Pet Quotes - Page 33

• Its difficult to understand why people don't realize that pets are gifts to mankind

  Linda Blair

  People, Realizing, Difficult

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• Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have 3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you?

  Alyssa Milano

  Dog, Horse, Children

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Pet me, touch me, love me, that's what I get when I perform. That's when I'm really getting what I want.

  Connie Stevens

  Want, Touch Me

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• Ive always had a fascination for animals. I loved watching them, and even then I thought of them as beings rather than pets. I call it a birth affect!

  Tippi Hedren

  Animal, Fascination, Birth

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• A beaver does not, as legend would have it, know which direction the tree will fall when he cuts it, but counts on alacrity to make up for lack of engineering expertise.

  Ann Zwinger

  Fall, Cutting, Engineering

  Ann Zwinger (1970). “Beyond the Aspen Grove”, p.192, Big Earth Publishing

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• In the dog-eat-dog economy, the Doberman is boss.

  Edward Abbey

  Funny, Dog, Boss

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• Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course.

  Terry Pratchett

  Stress, Helping, Discworld

  "Small Gods". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.

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• I don't have a hands - on fondness for animals. I did not grow up bonded to any particular nonhuman animal. I like them and I pet them and I'm kind to them, but there's no special bond between me and other animals...

  Wayne Pacelle

  Growing Up, Animal, Hands

  "Bloodties: Nature, Culture, and the Hunt". Book by Ted Kerasote, www.humanewatch.org. 1994.

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• In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Thinking, Lovely, Would Be

  "Newsday" Newspaper, February 21, 1988.

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• You dont have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them ... One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. [Dogs] would pursue their natural lives in the wild ... they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Dog, Home, Animal

  "The Chicago Daily Herald" Newspaper, March 1, 1990.

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• In a perfect world, we would not keep animals for our benefit, including pets.

  Tom Regan

  Animal, Perfect, Benefits

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• The man who pets a lion may tame it, but the man who coddles the body makes it ravenous.

  John Climacus

  Men, Greed, Body

  Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.28, Paulist Press

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• I really love pets. They're like children. They know if you really love them or not. You can't fool them.

  Donna Douglas

  Children, Judging, Fool

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My father loved people, children and pets.

  Tony Visconti

  Children, Dad, Father

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• Clinton's pet Labrador, Buddy, is getting neutered. The dog will never have sex again. Overnight, they've turned Buddy from a Democrat into a Republican.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Dog, Sex

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• Pet ownership is slavery. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or be entertained by.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Animal, Slavery, Ownership

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• God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.

  Jacques Deval

  Life, Funny Love, Men

  "A Dictionary of Environmental Quotations" by Barbara K. Rodes and Rice Odell, (p. 22), 1992.

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• A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.

  John Holmes

  Dog, Silly, Race

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• If I called her she would pretend not to hear, but would come a few moments later when it could appear that she had thought of doing so first.

  Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall

  Cat, Animal, Humanity

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• It is not just that animals make the world more scenic or picturesque. The lives of animals are woven into our very being - closer than our own breathing - and our soul will suffer when they are gone.

  Gary A. Kowalski

  Loss, Animal, Breathing

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• Loss provides an opportunity to take inventory of our lives, to reconsider priorities, and to determine new directions.

  Gerald Lawson Sittser

  Loss, Opportunity, Priorities

  Gerald Lawson Sittser, Jerry L. Sittser (1998). “A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss”, p.65, Zondervan

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• Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to.

  Sophocles

  Evil, Want, Able

  Electra 1007

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• The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.

  Madame de Stael

  Funny, Sarcastic, Dog

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• My biggest pet peeve are just girls who go to sports bars who have no intention on caring what teams are playing, like they're looking for just a night out. That drives me more crazy than anything else. Like, don't pretend to be a sports fan.

  Jerry Ferrara

  Girl, Sports, Team

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Birds, birds, birds, I'm a Pet Shop Boy

  Killa Kyleon

  Boys, Hip Hop, Bird

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