Famous Quotes & Sayings

Adrienne Rich

As a very young poet, I had been brought up on that dogma that politics was bad for poetry.

Agatha Christie

I like to inquire into everything. Hercule Poirot is a good dog. The good dog follows the scent, and if, regrettably, there is no scent to follow, he noses around - seeking always something that is not very nice.

Agatha Christie

Many friends have said to me, 'I never know when you write your books, because I've never seen you writing, or even seen you go away to write.' I must behave rather as dogs do when they retire with a bone; they depart in a secretive manner and you do not see them again for an odd half hour. They return self-consciously with mud on their noses. I do much the same.

We have lived with dogs for a millennium. We are always going to have some problems. Things can be improved upon with more education.

Patricia McConnell

Perhaps you've taught your dog to sit, and you want to show this off to your friends, ... You say, 'Sit,' but he just looks at you." ()

Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun

One of the great things about what Dennis George (trainer) does, is that the dogs he trains and places all come from local shelters and pounds.

One of the reasons I started doing this was to help more dogs stay in their homes whereas a volunteer for a dog rescue I was always trying to find a new home for dogs.

Bob Brown

One of the dogs weighed 24 pounds before his hair was cut. He weighed 10 pounds after that.

Mark Everett

No dogs have been impounded because no dogs have been positively identified as being involved with that particular incident.

One-on-one sessions can help if people don't have time for obedience classes. I can even train dogs if the owners aren't home, and that could be a real time-saver for people.

One hundred percent of dogs will be susceptible. I would expect to see this infection moving through groups of dogs until a large percentage gets infected.

One hundred percent of dogs will be susceptible.

People have been warning us that language was going to the dogs ever since Latin started turning into French. Yet the dogs in question never seem to emerge yelping on the horizon.

Jandy Nelson

How will I survive this missing? How do others do it? People die all the time. Every day. Every hour. There are families all over the world staring at beds that are no longer slept in, shoes that are no longer worn. Families that no longer have to buy a particular cereal, a kind of shampoo. There are people everywhere standing in line at the movies, buying curtains, walking dogs, while inside, their hearts are ripping to shreds. For years. For their whole lives. I don't believe time heals. I don't want it to. If I heal, doesn't that mean I've accepted the world without her?

Jamie Oliver

Basically, we're taking a product that would be sold in the cheapest way for dogs, and after this process, is being given to human beings.

Jamie Lee Curtis

It's not unlike the movies for human actors. Once a dog stars in a movie, they don't work very much anymore. It's kind of heartbreaking.

James Wolk

I have a dog. I'm a dog lover.

Janice Dickinson

This alpha dog is not going to take it lying down next time.

Jane Wiedlin

I love that there are beaches you can walk your dog on in San Francisco. Fort Funston is big and always packed with hundreds of dogs and their people. A great place to hike and get some exercise and fresh air with your well-mannered pup. Not recommended for antisocial dogs; there's just too much commotion there.

Jane Siberry

I brought a Border Collie back home to Vancouver from Wales - where some of my ancestors are from - and needed to challenge him in other ways than just being my pet. So I investigated sheep herding and took a few lessons, and decided I was probably learning more than my dog!

Jane Siberry

It's all about consistency, and what makes a child or a dog secure: order, clarity - all those things.

Gary L. Francione

Domesticated animals such as dogs and cats are vulnerable and entirely dependent on us for all of their needs. They live very unnatural lives because they are not part of the human world and they are not part of the animal world.

Gary L. Francione

I certainly believe that we have a moral obligation to care for the dogs, cats, and other nonhumans whose existence we have caused or facilitated as part of the institution of 'pet' ownership. But I maintain that we ought to abolish the institution and stop causing or facilitating the existence of more 'companion' animals.

Gary L. Francione

But if there were two dogs left in the universe and it were up to us as to whether they were allowed to breed so that we could continue to live with dogs, and even if we could guarantee that all dogs would have homes as loving as the one that we provide, we would not hesitate for a second to bring the whole institution of 'pet' ownership to an end.

There are no intermediate guidelines for officials to step in before a dog is declared vicious.

I am sure that the little dog of Mrs. Williams would have been a snack for him. They have been known to eat small mammals.

Gary Blair

Baylor flat out-played us. I don't know if we were still in the hot dog line or what.

My dogs are very special to me. I would not have come to Haddon Township if I had known that.

Ellen DeGeneres

My dog of 17 years just died. Oh you're kidding?...Noooo...as funny as that is, I'm not

My dog liked hers a little too much. I was quite embarrassed, actually.

John McDonald

My dog has gone into the water. How do you get people out?

Nuclear transfer (cloning) teaches us about stem-cell uses. (We're) now trying to make dog embryonic stem cells.