Animals Quotes

"The dog that trots about finds a bone."

"A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked."

"There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money."

"The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects."

"I like spending time at home. In Paris, people drop by and have a bite to eat, or they drop by and watch Friends on TV. I take my dog to the office there, and I walk to work sometimes."

"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."

"In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed."

"I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him."

"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."

"I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared."

"I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other."

"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm."

"We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne."

"Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet."

"The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic."

"The dog is the god of frolic."

"He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god."

"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."

"After graduating from flares and platforms in the early 1970s, I started drama school wearing a pair of khaki dungarees with one of my Dad's Army shirts, accessorised by a cat's basket doubling as a handbag. Very Lady Gaga."

"I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people."