Quotes: Dogs

First you learn a new language, profanity; and second you learn not to discipline your dogs when you’re mad, and that’s most of the time when you’re training dogs.

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.

I’ve grown up with dogs and love dogs.

For instance, it was very rare for anyone there with dogs to allow them into the house.

Dogs are very, very pleasant with people that they’re connected to.

My feet are dogs.

People teach their dogs to sit; it’s a trick. I’ve been sitting my whole life, and a dog has never looked at me as though he thought I was tricky.

Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.

I love dogs. They live in the moment and don’t care about anything except affection and food. They’re loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated.

When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You’re hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines.