Because

"Why did I write?

Because I found life unsatisfactory."

--Tennessee Williams

Not Worthwhile

"It is not worthwhile to go around the world

to count the cats in Zanzibar."

--Henry David Thoreau

Philosophers

"What sort of philosophers are we,

who know absolutely nothing

about the origin and destiny of cats?"

--Henry David Thoreau

Equal

"All animals are equal

but some animals are more equal than others."

--George Orwell, Animal Farm

Turtle

"All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tools

"Men have become the tools of their tools."

--Henry David Thoreau

A Vegetable Invented

"An onion can make people cry,

but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh."

--Will Rogers