Subject: Animals (Page 4)

You can’t lose a homing pigeon; if your homing pigeon doesn’t come back, then what you’ve lost is a pigeon.

(1981 – ) English writer, stand-up comedian & actress

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

(1882 – 1958) drama critic, editor

Biologically speaking, if something bites you it’s more likely to be female.

(1928 – ) English zoologist, ethologist, painter & author

A bee is never as busy as it seems; it’s just that it can’t buzz any slower.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Nature abhors a vacuum… but not as much as cats do.

A hen is an egg's way of making another egg.

(1835 – 1902) English composer, author & satirist

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

All men are equal before fish.

(1929 – 1933) 31st U.S. president, humanitarian

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog; few people are interested and the frog dies as a result.

(1899 – 1985) US author & humorist

You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director

The trouble with a kitten is that it eventually beomes a cat.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

… that indefatigable and unsavory engine of pollution

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

There are rules about riding a horse, but the horse won’t necessarily know them.

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.

Even a dog knows the difference between being tripped-over and kicked.

Large, naked raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who lie in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

This bear was six foot seven in his stocking feet and had shoes on.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Fiddle: An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

F U, Penguin: Telling Cute Animals What’s What

Happiness is a warm puppy.

cartoon character in, Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000)