“Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable”
Plato
“Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends”
George Bernard Shaw
“Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost”
Voltaire
“It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.”
Theophile Gautier
“Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.”
Aristotle
“The basis of all animal rights should be the Golden Rule: we should treat them as we would wish them to treat us, were any other species in our dominant position.”
Christine Stevens
“A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.”
Groucho Marx
