J.M. Coetzee

If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.

quote by J.M. CoetzeeReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Veronica Serbanoiu
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Related quotes

C.S. Lewis

Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.

quote by C.S. LewisReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Time For Temptation

Time for temptation, what you see is there for you
Time for temptation, no damnation for what you do
(good, good, good, good temptation)
Why you chasing a lost religion of guilty feelings
-that belong in yesterday?
Spy the preachers a politician, he carries the cross like a gun
- whip you into shape
Heres the rub, now, no secret hours locked in the backroom if you
- come together right
Check your vision and push it out there
- you make the question, define what its all about
(chorus)
(oh) oh...
With chains or heaven across your shoulder,
A slave for promotion to the afterlife
The boss gets fat while you just get older, here comes a mission
- set to put you right
Time for temptation, what you see is there for you
Time for temptation, no damnation for what you do - oh
Time for temptation, what you see is there for you
Time for temptation, no damnation for what you do
(no damnation...)
Time for temptation, what you see is there for you
Time for temptation, no damnation for what you do - oh
Time for temptation, what you see is there for you
Time for temptation, no damnation for what you do - oh
Time for temptation, what you see is there for you
(good, good, good, good temptation)
Time for temptation, no damnation for what you do
(good, good, good, good temptation)
Time for temptation, what you see is there for you
(good, good, good, good temptation)
Time for temptation, no damnation for what you do
(good, good, good, good temptation)
Time for temptation

song performed by by Duran DuranReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!

Share

A Human-Animal!

Who is sexually interested much - guy or girl?
Guy says it openly but girl never though crazy!
Easiest way to pass time or forget oneself is sex!

Humans too are animals or human-animals ever!
Intellectually and spiritually human is far high;
But for procreation only animal way is for him!

Overcoming sexual desire is human's obligation;
Most of them have not transcended its realm ever;
Only then intellectual, intuitional powers work...!

Human body is a great wonder but it's finite ever;
Only human spirit is infinite on par with divinity
And that only can give eternal pleasure longer ever!

Knowing this why humans fail to overcome craziness?
Human is animal only though has mind and spirit ever!

poem by Ramesh T AReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Some Behaving People Are

'Nothing more than animals! '
Expressions often heard
Comparisons by persons
to animals are absurd

Nowhere on earth
will an animal compare
to the tortures and hate
people inflict without care

If survival befit us,
then who can say?
No animal will kill,
if, hardly, not for its prey

Would we not be better,
if we would be
like their kind?
We are cursed, as
they are better, without

'The Human Mind'


Louie Levy
1990

poem by Louie LevyReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Night of lust.

Night of lust.
Night of lust is tonight so lets do it now, let you feelings go wild is something normal in this life.
So c’mon woman lets go and get lost in this world of fantasies where you and me we can explore the unknown with our blind feelings.
We can do the perversion of temptation look better what it’s, it seems so that means I will do things you never seen and do with another one that you don’t belong to.
Let the alcohol run trough you body and let it corrupt it with temptation and the feel of lust inside of us it doesn’t matter if is wrong but I’m not stupid, I know you don’t belong to me and you are with me because you need me and miss me.
Night is the time when the demons come out, to play around with the though of pervasion and will push all the mortals to do temptations that are wrong and will get you mind loose with lust.
By
Christian montiel

poem by Christian K. MontielReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Previously Intellingent Mammals

There are some animals
that they grow up very slow.
They believe that this world
is made and turns only around them.
That the joy and happiness
must be the only purpose of their life.
That if they want to survive
they must exterminate all the other animals.
That the life is very short
and unique to be somebody patient.
There are some animals that don't
accept death as a part of their life.
Some of them wish to be another animal
A stronger animal, more clever, better looking.
There are some animals
that they live very different
from all the other animals
Call them.....................man.

poem by Constantinos GrigoriadisReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

My Dad In Many Forms

I hear the animals
Of the Forest calling
My name over and over
I went to see

What I saw
It was incredible
The animals making
Dress for me

That was not all
They were also
Doing shoes and purses
All my style

I was wondering
'Why they were doing this? '
Then one wrote it down
On piece of paper
I was amazed

I know why they did it
It was gift for me
From my dad
For my brithday

I was happy
But I thought
It was weird
I don't know my father

Then the same
Animal wrote
That he was my father
I thought it for a while

He must be father
I wonder how
he is a animal and not
Human like me?

He wroteit down
And I know to help
I have to hug him
And cry on him

Then he turn human
He said 'Hi. baby girl'
I hug him And he hug me
Back we took everything
And went home

poem by Stephanie PardoReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Through The Fire...

Ever thought of a sentence
that you immediately just shot directly at the book

The pen is the sword
Piercing the paper
Through the fire

Against the human soul
Digging deep and penetrating
Your soul
My soul

Circulating words
taking over the position
of my hot blood

As the pen keeps writing
It is an Addiction

When you stick, stab, and pierce the body
at each stroke

The human addiction of writing
The souls..
Feelings and Inner thoughts

Thoughts that can kill the human flesh
through the flames of fire

Would you decide to get through the fire or continue my story?

poem by Sophanie OcceanReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Animal Spirits

They love all the secrets of animal spirits,
Launching a missile at them, like a bullet or three.
Afresh the missiles flow at a second quarry,
These project a dangerous blow to the spirit inside.
My question is simple to these beasts of menace:
Why do we hate each other a lot, like a good return is given?
This income is small, it smelt of hard work,
And the animals are attacking us, just attacking us!
They love these invisible thoughts of life,
The thoughts that matter to hunters and hunted.

poem by Naveed AkramReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Guarding

Guard us from pain loathing itself,
This pain contrives more suffering;
An animal connives due to this,
Opening the heart of love and banning us.
Your animal is in you, fighting you,
We need not fire our workers
On the fighting of animals,
Animals are just creatures, in the look.
May pain descend for all the years,
Inside the animal is a pain stored.

poem by Naveed AkramReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

My Blue Pen

A pen, what is a pen?
An instrument for writing, a tool, a path to wisdom?
Or is much more than that?
What means this blue pen to my heart?

I'm writing with this pen all my thoughts, my hopes,
I'm keep it in my hand to help my ideas flow,
This blue pen is the bearer of all my joy and pain,
And when i'm writing, its blue ink holds my dreams.

I'm writing with my blue pen,
Which he gave it to me,
To never forget and to write,
Our impossible love story in the book of life.

poem by Cristina TeodorReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Wild Animals

When you look at wild animals
they are breathtaking,
so pure and natural.

If the animal looks you in the eyes
you can feel connected.

If the animal walks up to you
takes food from your hand,
you can feel trust.

When the animal keeps returning
for food,
you can feel needed.

By mistake
you take the animal home,
you can feel complete.

Time goes on
you look into the animals eyes,
you can feel sadness.

Knowing that
you have to return the animal to the wild,
you can feel loss.

When you let the animal go,
it runs!

poem by JAR PoetReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal that liked to growl,
Big furry paws and he liked to howl,
Great big furry back and furry hair.
Ah, think Ill call it a bear.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal up on a hill
Chewing up so much grass until she was filled.
He saw milk comin out but he didnt know how.
Ah, think Ill call it a cow.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal that liked to snort,
Horns on his head and they werent too short.
It looked like there wasnt nothin that he couldnt pull.
Ah, think Ill call it a bull.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal leavin a muddy trail,
Real dirty face and a curly tail.
He wasnt too small and he wasnt too big.
Ah, think Ill call it a pig.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
Next animal that he did meet
Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet,
Eating grass on a mountainside so steep.
Ah, think Ill call it a sheep.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, in the beginning.
Man gave names to all the animals
In the beginning, long time ago.
He saw an animal as smooth as glass
Slithering his way through the grass.
Saw him disappear by a tree near a lake . . .

song performed by by Bob DylanReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Animals

I know what I need I need you
I cant see nothin else all I can see is you
I dont care what they say about my state of mind
I know whats good for me and you are just my kind
We are animals we are animals we are animals we are animals
I know what I want I want you
Shed your cloths forget your codes
You know this is nothing new
I smell your scent I taste your sweat
I feel this passion too
Lets trust our senses not our minds
Lets break all the rules
We are animals we are animals
We are animals we are animals
We are animals
We are animals
Come with me run with me leave this world behind
Come to me come with me I know that we will find
We are animals we are animals
We are animals we are animals
We are animals
We are animals
(m.charlton)
Copyright 1989 elgin music

song performed by by NazarethReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Temptation

Sex
Temptation
Lust
Pop go mama
Everybody on this earth has got a vice
And mine, little darlin, mine is the opposite of ice
Mine is the running hot water of the daughter of morality
In other words, this little prince thinks a lot about u, see?
Baby, baby, baby
Im guilty in the first degree
Temptation
Working my body with a hot flash of animal lust
Temptation
All my fingers in the pool go splash we must
Everybody in this room
Everybody in this room has got an urge
Whats yours, baby?
Mine is temptation, it reigns at a party where lovers splurge
Pop go mama when daddy gets a little 2 much
You know what Im talkin bout?
Purplelectricity whenever our bodies touch
Ooh baby, I love it when our bodies touch
Temptation
Working my body with a hot flash of animal lust
Temptation
All my fingers in the pool go splash we must
Temptation, temptation, temptation
Wait a minute now
Temptation
Working my body with a hot flash of animal lust
Temptation
All my fingers in the pool go splash we must
Temptation
Working my body, working my body, working my body
Temptation
Im not talkin about just ordinary temptation, people. Im talking
About the kind of temptation thatll make u do things.
Oh, oh, temptation.
Oh, darling, I can almost taste the wetness between your...
Temptation, temptation
Im not talking about any ol kind of temptation, people, Im talkin
About, Im talkin about... sexual temptation.
A lover
I need a lover, a lover, I need a...right now.
U, I want u.
I want u in the worst way.
I want u.
Oh, silly man, thats not how it works.
You have 2 want her 4 the right reasons.
I do!
U dont, now die!
No! no!
Let me go, let me go.
Im sorry.
Ill be good.
This time I promise,
Love is more important than sex.
Now I understand.
I have 2 go now.
I dont know when Ill return.
Good-bye

song performed by by PrinceReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!

Share

An Animal Instrinct

Animal is a creature:
A mammal,
Or beast,
Can be a brute,
Or a swine,
At best as a human being...
Known as... a living thing!

Animal is made of:
A flesh,
Some skeletons,
Litters of blood,
A weight of brain,
With gut of feelings...
Excited by... a sexual drive!

Animal is of all sort,
Has different breed,
But one thing is universal...
Survival...is an animal instinct!

poem by Marvin Brato SrReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

That Plantation Has Been Ordered To Be Destroyed

Sir...
The 'coons' have taken refuge,
Under the veranda.
And the demolition crew is here.
What shall we do?

'Make sure it is made clear to them,
There is not going to be a renovation done.
That plantation has been ordered to be destroyed.'

Sir,
I do believe we are talking about two different things.
The animal rights people will not like it,
If we've intentionally demolished the nature habitat of the coons.
Should we contact the zoo before the crew starts?

'What 'are' we talking about here? '

The raccoons sir!
You know...
Those furry masked animals.

'OH!
I'm glad you clarified that.
I had a different image in my mind.
It would have appeared ridiculous,
Shouting through a bullhorn.
Threatening them with arrest!
See if they can be teased back into the trees.'

Sir?
What thoughts were you thinking?

'You don't want to know.
It has been very difficult for me of late,
To keep my thoughts progressive.
Politically correct and not offensive.'

poem by Lawrence S. PertillarReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

One Long Love Song (III)

the waves will come, We just have to keep dangling our bare feet
new waves of poets shall shower the land with Knowledge and Nutrition,

Pure visionary genius,
we're all one continuous stream of consciousness, Amazing on so many levels,
Let us all Stay Strong, Keep that creativity flowing, writing poems about the truth of nature,
powerful and personal sharing emotion and imagery
Heartfelt, human, tortured and still strong, messages for anyone of any age,
romantic flows, Enduring, pure of heart, Eloquent and oh so touchingly human.

a quest of human transgression, disturbances clinging like lint To the fabric of mind,
people no longer afraid to delve into their own thoughts and face their inner demons,
The heart of courage shall always endure, essential for any personal growth,

poem by Gregory Allen UhanReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share

Animal House

[Angie]
Welcome to "Animal House"
The animals are in the building
It's a new day

Angela... Better known as
(Angie)
(We are animals... Animal House... wut we are... animals)
(Angie)
Uh yeah uh yeah uh uh uh yeah uh uh
[echo]
All I could do is give you me if you choose to believe it's on you
I live in peace I could sleep but I don't choose I'ma animal the promos

song performed by by Angie Martinez from Animal HouseReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Lucian Velea
Vote! | Copy!

Share

I Am Not An Animal

I am not an animal
And I never was
Because from genes more noble
Came thus my human cause.

Beyond horizons finite
I soar eternal limits
To greater goals I set my sight
And success I will not forfeit.

Yes, all animals can be cruel
In many reasons, Man can be
But this one thing I can tell
Forgiveness in Man, is Reality.

The truths I have are logical
And from it I will not depart
Man is higher than animals
Because he has a bigger heart.

---

'Man is the only creature on earth with the capacity to forgive.'

poem by Cynthia Buhain-BaelloReport problemRelated quotes
Submitted by Poetry Lover
Vote! | Copy!

Share