When we love animals and children too much, we love them at the expense of men.Jean-Paul SartreAnimalsChildrenMen Share this
The universe remains dark. We are animals struck by catastrophe.Jean-Paul SartreAnimalsDarkness Share this
When one loves animals and children too much, one loves them against human beings.Jean-Paul SartreAnimalsChildrenLove Share this
Horses are like giant possums that you can ride and they stare at you and have terrifying bonersJeffrey RowlandAnimalsBehavior Share this
The more self-aware an animal is, the more empathetic it tends to be.Frans de WaalAnimalsEmpathySelf-awareness Share this
Animals know nothing of themselves, and they also know nothing of the world.Friedrich NietzscheAnimalsIgnoranceKnowledge Share this
Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled.Fyodor DostoevskyAnimalsHappinessLove Share this
Animals too experience sorrow, love, anger and other emotions.Mata AmritanandamayiAnimalsEmotions Share this
Animals shouldn’t eat gumdrops! They shouldn’t drink tea or chocolate milk, either.Michael BuckleyAnimalsFood Share this
There’s nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.Michael ChabonAnimalsPerception Share this
People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats.Leonora CarringtonAgeismAnimalsReliability Share this
Cats have a contempt of speech. Why should they talk when they can communicate without words?Lilian Jackson BraunAnimalsCommunicationSilence Share this
Compulsory reading for anyone who has a pig, an aunt or a sense of humor.Lindsey DavisAnimalsComedyFamily Share this
People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt.Lord ChesterfieldAnimalsMoneyTrust Share this
We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.Gary L. FrancioneAnimalsEthicsObligation Share this
Man’s inhumanity to man is only surpassed by his cruelty to animalsGeorge Bernard ShawAnimalsCruelty Share this
If horses had controlled investment decisions, there would have been no auto industry.Warren BuffettAnimalsProgressTechnology Share this
Who would not prefer animals to these people who prefer animals to people?Wendy DonigerAnimalsPeoplePreference Share this
You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people.Will RogersAnimalsIntelligence Share this
A man that don’t love a horse, there is something the matter with him.Will RogersAnimalsConnectionLove Share this
Humans are able to give very good feedback. You can’t tell with an animal what they feel.Hugh HerrAnimalsEmotionsFeedback Share this
It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.Haile SelassieAnimalsCompassionMorality Share this
The only decent people I ever saw at the racecourse were horses.James JoyceAnimalsCritiqueMorality Share this
I have never had an animal that didn’t have a personality, one differing from another.Jane GoodallAnimalsDifferencesPersonality Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity
