Inter-Species Relationships Quotes

A fish and a bird may indeed fall in love, but where shall they live?

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

Family is family. I grew up in a household where all the four-legged animals were as important as the two-legged animals.

If you ever saw a cat and a dog eating out of the same plate, you can bet your ass it was the cat's food.

Clearly, we are a species that is well connected to other species. Whether or not we evolve from them, we are certainly very closely related to them. A series of mutations could change us into all kinds of intermediate species. Whether or not those intermediate species are provably in the past, they could easily be in our future.

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.

Wolves don’t socialize with humans. You guys tend to freak out when you learn what we are. Not to mention, your females are rather frail. I don’t like having to hold back for fear of bruising or killing my partner when I mate. (Vane) And people think I speak my mind. Jeez. You will just say anything, won’t you? (Sunshine)

Natasha Lyonne is fantastic on Twitter. She posts hilarious pictures. I don't even know where she finds some of them; it'll be like a random picture of a chinchilla kissing a lion or Bill Murray and Jim Belushi out on a boat or something.

Comrades," he said, "here is a point that must be settled. The wild creatures, such as rats and rabbits–are they our friends or our enemies? Let us put it to the vote. I propose this question to the meeting: Are rats comrades?" The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades. There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides.

Hey, Sydney. I thought I saw your car out there." He glanced around. "Is, uh, Jill with you?" "Not today." I said. New insight struck me as I recalled that Lee attended school in Los Angeles. "Lee, have you ever dated a human girl at your school?" Adrian arched an eyebrow. "Are you asking him out, Sage?" I scowled. "No!

We have a saying in France. A dog doesn't make a cat.

A goat does not eat into a hen's stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.

It was a mixed marriage. I'm human, and he was a Klingon.

My dog has the intellectual capacity of a lime wedge, yet even he possesses an elaborate set of assumptions, based on his ability to control my behavior through a combination of slavish devotion and incessant howling.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

I prefer my dog to humans.

Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.

I recommend you stick to your own species, Shy Babe." p. 155

Savage bears keep at peace with one another.

You can't be friends with a squirrel! A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit.

People can be a fine substitute for other dogs. But I think that if they had to choose, dogs by and large would choose the company of other dogs.

A fish may love a bird, but where would they live?

I learned from my dog long before I went to Gombe that we weren't the only beings with personalities. What the chimps did was help me to persuade others.

This world of 'Star Wars' is just so accepting and beautiful that the idea a droid and a human are trying to waddle their way into a relationship is something that's celebrated.

Cats and dogs are a very good window into the natural world: a chance to see how another species lives and deals with its problems, what they like and what they don't like.