Quotation.Cloud - A repository of notable quotations from across time and space

   

Authors by Last Name


Authors by First Name



Quotations about domestication

Gordon Stables...according to Darwin, the cat is an older animal than man in the world's history; and if this be so, how silly of us to bother our heads in trying to find out who first domesticated the cat, when in all probability it was the cat who first domesticated man.

 - Gordon Stables

Tags:   cats  Darwin  domestication  

Of all the influences which have been exercised on man by the care of his flocks, herds, and droves, perhaps the most important is that which has arisen from the broader development of his sympathies. The savage may be defined as a man who cares only for his family and his tribe; the civilized man as one whose kindly interest extends to mankind and beyond to all sentient beings.

 - Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

Tags:   animals  civilized  domestication  savage  sympathy