Lap Dogs Quotes

• I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.

  John Lydon

  Dog, Lap, Rotten

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• No louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast, When husbands or lap-dogs breathe their last.

  Alexander Pope

  Dog, Husband, Loss

  Alexander Pope (2002). “Alexander Pope: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.76, Routledge

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• If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Dog, Cat, Animal

  Alfred North Whitehead, Lucien Price (2001). “Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead”, p.183, David R. Godine Publisher

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• The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny "arf" - the sound of a lap dog.

  George Will

  Dog, Politics, Sound

  George F. Will (1986). “The morning after: American successes and excesses, 1981-1986”, Free Pr

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• I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog - completely exhausted after a hard day in the field - limps away from her nice spot in front of the fire and comes over to where I'm sitting and puts her head in my lap, a paw over my knee, and closes her eyes, and goes back to sleep. I don't know what I've done to deserve that kind of friend.

  Gene Hill

  Friendship, Dog, Nice

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• When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad.

  Kristan Higgins

  Dog, Trying, Tears

  Kristan Higgins (2012). “Catch of the Day”, p.75, HQN Books

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• Lap-dogs and blood-hounds enjoy the greatest respect at court; house-dogs and no dogs at all are not even considered.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Respect, Dog, Power

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• Some women run with wolves, but the majority would be much happier with your basic lap dog.

  Paula Wall

  Running, Dog, Majority

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• Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less likely to bite than to bark, less likely to bark than to lick a hand in greeting. In spite of their size, they think they are lap dogs, and in spite of being dogs, they think they are also human, and nearly every human they meet is judged to have the potential to be a boon companion who might, at many moment, cry, "Let's go!" and lead them on a great adventure.

  Dean Koontz

  Dog, Heart, Adventure

  Dean Koontz (2007). “The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel”, p.69, Bantam

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• O, girls! set your affections on cats, poodles, parrots or lap-dogs; but let matrimony alone. It's the hardest way on earth to getting a living.

  Fanny Fern

  Girl, Dog, Cat

  Fanny Fern (1986). “Ruth Hall and Other Writings”, p.221, Rutgers University Press

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• I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs.... Perhaps I am an exception.

  Emily Bronte

  Dog, Lap, Exception

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• Winter near the shore is cold. The wind kicks up a salty mist and elephant seals come to shore to trumpet and rut and birth their pups. Retired people put sweaters on their lap dogs and drag them down the street on retractable leashes in a nightly parade of doggy humiliation. Surfers don their wetsuits against the chill of storm waves and white sharks adjust their diets to include shrink-wrapped dude-snacks on fiberglass crackers.

  Christopher Moore

  Dog, Winter, Sharks

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• If you can't distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn't undertake philanthropic work.

  Anton Chekhov

  Dog, Work, People

  "The Princess". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1889.

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