"The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much."

~ Thornton Wilder

"Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, "The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind.""

~ Donald Rumsfeld

"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-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

"Bleeurgh, all of it!" ~ Piórko by pyza*

"The early bird catches the worm."

~ Proverb

"Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul."

~ Pythagoras

"I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven."

~ Emily Dickinson

Keel-billed toucan

"Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!"

~ Theophile Gautier

"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 them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills."

~ Voltaire

"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet."

~ Colette