“If animals had a Pope," Major Thompson said to me, "their Vatican would be in London. And if by some dire submarine cataclysm that noble vessel, Great Britain, were to be shipwrecked and start to founder, believe me, there would surely be somebody in Westminster to cry from the top of the Tower: "Dogs first!” IfsFirstsBelieveSaidWould BeAnimalDogCryMajorsNobleLondonBritainBelieve In MeFoundersTowersPopeVesselGreat BritainSubmarinesWestminster Author:Pierre Daninos
“The animate and inanimate creation all contribute to the true worship of God. All of creation must worship at whatever level of sentience they possess. Jesus said if men held back their praise, even the stones might "cry out" in worship.” IfsMenSaidMightJesusAnimalLevelsCryCreationCreaturesWorshipStonesPraiseTrue Worship Author:Ed Buckner
“Dawn crept over the Downs like a sinister white animal, followed by the snarling cries of a wind eating its way between the black boughs of the thorns. The wind was the furious voice of this sluggish animal light that was baring the dormers and mullions and scullions of Cold Comfort Farm.” WayLightBlackVoiceWhiteAnimalCryWindColdComfortEatingDawnFarmsThornsFuriousSinisterSluggishSnarlingCold Comfort Farm Book:Cold comfort farm Source: Cold comfort farm
“Let him cry whoever feels like crying, for we were animals before we became reasoning beings, and the shedding of a tear, whether of forgiveness or of pity or of sheer delight at beauty, will do him a lot of good.” FeelsAnimalCryTearsDelightPityReasoningSheer Book:With Love and Irony Source: With Love and Irony
“From beasts we scorn as soulless, In forest, field and den, The cry goes up to witness The soulessness of men” MenAnimalCryFieldsForestsWitnessWelfareBeastAnimal RightsScornAnimal WelfareDensAnimal LifeSoullessWildlife Animals Author:William Inge
“I have my own peculiar yardstick for measuring a man: Does he have the courage to cry in a moment of grief? Does he have the compassion not to hunt an animal? In his relationship with a woman, is he gentle? Real manliness is nurtured in kindness and gentleness, which I associate with intelligence, comprehension, tolerance, justice, education, and high morality. If only men realized how easy it is to open a woman's heart with kindness, and how many women close their hearts to the assaults of the Don Juans.” IfsMenHeartDoeRealMomentsEasyJusticeMy OwnAnimalGriefCompassionKindnessCryMoralityToleranceGentlePeculiarAssociatesAssaultHuntsGentlenessComprehensionMeasuringReal MenManlinessDon JuanJuanYardsticks Author:Sophia Loren