{"id":15389,"date":"2009-07-26T00:27:16","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T06:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15389"},"modified":"2009-07-26T00:27:33","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T06:27:33","slug":"bt09-some-quotations-about-animals-blogathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/26\/bt09-some-quotations-about-animals-blogathon.html","title":{"rendered":"BT09 &#8211; Some quotations about animals (#Blogathon)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"WIDTH: 254px; HEIGHT: 54px\" title=\"Denver Dumb Friends League\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/dumb-friends-league.png\" \/> <\/div>\n<p>Well, I haven&#8217;t blogged much about the cause I&#8217;m Blogathonning for, the Denver <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ddfl.org\/\">Dumb Friends League<\/a>. I did a fair amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/13\/stewardship-of-creation.html\">talking<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/19\/the-last-shelter.html\">about<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/23\/blogathon-making-it-personal.html\">it<\/a> in the days leading up the the &#8216;Thon, though.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\">quotations database<\/a>:<\/p>\n<hr width=\"75%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To my way of thinking there\u2019s something wrong, or missing, with any person who hasn\u2019t got a soft spot in their heart for an animal of some kind. With most folks the dog stands highest as man\u2019s 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\u2019s all hunkydory so long as there\u2019s a place in the heart for one or a few of them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <span class=\"cite\"><b>Will James<\/b> (1892\u20131942) Canadian-American artist, writer [b. Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault]<br \/> <i>Smoky, the Cow Horse,<\/i> Preface (1929)<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <span class=\"cite\"><\/p>\n<p>The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man\u2019s.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <span class=\"cite\"><b>Mark Twain<\/b> (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]<br \/> Letter to W.D. Howells (2 Apr 1899)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, \u201cMy God, you\u2019re right! I never would\u2019ve thought of that!\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <span class=\"cite\"><b>Dave Barry<\/b> (b. 1947) American humorist<br \/> (Attributed)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frots do not die in sport, but in earnest.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <span class=\"cite\"><b>Bion<\/b> (c. 325-c. 225 BC)<br \/> (Attributed)<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <span class=\"cite\"><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <span class=\"cite\"><b>Samuel Butler<\/b> (1835-1902) English novelist, satirist, scholar<br \/> <i>Notebooks<\/i>, \u201cDogs\u201d (1912)<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <span class=\"cite\"><\/p>\n<p>I care not for a man\u2019s religion whose dog or cat are not the better for it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <span class=\"cite\"><b>President Abraham Lincoln<\/b> (1809-1865) US President (1861-65)<br \/> (Attributed)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/span><span class=\"cite\"><\/p>\n<p>Man is a dog\u2019s idea of what God should be.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <span class=\"cite\"><b>Holbrook Jackson<\/b> (1874-1948) English journalist, editor, author<br \/> (Attributed)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <span class=\"cite\"><b>Robert A. Heinlein<\/b> (1909-1988) American writer<br \/> <i>The Cat Who Walked Through Walls<\/i> (1985)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I haven&#8217;t blogged much about the cause I&#8217;m Blogathonning for, the Denver Dumb Friends League. I did a fair amount of talking about&nbsp;it in the days leading up the the &#8216;Thon, though. While I take a quick Sunday morning shower and change into another Blogathon shirt, here are a few quotations on animals and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/26\/bt09-some-quotations-about-animals-blogathon.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BT09 &#8211; Some quotations about animals (#Blogathon)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,34,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogathon","category-pets","category-wist"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15155,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/09\/blogathon-2009-blogging-for-the-denver-dumb-friends-league.html","url_meta":{"origin":15389,"position":0},"title":"Blogathon 2009 &#8211; Blogging for the Denver Dumb Friends League","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 9-Jul-09 6:45am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Denver Dumb Friends League was founded in 1910, and is the largest animal shelter and animal welfare organization in Denver and the Rocky Mountain region. Its mission is simple: The\u00a0DFL is committed to the welfare of animals: We shall provide shelter and care for animals We shall provide programs\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogathon&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogathon","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/blogathon"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/dumb-friends-league.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15243,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/19\/the-last-shelter.html","url_meta":{"origin":15389,"position":1},"title":"The Last Shelter","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 19-Jul-09 1:47pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A lot of animals are brought through the Denver Dumb Friends League's door. In their 2008 annual report, the DFL shows that 12,000 cats, 14,000 dogs, and 2,000 other animals were received. Of that 28,000 animals, about 16,500 were adopted. Another 3,000 (mostly dogs)\u00a0were reunited with their owners, who had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogathon&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogathon","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/blogathon"},"img":{"alt_text":"blogathon2009-mdm","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/blogathon2009-mdm.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8040,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/06\/12\/blogathon_2005.html","url_meta":{"origin":15389,"position":2},"title":"Blogathon 2005","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 12-Jun-05 11:49pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's baaaaack ... Or so the note through the mailing list promises: Attention prospective 'thon participants, donors, volunteers and otherwise wanting-to-know-ers! 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Unfortunately, due to personal, technical, and maybe even astrological reasons, Blogathon 2010 has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogathon&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogathon","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/blogathon"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15282,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/23\/blogathon-making-it-personal.html","url_meta":{"origin":15389,"position":4},"title":"Blogathon &#8211; Making it personal","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 23-Jul-09 5:43am","format":false,"excerpt":"According to this article, people are more responsive to individual needs than group needs. Seeing a little girl starving to death has more impact -- and solicits more contributions --\u00a0than seeing a village starving to death. 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