Ingrid Newkirk Quotes

In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether.

Ingrid Newkirk

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• It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • People
  • Together
  • True

• I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often.

  

  Nancy Sinatra
  • Time
  • Family
  • Dad

• We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around.

  

  Dani Shapiro
  • Believe
  • Happy
  • Pain

• To my knowledge, there is no blacklist. But there is a mindset, even among liberal producers, that says 'He may be difficult, so let's avoid him.'

  

  Ed Asner
  • May
  • Knowledge
  • Mindset

• I went on tour with Beyonce before. I wouldn't mind doing something with her.

  

  Flo Rida
  • Mind
  • Tour
  • Her

• Sure, we've had our fair share of ups and downs, but I don't know if we've had more than any other rock band... we just have a way of getting ourselves into hot water.

  

  Carl Wilson
  • Water
  • Band
  • Rock

• In Kansas City, most of the time, if we'd have made it to the playoffs, we would have been happy. But our team wasn't that good.

  

  Zack Greinke
  • Time
  • Good
  • Happy

• I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.

  

  Camren Bicondova
  • Know
  • Dance
  • Wanted

• The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • World
  • American
  • Perfect

• In high school, I did a little track and field and ran on my own. In college, I would run every now and again, but I didn't have enough time to be devoted to it.

  

  Natalie Morales
  • Time
  • School
  • High

• We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

  

  Wendell Phillips
  • Men
  • Live
  • Government

• It is important for a father who feels pushed away to say, in effect, 'When you do that, I feel unwanted as a father,' or 'I feel my rough-housing is not bad parenting; it's my contribution to helping our child take risks.' Women cannot hear what men do not say. – page 105.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Important
  • Women

• Odd that we think definitions are definitive.

  

  Larry Wall

• Ignobly vain, and impotently great.

  

  Alexander Pope
  • Great

• The society in which we live is the result of our psychological state.

  

  Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Live
  • Society

• And I stood arrow straightUnencumbered by the weightOf all these hustlers and their schemes.I stood proud, I stood tallHigh above it all.I still believed in my dreams.

  

  Bob Seger
  • Proud

• This, I feel, is missing a vital point: that the sceptic is often a totally honest person who, for perfectly good, sound reasons, simply cannot see a case for belief. In fact many - like Courty Bryan - admit that they would like to be convinced, but find it impossible.

  

  Colin Wilson
  • Good
  • Missing

• What is the odds so long as the fire of soul is kindled at the taper of conwiviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a feather! What is the odds so long as the spirit is expanded by means of rosy wine, and the present moment is the least happiest of our existence!

  

  Charles Dickens
  • Long
  • Soul
  • Present

• An open-door policy doesn't do much for a closed mind.

  

  Bob Nelson
  • Mind
  • Door

• Washington would be much better off if it looked more like a state legislature.

  

  Kathy Szeliga

• No nation which refuses to exercise forbearance and to respect the freedom and rights of others can long remain strong and retain the confidence and respect of other nations. No nation ever loses its dignity or good standing by conciliating its differences and by exercising great patience with, and consideration for, the rights of other nations.

  

  Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Good
  • Great
  • Long

• In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk