To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it. William Hazlitt
The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages of free and humane reflection: it is scholastic and proper to the Middle Ages and to Germany. George Santayana
Where the environment is too soft and luxurious and no strife is required for survival, not only are weak strains and individuals allowed to survive and encouraged to breed but the strong types also grow fat mentally and physically. Madison Grant
A society that put more emphasis on birth than ability was likely to breed ability out of its ruling class. Damon Knight
The bottom line is that people don't have the right to manipulate or to breed dogs and cats... If people want toys, they should buy inanimate objects. If they want companionship, they should seek it with their own kind. Ingrid Newkirk
The egg teaches the chicken how to breed. Bantu Proverb