"If man could be crossed with the..." - Quote by Mark Twain
If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.
More by Mark Twain
“What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.”
“Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.”
“If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it.”
More on Humanity
“Artists have the responsibility to serve humanity give people hope.”
“Einstein was attending a music salon in Germany before the second world war, with the violinist S. Suzuki. Two Japanese women played a German piece of music and a woman in the audience exclaimed: "How wonderful! It sounds so German!" Einstein responded: "Madam, people are all the same."”
“Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a striking absurdity in committing billions to reach the moon where no people live, while only a fraction of that amount is appropriated to service the densely populated slums.”
More on Animals
“If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?”
“Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he is the Unreasoning Animal... In truth, man is incurably foolish. Simple things which the other animals easily learn, he is incapable of learning. Among my experiments was this. In an hour I taught a cat and a dog to be friends. I put them in a cage. In another hour I taught them to be friends with a rabbit. In the course of two days I was able to add a fox, a goose, a squirrel and some doves. Finally a monkey. They lived together in peace; even affectionately.”
“It must be the Brit in me, because I like animals.”