Animals
- George (tortoise) (c. 1920 – 2004), long-serving pet on the British television series Blue Peter.
- Lonesome George, the last known remnant of the tortoise subspecies Geochelone nigra abingdonil
- George (Jack Russell Terrier) (c. 1993 – 2007), New Zealand dog awarded the PDSA Gold Medal in 2009.
- Giant George (Great Dane) (born 2005), the tallest dog ever recorded
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Famous quotes containing the word animals:
“For the time of towns is tolled from the world by funereal chimes, but in nature the universal hours are counted by succeeding tribes of animals and plants, and by growth of joy on joy.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Feet are considered a delicacy among certain animals, you know.... In fact, there are certain man-eating animals who will eat only the feet, leave everything else, will not touch one other thing.”
—Blake Edwards (b. 1922)
“Man’s unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself.”
—Ayn Rand (1905–1982)