Drinking, when we are not thirsty and making love all year round, madam; that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals. – Pierre De Beaumarchais
Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires. – Alexander Graham Bell
I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, because if I use the leaden one his hide is sure to flatten em. – Hilaire Belloc
A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and and not by a but. – John Berger
Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made. – John Berryman
The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron
Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Mens bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man sleeps with his body in his mind. – Malcolm De Chazal
Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal. – Sir Winston Churchill
What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
