Dog Quotes - Page 32

• I will be known forever as the Puppy who chased a cutpurse and caught fish garbage instead. My descendants will pretend I'm not in their bloodline. No – no one will want to make descendants with me. [from Beka Cooper's journal of her first day as a new Dog i.e. cop]

  Tamora Pierce

  Forever, Want, Garbage

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• "I thought this was a cookout. You know, dogs and burgers, Tater Tots, ambrosia salad" Dexter picked up a box of Twinkies, tossing them into the cart. "And Twinkies." "It is... Except that it's a cookout thrown by my mother." "And?" "And my mother doesn't cook." He looked at me waiting. "At all. My mother doesn't cook at all." "She must cook sometimes." "Nope." "Everyone can make scrambled eggs, Remy. It's programmed into you at birth, the default setting. Like being able to swim and knowing not to mix pickles with oatmeal. You just KNOW."

  Sarah Dessen

  Mother, Oatmeal, Knowing

  "This Lullaby". Book by Sarah Dessen, May 27, 2002.

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• Then a homeless man with a dog approached us and put his hand out. This happens to be something that I have a real problem with: homeless people with pets who approach you for food when they have a perfectly delicious dog standing right there?

  Chelsea Handler

  Funny, Real, Humor

  Chelsea Handler (2012). “Are you there Vodka? It's me, Chelsea”, p.239, Random House

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• You're such a big liar you gotta get your neighbor to call your dog.

  Garrison Keillor

  Liars, Neighbor, Bigs

  Garrison Keillor (1990). “Lake Wobegon Days”, p.163, Penguin

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• Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog.

  Dale Carnegie

  Dead Dog, Kicks

  "How To Stop Worrying And Start Living". Book by Dale Carnegie, 1948.

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• Of all the Hathaway sisters,” Cam said equably, “Beatrix is the one most suited to choose her own husband. I trust her judgment.” Beatrix gave him a brilliant smile. “Thank you, Cam.” “What are you thinking?” Leo demanded of his brother-in-law. “You can’t trust Beatrix’s judgment.” “Why not?” “She’s too young,” Leo said. “I’m twenty-three,” Beatrix protested. “In dog years I’d be dead.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Brother, Husband, Thinking

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• As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point.

  Jean Ferris

  Missing, Wonderful

  Jean Ferris (2016). “The Tales of Marigold Three Books in One!: Once Upon a Marigold, Twice Upon a Marigold, Thrice Upon a Marigold”, p.138, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• My Lord, I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offense against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fir which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornement for a human face. Is it possible that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat? -Mandorallen

  David Eddings

  Mother, Past, Goats

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• As for Republicanism, no analogy could be found for it upon the face of the earth—unless we except the case of the "prairie dogs," an exception which seems to demonstrate, if anything, that democracy is a very admirable form of government—for dogs.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Government, Democracy, Analogies

  Edgar Allan Poe, Stuart Levine, Susan Levine (1976). “The Short Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe: An Annotated Edition”, p.593, University of Illinois Press

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• You must have had such a great childhood with a man like that for your father. (Delphine) Yeah. All puppy dogs and rainbows and those weird furry people with padded coat hangers on their heads that look like space aliens on acid. (Jericho)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Father, Men, Space

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• Some time in the night I got up, tiptoed to my window, and looked out at my doghouse. It looked so lonely and empty sitting there in the moonlight. I could see that the door was slightly ajar. I thought of the many times I had lain in my bed and listened to the squeaking of the door as my dogs went in and out. I didn't know I was crying until I felt the tears roll down my cheeks.

  Wilson Rawls

  Lonely, Night, Doors

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• I want blood! Two of Aksel’s dogs cornered me near Tondara. They shot me. Those bastards actually shot a hole in my stabilizer the size of Mirala…Aren’t you going to say something? (Syn) Were you hurt? (Nykyrian) No. (Syn) Then why are you having a fit? (Nykyrian) I don’t know, it just felt right. You see why I don’t like being sober? I overreact like an old woman. (He opened his flask, then slammed it down on Nykyrian’s desk.) Figures the damned thing would be empty. (Syn)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Hurt, Blood, Two

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• Awwww, lame, we're not going to disneyworld. (said by the amazing talking dog, Total)

  James Patterson

  Talking, Lame, Said

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• It’ll probably be brutal, too. They might even feed you to the dog. He doesn’t have a dog. Yeah, well, he might get one just to feed you to it. She’d never been the kind of person to let something as ridiculous as rational logic interfere with her fear.’ (Alix)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Might, Ridiculous, Logic

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Born of Ice”, p.50, Macmillan

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• The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen.

  Daniel Handler

  Smell, Helpful, Aphorism

  "Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid". Book by Daniel Handler, 2007.

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• In this family, we always celebrate each other's birthdays. I don't care if you're four or fourteen or forty and scattered around the world. We gotta stick by each other, okay? And meals- as long as you live under the same roof, you have at least one meal a day together. I don't care if it's a dreaded hot dog in front of the dastardly TV as long as you're all there. -Maeve Bennett

  James Patterson

  Long, Together, Hot

  James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (2008). “Step on a crack”

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• Ewwww-eee-wwww. Hey Ash, you vant to suck my blud? (Fang) No, thanks. The last thing I want is to catch parvo from you, or some other freaky dog disease that makes me lift my leg around hydrants. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Ashes, Hey, Legs

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Night Embrace”, p.267, Macmillan

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• There were only so many kicks a dog could take before it turned vicious.’ (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Vicious, Kicks

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Dance With the Devil”, p.5, Macmillan

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• My friend died. (Astrid) Died how? (Zarek) Mmm, he had parvo. (Astrid) Isn’t that a dog’s disease? (Zarek) Yes. It was tragic. (Astrid) Hey! I resent that. (Sasha) Behave or I will give you parvo. (Astrid)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Giving, Hey, Disease

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• You really are here. (Thanatos) Hair of the dog, baby. Sooner or later, we all dance with the devil. Tonight, it’s your turn. (Zarek)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Baby, Hair, Devil

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Dance With the Devil”, p.307, Macmillan

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• I had to persuade a dog to swallow a pill. I twittered for advice and I got suggestion after suggestion. Most of them didn't work. 'Put the pill in the sausage.' No - that doesn't work. 'Cheese.' No. Then someone said: 'You wrap it in butter and it will slide down.' I tried it and it worked! And I'd learnt how to give a pill to a dog through the magic of Twitter.

  Neil Gaiman

  Giving, Advice, Magic

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• The sound universe is also spectacular around here. In the evenings there's a cricket orchestra with frogs providing the bass line. In the dead of night the dogs howl about how misunderstood they are. Before dawn the roosters for miles around announce how freaking cool it is to be roosters.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Night, Misunderstood, Sound

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• Bob had a dog buscuit stuck to his head. "How does he always get food stuck to him?" I asked Morelli. "I don't know," Morelli said. "It's a Bob mystery. I think stuff falls out of his mouth and he rolls in it. I'm not sure." -Morelli And Stephanie

  Janet Evanovich

  Fall, Thinking, Doe

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• ...if this Roman dude’s as bad as you say, then why are you lurking outside his store looking all charged and heated like a dog waiting for its owner?

  Alyson Noel

  Waiting, Stores, Owners

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• It's pretty obvious, isn't it? I'm joining your crappy little renegade pack. The vampires' guard dogs.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Vampire, Joining, Littles

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