Top 43 Quotes by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

About Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

These are some quotes by American author Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Author, who was born on September 13, 1931.

This was what you did in the '50s: You get married, get a job, put your husband through graduate school, and have two kids - a girl and a boy.

This was what you did in the '50s: You get married, get a job, put your husband through graduate school, and have two kids - a girl and a boy.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

We used to go in the woods by ourselves, and you can't help noticing the world then, especially animals. People used to know a lot about the natural world, especially in the country.

We used to go in the woods by ourselves, and you can't help noticing the world then, especially animals. People used to know a lot about the natural world, especially in the country.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Every day, the humane societies execute thousands of dogs who tried all their lives to do their very best by their owners. These dogs are killed not because they are bad but because they are inconvenient. So as we need God more than he needs us, dogs need us more than we need them, and they know it.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Primates feel pure, flat immobility as boredom. But dogs feel it as peace.

Primates feel pure, flat immobility as boredom. But dogs feel it as peace.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

I don't mind aging - I'm glad to be aging. I'll never die young.

I don't mind aging - I'm glad to be aging. I'll never die young.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Not even a maggot is an it, and to refer to any animal in that manner is an affectation, an ignorant stab at science-speak.

Not even a maggot is an it, and to refer to any animal in that manner is an affectation, an ignorant stab at science-speak.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

One of the best and most responsible things a scientist can do is to write for the popular press.

One of the best and most responsible things a scientist can do is to write for the popular press.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Besides individual things like thunder and gunshots, what dogs fear most is not belonging, being alone.

Besides individual things like thunder and gunshots, what dogs fear most is not belonging, being alone.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

No other creatures of the savannah sleep as deeply or as soundly as lions, but after all, lions are the main reason for not sleeping soundly.

No other creatures of the savannah sleep as deeply or as soundly as lions, but after all, lions are the main reason for not sleeping soundly.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Barring some competition from whales, wolves are probably America's most popular wild animal. Wolves are also contenders for America's most unpopular wild animal, with perhaps some competition from coyotes.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

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