Critters Quotes

• It doesn't take a military genius to see we'll all be crispy critters after World War III.

  Al Yankovic

  Peace, Military, War

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• When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't be surprised if they learn their lesson.

  Will Rogers

  Giving, Lessons, Surprise

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• Don't grumble! Don't stew! Some critters are much-much, Oh, ever so much-much So muchly much-much more unlucky than you!

  Dr. Seuss

  Unlucky, Stew

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• I am a journalist and, under the modern journalist's code of Olympian objectivity (and total purity of motive), I am absolved of responsibility. We journalists don't have to step on roaches. All we have to do is turn on the kitchen light and watch the critters scurry.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Responsibility, Light, Objectivity

  P. J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader”, p.213, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men.

  James M. Barrie

  Men, Rivers, Lakes

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• Pain happens, but suffering is optional. When pain comes, make use of the experience, but do not wallow in it.
  When you accidentally place your finger in a flame, it is supposed to hurt just long enough for you to pull it out.
  If you think there is value in keeping it there, you will be a crispy critter. Pain is a minor element of life, unless you are indulging it.
  Then it becomes suffering. Get the message and then get on with your life, which is far more about joy than sorrow.

  Alan Cohen

  Hurt, Pain, Thinking

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• It ain’t wilderness unless there’s a critter out there that can kill you and eat you.

  Doug Peacock

  Wilderness

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• If you look close ... you can see that the wild critters have 'No Trespassing' signs tacked up on every pine tree.

  Marguerite Henry

  Tree, Looks, Trespassing

  Marguerite Henry (2012). “Misty of Chincoteague”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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• When bow-hunting, you find you get closer to the woodland critters. The flora and the forest floor becomes clearer. You look at things more closely. You're moreaware. You know the limited range of the bow is only 40 yards or so. You must try to outwait that approaching deer. Careful not to make the slightest movement or sound hoping that your scent won't suddenly waft his way. That's when you'll know for sure and appreciate deeply what bow-hunting is all about.

  Fred Bear

  Hunting, Appreciate, Trying

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• A culture that just views a pig as a pile of protoplasmic inanimate structure, and can be manipulated by whatever creative design humans can foist upon that critter, will probably view individuals within its community and other cultures in the community of nations, with the same type of disdain and disrespect and controlling-type mentality.

  Joel Salatin

  Pigs, Views, Other Cultures

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• I have no faith in a human critter who hasn't one or two bad habits.

  Margaret Deland

  Two, Habit, Humans

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• The more I deal in it, the surer I am that human nature is all of the same critter, but that there's a heap of choice in the cuts.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Cutting, Choices, Human Nature

  George Horace Lorimer (2017). “More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son”, p.85, Lulu.com

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• The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human, It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter born of woman.

  James Russell Lowell

  Fool, Safe, Common

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• Little critters fried like fritters come out crunchy and divine.

  Gregory Maguire

  Littles, Divine, Crunchy

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• You know my girls are so funny. You're out in the country and there are critters everywhere and they get a little like, 'Oh my God! Oh no, bugs!' and I had to say, 'Honey this is fine. This is their world and it's all part of being in the country.' I realized, 'Oh my God, my girls are really city girls.'

  Anna Gunn

  Girl, Country, Cities

  The AMC Interview, www.amc.com. 2010.

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• When I was little, we lived on 8 acres and my mom had a horse. But when I was 7, my mom kicked my dad out, and then in order to feed us five kids, she got critters cheap or for free and raised them for food. We milked a cow, raised chickens, pigs and beef cattle. We heated our one-story house with wood and stayed cold all winter.

  Bonnie Jo Campbell

  Mom, Horse, Dad

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• I live in Topanga Canyon, which is like a faux-rustic enclave in Los Angeles. I love the sounds of all the critters outside - the frogs, owls, crickets, and birds. Some of the birds around here are pretty accomplished musicians. You can learn a lot from them.

  Cliff Martinez

  Bird, Owl, Musician

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• In my opinion turkey is the most over-rated critter for eating purposes in kingdom come but the most striking example we have of the power of propaganda.

  Damon Runyon

  Power, Turkeys, Example

  Damon Runyon (1946). “Short Takes: Readers' Choice of the Best Columns of America's Favorite Newspaperman, Damon Runyon”

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• Minks are mean little critters. Vicous, horrible little animals who eat their own. They're not beavers. I wouldn't wear beavers. I'd rather have a mink coat made of mean little critters that are killed in a very nice way and treated nicely for their short, mean lives so that I could keep warm.

  Valerie Perrine

  Nice, Mean, Animal

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• Become a worry-slapper. Treat frets like mosquitoes. Do you procrastinate when a bloodsucking bug lights on your skin? 'I'll take care of it in a moment.' Of course you don't! You give the critter the slap it deserves. Be equally decisive with anxiety.

  Max Lucado

  Light, Giving, Worry

  Max Lucado (2012). “Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear”, p.49, Thomas Nelson Inc

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