“[E]volutionists sometimes take as haughty an attitude toward the next level up the conventional ladder of disciplines: the human sciences. They decry the supposed atheoretical particularism of their anthropological colleagues and argue that all would be well if only the students of humanity regarded their subject as yet another animal and therefore yielded explanatory control to evolutionary biologists.” IfsHumansWellsSometimesWould BeHumanityNextAnimalLevelsAttitudeSubjectsStudentsDisciplineArguingConventionalColleaguesLaddersNext LevelBiologistHaughty Book:An Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas Source: An Urchin in the Storm: Essays about Books and Ideas
“I cannot abide the Mr. and Mrs. Noah attitude towards marriage; the animals went in two by two, forever stuck together with glue.” TwoTogetherAnimalAttitudeForeverStuckGlue Author:Vita Sackville-West
“[St. Francis] looked upon creation with the eyes of one who could recognize in it the marvelous work of the hand of God. His solicitous care, not only towards men, but also towards animals is a faithful echo of the love with which God in the beginning pronounced his 'fiat' which brought them into existence. We too are called to a similar attitude.” MenHandsEyeCareAnimalExistenceAttitudeCreationFaithfulEchoesMarvelousHands Of God Author:Pope John Paul II
“Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but it's a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of.” KnowsHumansKindDeathSufferingEasyLossAnimalDealsGriefHealingAttitudeSorrowSingersLife And DeathEnablingPet LossDealing With Death Author:Emmylou Harris
“Tragically, some people are genetically more susceptible than others to agripoisons and industrial pollutants. Genetic engineering to correct these medical problems is a narrow (reductionistic) and instrumental (mechanistic) response to a problem that is fundamentally conceptual: namely, our attitude toward life and our mistreatment of the Earth, plants, and animals-and ourselves in the process.” PeopleProblemEarthProcessAnimalAttitudePlantResponseEnvironmentalMedicalEngineeringPollutionSusceptiblePlants And AnimalsGenetic EngineeringMistreatmentMedical Problems Author:Michael Fox
“I see myself as no color. I can play the role of a man. I can paint my face white if I want to and play the role of white. I can play a green, I can be a purple. I think I have that kind of frame and that kind of attitude where I can play an animal. If you think in color, then everyone around you is going to think in color and that puts limits on the way you think. I don't think like that. A lot of the roles that I'm doing are roles that a man or a person of any color can do.” IfsThinkingMenWayWantKindPersonsI CanPlayFacesCan DoWhiteAnimalAttitudeRolesColorLimitsGreenPaintPurple Author:Grace Jones
“MAN is a social animal, gregarious by nature, and finds his greatest sense of security and satisfaction in the company of others who share his interests and attitudes. Of all the many groups into which humans have collected themselves, of all the many tribes, clans, organizations, and societies throughout history, none has been so powerful, so far-reaching, or more universal than the church.” MenHumansHas BeensSocialInterestChurchAnimalPowerfulAttitudeCompanyGroupsShareSecurityHe ManOrganizationUniversalSatisfactionReachingTribesClansGregarious Book:Peace with God: The Secret of Happiness Source: Peace with God: The Secret of Happiness