Yvonne Craig Quotes

While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and my highly social chickens are dear to me, too.

If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.

Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans.

Animals are a continuous source of inspiration and wonder to me. I would love to play a dog.

Dogs and other animals - goats, donkeys, cows, a grumpy rooster - continue to change my writing life.

I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.

Animals are very easy to love and be friends with.

Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.

Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers.

As long as I can remember, I've always had pets. Something about the connection you share with this entirely different species just blows my mind.

Lisa understands me. I'm very complex, but I have trouble opening up to people. I tend to keep things to myself. All my life, I've been kind of shy - opening up is always a challenge and Lisa can understand that.

You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

I have to have animals. They really make life worth living, and my world actually revolves around them. They know exactly when it's time to get up, exactly when they're supposed to get their food, and they let you know. Mine are right there in my face, first thing every morning.

Animals have always left me with a curiosity about human nature. I trust animals more than most people.

Dogs are the only mammals that will actually stare and look into a human's eyes.

I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.

A dog is a vehicle, you know; a dog is a window to Mother Nature, and that's the closest species we have.

My dog and two cats are such a vital part of my life. To say that I am their owner doesn't reflect at all the profound bond and responsibility that I have towards them.

Animals in general have sparked a weird depression in me, because as much as I tried, I couldn't layer a personality over them. You know what I mean? I would stare at the cows, and I would sing to the cows, and they would always just look at me blankly.

I think that there are many aspects to the relationship between humans and animals. But briefly, humans appear to have always been fascinated by them from the time of cave paintings and before.

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.

The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.

I’ve looked monkeys in the eye, and I see a relative.