“Successive generations of middle-class parents used to foist their own favourite books on their children. But some time in the late Eighties it began to wane - not because children had lost interest in adorable animals but because most of it was available on useful, pacifying video.” ChildrenBookUsedLostParentInterestAnimalClassGenerationsMiddleLateAvailableVideoMiddle ClassFavouriteEightyAdorableFavourite Book Author:Peter York
“The problem ... is that we have run out of dinosaurs to form oil with. Scientists working for the Department of Energy have tried to form oil using other animals; they've piled thousands of tons of sand and Middle Eastern countries on top of cows, raccoons, haddock, laboratory rats, etc., but so far all they have managed to do is run up an enormous bulldozer-rental bill and anger a lot of Middle Eastern persons. None of the animals turned into oil, although most of the laboratory rats developed cancer.” PersonsCountryProblemRunningFormEnergyAnimalMiddleHumorousScientistBillsCancerOilEnormousDepartmentSandEtcCowsRatsEasternLaboratoryDinosaursRaccoonsBulldozers Author:Dave Barry
“The only thing you find in the middle of the road are dead animals and dumb Americans.” AnimalMiddleDumbMiddle Of The Road Author:Anton Newcombe
“I'm the next act Waiting in the wings I'm an animal Trapped in your hot car I am all of the days That you choose to ignore You are all I need You are all I need I'm in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds.” NeedsLyingNextWaitingAnimalMiddleCarHotWingsYou ChooseTrappedNeed YouReedsI Need You Author:Thom Yorke
“As a child I used to watch clouds, and in them, see faces, castles, animals, dragons, and giants. It was a world of escape--fantasy; something to inject wonder and adventure into the mundane, regulated life of a middle-class boy leading a middle-class life.” WorldChildrenFacesUsedAnimalWonderClassBoysWatchesFantasyMiddleAdventureCloudsGiantsMiddle ClassDragonsCastlesMundaneMiddle Class Life Author:Barry B. Longyear
“I think I have a lot of empathy for animals and nature in general. Those things just make me comfortable. I grew up in the middle of nowhere, around a lot of animals. I feel for them.” ThinkingFeelsAnimalMiddleGrewComfortableGrew UpEmpathyMiddle Of Nowhere Author:Neko Case