Famous Quotes & Sayings

If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher.

Chris Evans

I really love the sound of my dog snoring.

Jorge Garcia

I'm perfectly happy doing nothing. I'll hang around the house and take the dog to the park.

Jacob Epstein

A sculptor is supposed to be a dull dog anyway, so why should he not break out in colour sometimes, and in my case I'd as soon be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Malcolm X

Any time you demonstrate against segregation and a man has the audacity to put a police dog on you, kill that dog, kill him, I'm telling you, kill that dog. I say it if they put me in jail tomorrow, kill that dog. Then you'll put a stop to it.

Mahatma Gandhi

To kill these (rabid) dogs, in my opinion, amount to himsa, but I believe it to be inevitable if we are to escape much greater himsa.

Jon Foreman

Every day of your life, you change the world. Absolutely, yes, we're out to change the world. I mean, you change it whether you like it or not. You wake up and you talk to the grocer. You either kick your dog or you pet him. There's a million decisions you have every day where you change the world.

Jon Foreman

Greed, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life. Envy is just a nudge towards another sale. Even in our relationships we consume each other, each of us looking for what we can get out of the other. Our appetites are often satisfied at the expense of those around us. In a dog-eat-dog world we lose part of our humanity.

Eugene Field

The gingham dog and the calico cat, Side by side on the table sat

Oscar de la Renta

If you have the right to call me a hot dog why do I not have the right to call you a stale 3-day old hamburger?

O. Henry

Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.

Norton Juster

I never knew words could be so confusing," Milo said to Tock as he bent down to scratch the dog's ear. "Only when you use a lot to say a little," answered Tock. Milo thought this was quite the wisest thing he'd heard all day.

Eric Roberts

I did have a dog for a few years when I was little, but then just really had cats until I was about 21.

John McEnroe

I want to inspire the old people. The old dog wants to teach the young guys a few new tricks.

Brian Sabean

It's quite possible it could be a dog and pony show until after Dec. 7.

It was actually 21 years. They treat you like a dog there.

Brian Jones

It looks good. I think the dog will be happy.

Caroline Knapp

Dogs possess a quality that's rare among humans -- the ability to make you feel valued just by being you -- and it was something of a miracle to me to be on the receiving end of all that acceptance. The dog didn't care what I looked like, or what I did for a living, or what a train wreck of a life I'd led before I got her, or what we did from day to day. She just wanted to be with me, and that awareness gave me a singular sensation of delight.

Carmen Miranda

I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say money, money, money and I say turkey sandwich and I say grape juice.

Karl Marx

Those dogs of democrats and liberal riff-raff will see that we're the only chaps who haven't been stultified by the ghastly period of peace.

Kaley Cuoco

In my next life, I want to come back as one of my dogs. They live nicely.

Ozzy Osbourne

Dogs smoke in France.

Kristin Bauer van Straten

When I turn on my central air conditioner, I feel like, "Wow, I really have come a long way." Or buying the super expensive organic raw food for my dogs, and I remember when I had to buy the cheapest big bag of kibble. So I think for me it's often in terms of comfort.

Kristin Bauer van Straten

I can watch endless humans get killed, but if I see a movie and they kill a dog, I practically want to walk out.

Kristin Chenoweth

Before I got Madeline, I used to see dog people who were so obsessed, and I'd think, Oh, that's so sad. But now, here I am, talking about her all the time. I even dress her up in little outfits; I'm madly in love with her.

Molly Harper

If you want to hurt me, fine. Take my books. Burn down my house. Shave my head while I am sleeping. But nobody, nobody screws with my dog.

Molly Ivins

Texas is a fine place for men and dogs, but hell on women and horses.

Mike Thompson

A blue dog, you know, is the opposite of a yellow dog. And a yellow dog was somebody who was willing to follow his party even when he knew it was wrong.

Mike Dirnt

Dogs are gonna take over the world. It's a known fact for those who believe it, kinda like the Bible.

Mike Ditka

There's just me and my wife and a dog and we feed him Healthy Choice also.

Nancy Mitford

Chickens are cheerless birds, I advise you to keep geese which can be taught to follow like dogs, one needs all the companionship one can get in these days.

Murray Kempton

We are all addicts in various stages of degradation where I live on the Upper West Side, some to heroin, some to small dogs, and some to the New York Times. The heroin is cut, the dogs are paranoid, and the Times cheats by skimping on the West Coast ball scores. No matter, each of us goes upon the street solely in pursuit of his own particular curse.

Kate Chopin

She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again. Edna heard her father's voice and her sister Margaret's. She heard the barking of an old dog that was chained to the sycamore tree. The spurs of the cavalry officer clanged as he walked across the porch. There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of pinks filled the air. (last lines)