Voltaire Quotes

Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.

I envy my daughter's childhood.

I don't think I'd like to be a different person. But I do sometimes see my cats lolling about and think it would be nice to be one of them.

Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals

For the bliss of the animals lies in this, that, on their lower level, they shadow the bliss of those--few at any moment on the earth--who do not 'look before and after, and pine for what is not,' but live in the holy carelessness of the eternal now.

Dogs don't got the problems of people. Dogs can be happy any old time.

It's easy to smile when you have a squirrel's intellect.

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at them long and long.

Animals don't know as much about jealousy as people, but they're not ignorant of it, either.

I often think that those people are the happiest who know nothing at all of the world, and sitting in the little empire of the fireside, where there is no contention or cabal, think we are in a golden age of existance.

People will know you for whatever they want to know you for.

For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds.

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled.

All you have in life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name, then you'll never be happy. The thought will always lurk at the back of your mind that people don't trust you.

My idea of rich is that you can buy every book you ever want without looking at the price and you're never around assholes. That's the two things to really fight for in life.

I think it reminds me of my childhood, my father, .. I think people have the same reaction. It reminds you of what it was like to be a kid, where everything is carefree and fun.

Somebody else's ignorance is bliss.

My heart was full of softening showers, I used to swing like this for hours, I did not care for war or death, I was glad to draw my breath.

I sometimes think that I think too much. Sometimes I envy the ignorant. I envy people who can just turn it off and be blissful and not care. But that isn't me. I just have never found a way.

Life is for living, not living uptight, see ya somewhere up in the sky.

Give me but a little cheerful company, let me only have the company of the people I love, let me only be where I like and with whom I like, and the devil may take the rest, say I.

The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.

Often people who are wonderful with animals aren't always terribly good with human beings.

I'm turned on by diversity. I'm turned on by things that are different. I like different animals, I like different ways of travel, and I like different people.

I do feel that, generally, people will see me and go, "He knows where the good food is," which is an awesome correlative. It's an awesome simplification.