Oliver Herford

Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.

All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.

One dog barks at something. And a hundred dogs bark at the sound.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can not get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

The more I know about people, the more I like dogs. I simply like animals.

The more I learn about people, the better I like my dog.

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.

Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.

I’d like to devote about three years to the elimination of the cow. There’s not reason in the world why the chemist can’t discover the cow’s secret of converting vegetation into dairy products. And there’s less reason why the chemist can’t do a better job of it after he learns how.

Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.

Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.

Don’t tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.