Dogs are not our whole life but they make our lives whole.

Being patted is what it is all about.

We derive immeasurable good, uncounted pleasures, enormous security, and many critical lessons about life by owning dogs.

Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks.

It looks like a miniature hippopotamus with badly-fitting panty hose all over.

Generally, or at least very often, people with a deep interest in animals are the best people around.

There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing.

Why cat were given such terrific peripheral vision when they spend so much time looking down their noses is difficult to understand.

Cats virtually always underestimate human intelligence just as we, perhaps, underestimate theirs.

Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible.

Anyone who has owned many cats in long succession can define his or her life as a series of furry episodes.

You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.

I wanted to star in a western opposite Robert Redford. That was my plan for my life

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.

I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years.

Sometimes I try to take a nap before shows. That clears my head.

If ever you've been down in the dumps, hear these iconic authors share with you more than their writing wisdom.

It would be nice if all the Republicans could put poetry in a little box and put the box under the bed and sit on it, but they can't.

The first spoken word poem I ever wrote was when I was 14 and I wrote it because I was accidentally signed up for a teen poetry slam. Because I loved poetry I said that I'd try it out.

The first and finest lesson that parents can teach their children is faith and courage.

As a businessman, Frank Lorenzo gives capitalism a bad name.