Dogs understand your moods and your thoughts, and if you are thinking unpleasant things about your dog, he will pick it up and be downhearted.

I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs.

The dog has an enviable mind; it remembers the nice things in life and quickly blots out the nasty.

There is no such thing as a difficult dog, only an inexperienced owner.

I do not believe that a dog can be cured by a psychiatrist, but I think some owners could be helped by one.

I can train any dog in 5 minutes. It's training the owner that takes longer.

I believe that animals have been talking to human beings ever since we were all made and put into this world.

one has to give a great deal of oneself to animals if one is to get the best out of them.

Animals are so much quicker in picking up our thoughts than we are in picking up theirs. I believe they must have a very poor opinion of the human race.

There is nothing a pig loves more than a good bath, with a loofah and plenty of soap flakes ... There is something delightfully lovable about a really clean pig, in clean yellow straw.

Dogs aren't born knowing what or what not to do; they only learn like children.

And now she began muttering to herself. "God, who created you, must have known what He did. Enough is enough.

I think first of the children. What the hell am I supposed to tell them? Then I think about money, the house, all those things no widow will tell you ever crossed her mind.

we compose our life in stories we tell ourselves

Life is an end in itself and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.

As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.

Inexpedient: Not calculated to advance one's interests.

Living in stressful situations there are chemicals in your brain that are released that essentially degrade the neuron connections that allow you to function as a normal human being.

The worst thing is the world is a defensive my-kid-can't-do-anything-wrong parent.

Bitter is wine, but it sweetens all bitterness.

I'm a casual watcher. I like to stream everything.