My mother saved hundreds of animals in her life. Wherever she encountered and injured or needy or abandoned animal, she brought it home.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

The puma... the cat... is not just about power and speed and strength... but it is also a very elegant animal. That's what we've tried to reflect in our products.

Your cells are not working as hard as your dog's but harder than your horse's. The bigger the animal, the less energy needed to sustain a gram of tissue.

Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.

The horse is my favorite animal.

It is what makes us human, what distinguishes us from other animals. We can be aware of being aware.

I just don't think animals should be slaughtered for their fur.

In the ring I'm a different animal.

Restaurants should be forced to recycle their leftovers for animal consumption - and should create fewer leftovers in the first place.

I would like to clarify that the only adoption I am involved is through the Blue Cross Animal Welfare Shelter where we provide healthy and friendly homeless animals for adoption.

Fame is a very strange animal.

I love animals.

The problem here is with a human being, not with a monster, not with an animal. The human being does things that even the monster does not do, because the human is more sophisticated.

Every factory-farmed animal is, as a practice, treated in ways that would be illegal if it were a dog or a cat.

I've been out all over the world tranquilizing animals.

I feel like if I had a spirit animal, it would be Holly Hunter.

I think younger readers connect so readily to animal characters because they share a certain vulnerability, particularly when it comes to adult humans, who can be a rather unpredictable lot.

I grew up on a farm and my grandfather quit school when he was 12, but when it came to common sense and animals, he was the smartest person I've ever met, before or since. He taught me that to touch an animal is an earned privilege. It's not a right.

Just as our ancient ancestors drew animals on cave walls and carved animals from wood and bone, we decorate our homes with animal prints and motifs, give our children stuffed animals to clutch, cartoon animals to watch, animal stories to read.