"Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man."

Thomas Love Peacock, English Author

Animals, Man, Nothing, Obvious

24

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

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

Thomas Mann, German Writer

24

"The African prisoners are orderly and peaceable among themselves."

"The African prisoners are orderly and peaceable among themselves."

Lewis Tappan, American Businessman

Animals, African

24

"I just think you would never kill and cut up a human to wear so why do it to animals? I just think it's horrible, I would never wear fur, although I guess if it was a really vintage piece you might just get away with it."

"I just think you would never kill and cut up a human to wear so why do it to animals? I just think it's horrible, I would never wear fur, although I guess if it was a really vintage piece you might just get away with it."

Kelly Osbourne, English Actress

24

"When it comes to wilderness animals we have to make an effort to preserve what areas we can that they can be themselves in. Its come to a point though, clearly, where some species have to be cared for by humans if they are not going to disappear altogether."

"When it comes to wilderness animals we have to make an effort to preserve what areas we can that they can be themselves in. Its come to a point though, clearly, where some species have to be cared for by humans if they are not going to disappear altogether."

Matthew Fox, American Actor

Animals, Effort, Wilderness

24

"While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?"

"While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?"

Isadora Duncan, American Dancer

Animals, Earth, Living

24

"I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through."

"I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through."

Jules Verne, French Author

Animals, Cats, Earth, Spirits

23

"The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment."

"The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

23

"Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread, and flourished. They didn't bother themselves about the past - they never do; they're too busy."

"Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread, and flourished. They didn't bother themselves about the past - they never do; they're too busy."

Kenneth Grahame, Scottish Novelist

23

"Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the young but never the actual birth, which is a veiled and secret event."

"Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the young but never the actual birth, which is a veiled and secret event."

Heinz R. Pagels, American Physicist

Animals, May, Stars

23

"Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us."

"Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us."

Malcolm De Chazal, French Writer

Animals, Expression, Words

23

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