funny quotes about animals

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. ~Edmund Burke, The Revolution in France, 1790



There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindustani Proverb



Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul. ~Gaston Bachelard Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing. ~Ben Hogan



Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history. ~Pieter Geyl, Debates With Historians



Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. ~Kin Hubbard



Wherever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization we will find the hoofprint of the horse beside it. ~John Moore



If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it. ~Oscar Wilde



With the exception of women, there is nothing on earth so agreeable or necessary to the comfort of man as the dog. ~Edward Jesse, Anecdote of Dogs



When you say that you agree with a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. ~Otto von Bismarck



There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness and death. ~Fran Lebowitz



Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does. ~Ambrose Bierce



It is hardly respectable to be good nowadays. ~Edith Sitwell



Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary. ~Peter Minard



Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight? ~Al Boliska



A friend is the only person you will let into the house when you are Turning Out Drawers. ~Pam Brown



Well done is better than well said. ~Benjamin Franklin



To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday. ~John Burroughs



Summing up, it is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock. ~Woody Allen, "My Speech to the Graduates," Side Effects, 1980



Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. ~M. Kathleen Casey



The number of shots taken by an opponent who is out of sight is equal to the square root of the sum of the number of curses heard plus the number of swishes. ~Michael Green, The Art of Coarse Golf, 1975