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.

To sit idly, not doing, merely experiencing, comes hard to a primate.

To sit idly, not doing, merely experiencing, comes hard to a primate.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

You can look at your dog and see that it's thinking and has strong feelings. And if it does, so do wolves. And if wolves do, so do elephants. People aren't the only beings that think and feel.

You can look at your dog and see that it's thinking and has strong feelings. And if it does, so do wolves. And if wolves do, so do elephants. People aren't the only beings that think and feel.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

I always thought of deer as solitary animals that weren't very interesting. But my goodness, that was very wrong. The big eye-opener for me was that they're social. They have family groups.

I always thought of deer as solitary animals that weren't very interesting. But my goodness, that was very wrong. The big eye-opener for me was that they're social. They have family groups.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

As far as I'm concerned, I own my dogs as I own my body. My legs are with me when I take a shower, and I feel no shame. If I were to lose one, I'd grieve, and people would send sympathy cards, but it would be my condition that evoked the sympathy, not the fate of the leg. That's like losing a dog.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

The dogs and I are a single thing, and thus we share our interests. With them, I'm bigger and better than I am without them, and vice versa.

The dogs and I are a single thing, and thus we share our interests. With them, I'm bigger and better than I am without them, and vice versa.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

From the very dawn of time until now and well into the future... human-animal companionship is at the very core of our instincts not only for mutual survival, but mutually rewarding relationships.

From the very dawn of time until now and well into the future... human-animal companionship is at the very core of our instincts not only for mutual survival, but mutually rewarding relationships.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

In my cosmology, indigenous wild deer are more important than exotic ornamental shrubs.

In my cosmology, indigenous wild deer are more important than exotic ornamental shrubs.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

When I write about animals, I use anthropological techniques and the language you would use for a person. You don't have to anthropomorphize animals, just acknowledge their individuality.

When I write about animals, I use anthropological techniques and the language you would use for a person. You don't have to anthropomorphize animals, just acknowledge their individuality.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

If you don't have manufactured items or anything we think of as 'civilization,' then you're living according to your species.

If you don't have manufactured items or anything we think of as 'civilization,' then you're living according to your species.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Once you're known to be an alcoholic, that's how many people identify you, which could be a reason not to talk about it.

Once you're known to be an alcoholic, that's how many people identify you, which could be a reason not to talk about it.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

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