Well, I haven’t blogged much about the cause I’m Blogathonning for, the Denver Dumb Friends League. I did a fair amount of talking about it in the days leading up the the ‘Thon, though.
While I take a quick Sunday morning shower and change into another Blogathon shirt, here are a few quotations on animals and pets from my quotations database:
To my way of thinking there’s something wrong, or missing, with any person who hasn’t got a soft spot in their heart for an animal of some kind. With most folks the dog stands highest as man’s friend, then comes the horse, with others the cat is liked best as a pet, or a monkey is fussed over; but whatever kind of animal it is a person likes, it’s all hunkydory so long as there’s a place in the heart for one or a few of them.
- Will James (1892–1942) Canadian-American artist, writer [b. Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault]
Smoky, the Cow Horse, Preface (1929)
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s.
- Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Letter to W.D. Howells (2 Apr 1899)
You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, “My God, you’re right! I never would’ve thought of that!”
- Dave Barry (b. 1947) American humorist
(Attributed)
Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frots do not die in sport, but in earnest.
- Bion (c. 325-c. 225 BC)
(Attributed)
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.
- Samuel Butler (1835-1902) English novelist, satirist, scholar
Notebooks, “Dogs” (1912)
I care not for a man’s religion whose dog or cat are not the better for it.
- President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) US President (1861-65)
(Attributed)
Man is a dog’s idea of what God should be.
- Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) English journalist, editor, author
(Attributed)
How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven.
- Robert A. Heinlein (1909-1988) American writer
The Cat Who Walked Through Walls (1985)