C. S. Lewis

If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.

British Writer

Jean Craighead George

Children are still in love with the wonders of nature, and I am, too. So I write them stories in hopes that they will want to protect all the beautiful creatures and places.

American Writer

Etgar Keret

I rarely return to characters. My characters, at least most of them, are much more a part of that superorganism that is the story than separate and independent creatures.

Israeli Writer

Joyce Meyer

It's impossible to live a life totally free of feelings. God created all of us to be emotional creatures, and feelings are a big part of our lives.

American Author

Jeremy Wade

I like taking people to a world they wouldn't normally go to and to creatures that a lot of people didn't know existed.

Bruce Lee

Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.

American Actor

Nina Simone

To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense.

American Musician

Elie Wiesel

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

American Novelist

Omar Ahmad

We live in a digital world, but we're fairly analog creatures.

Jordanian Activist

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

All the universe is full of the lives of perfect creatures.

Russian Scientist

Remember that 'creature' includes humans, not just animals.

Broader than Animals

'Creature' is neutral, without implying good or bad qualities.

Neutral Connotation

Use 'creature' only for living beings, not inanimate objects.

Living Being

This 'creature' highlights a person's characteristics or habits.

Characteristic Focus

Considered informal; often used in conversational context.

Informal Usage

This meaning usually involves creatures not found in reality.

Imagination Required

Often used in literature to describe beings of mythology or fantasy.

Fiction and Myth

Used metaphorically to suggest a lack of autonomy.

Metaphorical Use

Carries a negative connotation implying weakness or subservience.

Negative Implication

 The ox came in second, with the powerful tiger right behind him. The rabbit, too small to battle the current, nimbly hopped across stones and logs to come in fourth. Next came the dragon, who could have flown directly across, but stopped to help some creatures she had encountered on the way.

The myth behind the...

 and can recall important locations long after their last visit. But it's the memories unrelated to survival that are the most fascinating. Elephants remember not only their herd companions but other creatures who have made a strong impression on them.

Why elephants never...

 In this respect, pregnancy is awe-inspiring, but that's only half the story. The other half reveals that pregnancy places a mother and her child at odds. As for all living creatures, the human body evolved to promote the spread of its genes.

Why do women have...

 These dragons from deep time are incredible creatures. They're bizzarre, they're beautiful, and there's very little we know about them. These thoughts were going through my head when I looked at the pages of my first dinosaur book.

Nizar Ibrahim: How we...

 of the fire triangle namely ignition well that changed when a creature arrived who could wrest control of ignition away from lightning and fire at will and at that point we complete the cycle of fire for the circle of life but

How fire shapes...

 their anti-drying technique, to survive other stresses. If we can understand how they, and other creatures, stabilize their sensitive biological molecules, perhaps we could apply this knowledge to help us stabilize vaccines,

Meet the tardigrade, the...

 Charming, aren't they? Though they may look vastly different, all of these beings have one common They sustain themselves by consuming the life force of a living creature. This shared trait is what defines a vampire --

Vampires: Folklore,...

 Whether placental, marsupial, or monotreme, each of these creatures and its unique birthing methods, however bizarre, have succeeded for many millennia in bringing new life and diversity into the mammal kingdom.

The three different ways...

 millions of dark huge winged creatures dominate the skies they're an imposing sight but these black flying foxes are just big harmless bats the biggest in the world their wingspan can reach a whopping six feet

Meet the World's Biggest...

 They must keep moving or risk the same fate as their quarry, the creatures that have collapsed from heat stroke. Too deeply buried, but a good place to cool off. Foraging decisions must be fast.