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

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.

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.

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation p

Madness breeds madness.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

There's a lot of opportunities for scene-stealing if you're a dog.

What pleases our mind is not dangerous enough.

Truth is always duller than fiction.

I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.

Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you.

Lawful residents of San Francisco are being stripped of their freedom because of an illegal measure that defies common sense... I believe that we will prevail.