Subject: Animals (Page 17)

I’m disappointed with every movie about sharks that closes with “The End” instead of “Fin.”

My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.

(1942 – ) Scottish comedian, musician & actor

My girlfriend’s dog died, so to cheer her up I went out and got her an identical one: She was livid… “What am I going to do with two dead dogs?”

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

The pug is living proof that God has a sense of humor.

(1954 – 2000) humorist, writer & radio commentator

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.

(1917 – 1998) author, critic, animal rights activist

Circus: A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Dogs are like penises… I enjoy my own, but I don't want to be touched by anyone else's.

American comedian

The scientific name for an animal that doesn’t either run from or fight its enemies is lunch.

(1947 – ) American philosopher of science

Culture is roughly anything we do and the monkeys don't.

One time I saw two geese fighting and I thought, this is a pillow fight, ahead of time.

(1973 – ) American comedian

I think Bigfoot is blurry, that’s the problem; there’s a large out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

My dog was my soul mate; we both took naps, we both skipped lunch, we both hated the vacuum.

(1952 – ) comedian

Now don’t get me wrong, I love animals, but I like eatin’ ‘em more… fun to pet, better to chew.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

It’s only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realize how often they burst into flames.

(1964 – ) English comedian, author & television presenter

The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.

(1943 – ) U.S. agriculture commissioner, columnist, activist & author

Happiness is a warm puppy with an empty bladder.

No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.

Our dog died from licking our wedding picture.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws.

(1821 – 1867) French poet, essayist & art critic

… that indefatigable and unsavory engine of pollution

(1906 – 1992) English academic, barrister & book-collector