Animal Quotes:

"The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot."

Mark Twain

"Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."

Mark Twain

"Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use."

Mark Twain

"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

"All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it -- and they do enjoy it as much as man and other circumstances will allow."

Samuel Butler

"Man is an animal that makes bargains; no other animal does this - one dog does not change a bone with another."

Adam Smith

"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."

Immanuel Kant

"A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast."

Proverbs 12:10

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

Edward Hoagland

"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring -- it was peace."

Milan Kundera

"I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world."

Samuel Johnson

"You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense."

Jane Pauley

"We have a theory that cats are planning to take over the world, just try to look them straight in the eye....yup, they're hiding something!"

Dog Fancy

"It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see."

Eleanor Farjeon

"The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer."

Paula Poundstone

"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives."

Sue Murphy

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

Woodrow Wilson

"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior."

Hippolyte Taine

"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul."

Jean Cocteau

The smallest feline is a masterpiece."

Leonardo da Vinci

"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face."

Ben Williams

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."

Roger Caras

"There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat."

Tay Hohoff

"Books and cats and fair-haired little girls make the best furnishings for a room."

French proverb

"Who cares well for cats will marry as happily as he or she could ever wish."

French proverb

"Beware of people who dislike cats."

Irish proverb

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."

Andrew A. Rooney

"I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it."

Abraham Lincoln

"If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also."

Russian Proverb

"Of all domestic animals the cat is the most expressive. His face is capable of showing a wide range of expressions. His tail is a mirror of his mind. His gracefulness is surpassed only by his agility. And, along with all these, he has a sense of humor."

Walter Chandoha