“The flesh is sweeter, where the creature has some chance for its life; for that reason, I always use a single ball, even if it be at a bird or a squirrel; besides, it saves lead, for, when a body knows how to shoot, one piece of lead is enough for all, except hard-lived animals.” IfsKnowsHardReasonEnoughUseBodyChanceAnimalKnow HowPiecesCreaturesBirdBallsFleshHuntingOne PieceSquirrels Author:James F. Cooper
“If you're Noah, and your ark is about to sink, look for the elephants first, because you can throw over a bunch of cats, dogs, squirrels, and everything else that is just a small animal and your ark will keep sinking. But if you can find one elephant to get overboard, you're in much better shape.” IfsFirstsLooksAnimalDogShapesCatBunchElephantsSinkingSquirrelsArkOverboardCat DogSmall Animals Author:Vilfredo Pareto
“I was becoming more cunning than an animal in hiding my supply of morphine. A squirrel saving nuts is limited by its undeveloped imagination ... but I was not so handicapped. A squirrel, for example, is debarred from sending money to some greedy doctor or druggist and making arrangements to have a bit of powder sent each day by mail.” BitsImaginationAnimalExampleBecomingDoctorsAddictionSavingEach DayHidingNutsMailArrangementsGreedyCunningBecoming MorePowderSquirrelsHandicappedMorphine Book:Queen of Diamonds: The Fabled Legacy of Evalyn Walsh McLean Source: Queen of Diamonds: The Fabled Legacy of Evalyn Walsh McLean
“I was just different. When the other kids gravitated to football or basketball I went fishing and skating. I was into trapping animals, pheasants and squirrels. Not only was I trapper. I was a taxidermist.” DifferentKidsAnimalFootballBasketballFishingSkatingSquirrelsPheasants Author:Gene Pitney
“There were two Republican responses to the State of the Union. So if you watched the whole night, it was kind of evolution in reverse. You have Obama, then Paul Ryan, and then Michele Bachmann. Then Animal Planet had a squirrel monkey give his take.” IfsGivingKindTwoStatesWholeNightAnimalPlanetsEvolutionRepublicanUnionsResponseReverseMonkeysSquirrels Author:Bill Maher
“I don't know if I have sexual magnetism or animal magnetism, though sometimes I'll find a squirrel stuck to my forehead.” IfsKnowsSometimesAnimalStuckForeheadsSquirrelsMagnetismAnimal Magnetism Author:Emo Philips