What shall we say of the intelligence, not to say religion, of those who are so particular to distinguish between fishes and reptiles and birds, but put a man with an immortalsoul inthesame circlewiththewolf, thehyena, and theskunk? What must betheimpressionmadeupon children by such a degradation of man?

-Bryan,WilliamJennings
Statement issued in Dayton, Tennessee, 28  Jul1925, by Mrs W  J Bryan, shortly after the endof the Scopes trial and her husband's death.

I just won't get into a pissing contest with that skunk.

-Eisenhower, Dwight D(avid)
  Comment to his brother Milton, refusing to publicly contend with Senator  Joseph R McCarthy. Quoted in Piers Brandon Ike (1986).

To blame someone like Northcliffe for making money in the quickest way is like blaming a skunk for stinking.

-Orwell, George pseudonym of  Eric Arthur Blair
  In the Tribune, 21  Apr.