Men will never rest till they've spoiled the earth and destroyed the animals.

I certainly think that 10 to 20 years from now, clearly the majority of veterinarians will be women.

We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be.

There is nothing that cuts you down to size like coming to some strange and marvelous place where no one even stops to notice that you stare about you.

You know how you let yourself think that everything will be all right if you can only get to a certain place or do a certain thing. But when you get there you find it's not that simple.

We all have to meet our match sometime or other.

A thing can be true and still be desperate folly.

I've always said that Watership Down is not a book for children. I say: it's a book, and anyone who wants to read it can read it.

If a rabbit gave advice and the advice wasn't accepted, he immediately forgot it, and so did everyone else.

One cloud feels lonely.

Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate.

Some things that goes out of your mouth can wrap itself around your neck and choke you to death in future.

There's nothing to be said for being famous. It's a pain. You can't be rude to people - it's inexcusable not to be nice. Anyway, it's not in my nature. I was trained to be nice.

The fact that knowledge endlessly recedes as the investigator is about to grasp it is what constitutes at the same time his torment and happiness.

Never sit at a table you can’t walk away from.

The rich man and his daughter are soon parted.

When you grow up--and from the look of things, you have awhile--but you learn things never go back to normal simply because everyone's sorry. Sorry is ridiculous.

Human beings are Earthlings and as Earthlings are connected to every other living being on this planet.

Good manners are never passé.

I reached the stage where I was afraid to wiggle my leg, but then I thought 'why shouldn't I?' It's what I do and now I know how to turn an audience on again.

All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we're doing what we have been told or asked to do.