(305 quotes found)
“I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.”
Marie Corelli
“Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms”
George Eliot
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”
Josh Billings
“Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!”
Anne Tyler
“maybe humans are just the pet alligators that Gd flushed down the toilet”
Chuck Palahniuk
“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.”
Jean Cocteau
“So live that you would not mind selling your pet parrot to the town gossip”
Will Rogers
“I was in the grocery store. I saw a sign that said "pet supplies." So I did. Then I went outside and saw a sign that said "compact cars."”
Stephen Wright
“I wish outer space guys would conquer the Earth and make people their pets, because I'd like to have one of those little beds with my name on it.”
Jack Handy
“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
Hippolyte Taine