“Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those species are rare or endangered. They're on the way out, no matter what anyone does or says, you know.” KnowsWayDoeMatterAnimalExampleNo Matter WhatSpeciesMy FavoriteSeventeenCrocodiles Author:Steve Irwin
“No matter what anybody says, relationships are based on physical attraction. The first time I saw my wife, it was pure animal whatever.” FirstsMatterAnimalSawsWifePureFirst TimeNo Matter WhatMy WifeAttractionPhysical Attraction Author:Denis Leary
“Kindness. The only possible method when dealing with a living creature. You'll get nowhere with an animal if you use terror, no matter what its level of development may be. That I have maintained, do maintain and always will maintain. People who think you can use terror are quite wrong. No, no, terror is useless, whatever its colour – white, red or even brown! Terror completely paralyses the nervous system.” PeopleIfsThinkingMayMatterUseWhiteAnimalLevelsKindnessDevelopmentCreaturesRedNo Matter WhatMethodTerrorNervousUselessColourBrownNervous SystemLiving CreaturesParalysis Book:The Heart of a Dog Source: The Heart of a Dog
“I might have to drink the blood of animals to stay alive, but I would never feast on one of my own kind, no matter what Mr.Crepsley said, or hows much my belly growled.” KindSaidMatterMightMy OwnAnimalAliveBloodDrinkNo Matter WhatBellyStaying Alive Book:The Vampire’s Assistant (The Saga of Darren Shan, Book 2) Source: The Vampire’s Assistant (The Saga of Darren Shan, Book 2)
“A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions, and no matter what his pretensions in religion, he moves in daily life very close to the animal plane.” MenLifeMatterMovingReligionPassionAnimalAngerNo Matter WhatPlanesDaily LifeTemperPretension Author:David O. McKay
“If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the being, the principle of equality requires that its suffering be counted equally with the like suffering - insofar as rough comparisons can be made - of any other being. So the limit of sentience is the only defensible boundary of concern for the interests of others. To mark this boundary by some other characteristic like intelligence or rationality would be to mark it in an arbitrary manner. Why not choose some other characteristic, like skin color?” IfsMadeMatterWould BeSufferingInterestAnimalMoralPrinciplesColorLimitsEthicsConcernSkinsMarkNo Matter WhatBoundariesCharacteristicsConsiderationComparisonRoughWhy NotJustificationRationalityArbitrarySkin ColorAnimal Ethics Author:Peter Singer
“Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.” FeelsMatterHelpingAnimalCompanyLonelyHarderNo Matter WhatLikes Author:Aaron Carter