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  • In shape they were like horrible toads, and moved in a succession of springs, but in size they were of an incredible bulk, larger than the largest elephant. We had never before seen them save at night, and indeed they are nocturnal animals save when disturbed in their lairs, as these had been. We now stood amazed at the sight, for their blotched and warty skins were of a curious fish-like iridescence, and the sunlight struck them with an ever-varying rainbow bloom as they moved.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes , Spring Quotes , Animal Quotes
  • I spend a hell of a lot of time killing animals and fish so I wouldn't kill myself. When a man is in rebellion against death, as I am in rebellion against death, he gets pleasure out of taking to himself one of the godlike attributes; that of giving it.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ernest Hemingway Quotes , Animal Quotes , Men Quotes
  • And not only did he learn by experience, but instincts long dead became alive again. The domesticated generations fell from him. In vague ways he remembered back to the youth of the breed, to the time the wild dogs ranged in packs through the primeval forest and killed their meat as they ran it down.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Jack London Quotes , Dog Quotes , Animal Quotes
  • Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check. I fondled it for about five minutes and then sent it back. I told her I couldn't accept money from strangers.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alan Abel Quotes , Animal Quotes , California Quotes
  • Why should I disguise what you know so well, but what the crowd never dream of? We companies are all birds of prey; mere birds of prey. The only question is, whether in serving our own turn, we can serve yours too; whether in double-lining our own nest, we can put a single living into yours.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Dream Quotes , Animal Quotes
  • I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being-that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Animal Quotes , Men Quotes