Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“As the cherub is to the angel, so the cat is to the tiger...”
-- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

#Cat #Angel #Cherubs
“No cat purrs unless someone is around to listen.”
-- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

#Cat
“I saw that animals were important. I saw that plants were even more important. I was also to learn that compared to many of the other species, we weren't important at all except for the damage we do. We do not rule the natural world, despite our conspicuous position in it. On the contrary, it is our lifeline, and we do well to try to understand its rules.”
-- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

#Animal #Trying #Important
“To write a book such as Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn is a formidable undertaking. You must accumulate thousands of facts and spare no detail, no matter how terrible. It is always easier to write a piece of fluff and leave everybody smiling. But then, the horrors of poaching would continue unchallenged?like as tent caterpillars consuming an apple orchard, our species mindlessly consumes the others of the earth. At present, the most significant hope for our planet may be knowledge, and Richard Ellis has done a heroic job in providing a large measure of that.”
-- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

#Jobs #Book #Writing
“Dogs who chase cars evidently see them as large, unruly ungulates badly in need of discipline and shepherding.”
-- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

#Funny #Dog #Discipline
“In truth, most of us don't know our cats.”
-- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

#Cat
“What do dogs want? They want each other. Human beings are merely a cynomorphic substitute ...”
-- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

#Dog #Want #Substitutes

Every Dog Might Wish To Be Dog One But Like Us Most Dogs Want Membership In

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