I take it hard when an animal in my care suffers or dies. I take it even harder when the animal's suffering is the result of human exploitation or carelessness.

Grieving the loss of a loved one—whether human or animal—is not only permissible, it is essential.

The inner encounters I have with animals—and will be teaching you to have— are exchanges of meaning.

Every species embodies a solution to some environmental challenge, and some of these solutions are breathtaking in their elegance.

Animals remind us that all beings who walk, stand, swim, crawl, or fly are radiant, mysterious, and unique expressions of the Source. Every species, every culture, has it’s own genius.

We all came into this world wired to connect with all life.

It is commonplace, and true, to point out that animals are happier than people because they live entirely in the present.

I believe the happiness we feel in relation to animals is immensely significant. I believe it is absolutely central to our physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being.

I believe we have this idea that bad things ought to be prevented from happening.

As Romeo and Juliet found to their cost, marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about families.

Sloppy crying had never helped anyone yet.

I talk about jobs, I talk about our veterans being mistreated.

If you need a baby that bad, go down to the pound and get one. Not even a baby - go get an old man. There's unwanted people of all ages, pre-made and waiting for you.

Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.

It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habbits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments.

Kristen Stewart is kind of captivating; she can just stare at stuff and it works because I still want to watch it.

The book of nature is the book of fate. She turns the gigantic pages, leaf after leaf never returning one.

No, truth is something desperate, an' she's got it. Believe me, it's something desperate, an' she's got it.

How much salt water thrown away in waste/ To season love, that of it doth not taste.