->''"You'd almost feel bad about killing them if they weren't so damn ugly."''
-->-- '''Mike Rowe''', of ''Series/DirtyJobs'', on barnacles, of all things

->''"If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry."''
-->-- '''Creator/DaveBarry'''

->'''Hawthorne:''' They made another movie about penguins.
->'''Ugly Purple Fish:''' And one about dolphins, too.
->'''Ugly Yellow Fish:''' How come nobody makes movies about us?
->'''Ugly Purple Fish:''' Because we're not cute. Let's face it. We're all ugly, slimy or smelly, or repulsive in some other way.
->'''Hawthorne:''' That's right. Nobody cares about us.
->'''Ugly Yellow Fish:''' Well, we should at least care about each other. I know! Let's form a club!
->'''Hawthorne:''' All in favor, say "Aye."
->'''Ugly Sea Animals:''' AYE!
->'''Hawthorne:''' The first meeting of the ugly, the slimy and the smelly will come to order. Do we have any motions on the floor?
->'''Ugly Green Fish:''' I move that the smelly ones form their own club.
->'''Ugly Yellow Fish:''' I second.
-->-- ''ComicStrip/ShermansLagoon''

->''"Everyone thinks we protect animals based on how smart they are... but it's not true... we save animals based on how cute they are... dolphins, chimps, seals - all cute... thus, they're saved... cows, turkeys, pigs - uncute... thus, we eat them. Isn't it obvious that we value physical appearance above everything else? Isn't it obvious that it determines your very survival?"''
-->-- '''Rat''', ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine''

->''"I can't believe the arbitrary way that humans decide which animals to revere and which to eat. It's nothing more than a barbaric popularity contest. Take the koala bear: cute and cuddly. Have you ever heard of a koala burger? A koala dog? Koala falafel? No! The noble cow, whose only sins are her pendulous teats and redundant stomachs, is doomed to be sawed into freezer-friendly chunks and sold by the pound to the bloodthirsty masses!"''
-->-- '''Dick Solomon''' of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', in the episode in which he becomes [[AnimalWrongsGroup obsessed with animal rights]]

->''"Hey, it's not my fault wolves eat cute little animals like bunnies and sheep and pigs. That's just the way we are. If cheeseburgers were cute, folks would probably think you were Big and Bad too."''
-->-- '''Alexander T. Wolf,''' ''Literature/TheTrueStoryOfTheThreeLittlePigs''

->''"It's nice to know that mice are no longer considered vermin."''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheFanFictionCritic''' on ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''

->''"We weep for the blood of a bird, [[NoCartoonFish but not for the blood of a fish.]] Blessed are those who have voice."''
-->-- '''[[Anime/GhostInTheShell Ghost In The Shell: Innocence]]'''

->''"The cold hard facts of the matter are that if your old man was a cat, a dog, a rabbit, a deer, a duck, or almost anything but a buzzard[[note]]bald headed carrion bird, not a raptor[[/note]], somebody would come along this road, see him out there in the snow, take him home, and nurse him back to health. But Junior, there ain't many people in this old world who are shopping around for a wounded buzzard to take home. That's as plain as I can make it."''
-->-- '''Hank''', ''Literature/HankTheCowdog''

->"Is my life more important than that of a struzzi? Just because I am cute and cuddly?"
-->-- '''Tobble''', ''Literature/{{Endling}}''

->"You ever plow a field? To plant the quinoa or sorghum or whatever the hell it is you eat. You kill everything on the ground and under it. You kill every snake, every frog, every mouse, mole, vole, worm, quail... You kill them all. So, I guess the only real question is: how cute does an animal have to be before you care if it dies to feed you?"
-->-- '''John Dutton''', ''Series/{{Yellowstone}}''

->It's all about the furry ones, the ones with great big eyes,\\
The cuddly fuzzy babies are the ones that win the prize.\\
But what about the other ones, the ones that com from eggs?\\
Affection should not demand such things as fur, or paws, or legs.
-->-- '''Music/RayTroll''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-_4c0wXU00 Charismatic Megafauna]]"


->Everywhere I go, it's "EW! A cockroach!" You're the lucky one. Everybody goes, "Awwww—a cat!"
-->--'''Vinny''' to [[CuteKitten Nala]], ''Webcomic/DeanNalaVinny''

->''"If you kill a cockroach you are a hero. If you kill a butterfly, you are bad. Morality has aesthetic criteria."''
-->-- '''Creator/FriedrichNietzsche'''