Subject: Animals

Kinky sex involves the use of duck feathers; perverted sex involves the whole duck.

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

I never married because there was no need: I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband – I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.

(1855 – 1924) English writer

Rattlesnake: Tattle tail.

When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web…. Now even my cat has its own page.

A few alligators are naturally of the vicious type and inclined to resent it when you prod them with a stick. You can find out which ones these are by prodding; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence.

(1884 – 1949) American humorist & literary critic

Even snakes are afraid of snakes.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won’t get much sleep.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

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

(1919 – 2011) American news commentator & writer

The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.

(1942 – ) humorist & radio broadcaster

Fish: An animal that grows fastest between the time it is caught and the time a fisherman describes it to his friends.

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

(1981 – ) British actor

Chickens: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

The measure of a bird dog's intelligence can be determined by the length of time it takes to resign yourself to his way of thinking.

I don't like grouper fish. Well, they're okay. They hang around star fish. Because they're grouper fish.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

'You scratch my back, and I'll suck blood out of yours' – that is the insect motto.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

When turkeys mate they think of swans.

(1925 – 2005) television host

A man who was loved by 300 women singled me out to live with him… Why? … I was the only one without a cat.

(1952 – ) comedian

Cats don’t belong to people; they belong to places.