Temple Grandin Quotes

Animals are very easy to love and be friends with.

I believe that animals are on the planet so that we can know love and compassion.

Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way." ... "Surely a better time must be drawing nigh when godlike human beings will become truly humane, and learn to put their animal fellow mortals in their hearts instead of on their backs or in their dinners.

Anytime you work with animals, you begin to see more humanity in them.

Animals give us their constant, unjaded faces, and we burden them with our bodies and civilized ordeals.

I do love animals so much, and have a great respect for them emotionally and intellectually, because they are so different from human beings.

I love animals, and I feel more of a connection to animals than people.

As long as I can remember, I've always had pets. Something about the connection you share with this entirely different species just blows my mind.

We are often more merciful to our animals than we are to each other.

An appreciation of animals is good for a human, it can lead to a better understanding and respect for all living things.

Anybody knows who lives with animals, they teach you more about what it is to be a good human than most people: patience, goodheartedness, enthusiasm, presence, forgiveness, focus, restfulness, honesty.

We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.

Generally, or at least very often, people with a deep interest in animals are the best people around.

So if animals aren't our friends, then what are they? The answer can be summed up between two buns.

Eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship - enjoyment at a distance.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

I love animals and I love working with them because they don't lie.

I am a pet person. My dog actually lives in Georgia now. But I work with animal trainers and pets quite often. I also volunteer at different places like animal shelters. It's good to be around pets. They kind of put things into perspective. They're easygoing, loyal, and they seem to get it, even when humans don't.

Animal-rights advocates remind us of this admonition: The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.

I always felt people should live with animals.

People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don't care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it's like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.

I'm really an animal guy. I express myself in different ways as an animal.

I grew up with lots of animals and I related more to them than I did to people. I feel a lot of empathy for them.

The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.