Subject: Animals (Page 16)

My favorite kind of wild animal is on a plate.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

Dog Kennel: A barking lot.

How to Preserve Animal and Other Specimens in Clear Plastic

There are three types of intelligence: the intelligence of man, the intelligence of animals and the intelligence of the military… in that order.

(1911 – 1994) German film director & producer

Let sleeping ducks lie.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; this is the principal difference between dog and man.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Everything tastes more or less like chicken.

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.

(1917 – 1998) author, critic, animal rights activist

Dogs are the leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them's making a poop, the other one's carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

My dog licked the crumbs out of my computer keyboard and earned an online college degree.

The cow is of the bovine ilk: One end is moo, the other, milk.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

If you're a fish, and you want to be a fish stick, you must have very good posture.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Man is the only animal that plays poker.

(1889 – 1966) American humorist, writer, illustrator & cartoonist

Bears are simultaneously so graceful and so strong… [they] know who they are, but they often don’t know who you are, which is why they kill you.

(1978 – ) American comedian & writer

I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the exterminator.

(1956 – ) American comedian

If criticism had any power to harm, the skunk would be extinct by now.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

Never wear anything that panics the cat.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.

My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child; we can’t decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

You might be a redneck if… you take your dog for a walk and you both use the tree at the corner.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Dogs are forever in the push-up position.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian