“Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.”
Pets love you in a way that no human being quite manages — without conditions, without judgment, and with an enthusiasm that does not dim over time. These quotes celebrate the animals who make our lives warmer, funnier, and less lonely.
“If you have a deep-seated need to be loved and admired every day, you shouldn't be in politics. You should go work at a pet store.”
“Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.”
“If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.”
“I have the same pet peeve as Anderson Cooper, which is bare feet in public. I hate it. It so grosses me out, especially in New York. Oh my God, New York in the summer with people and their feet in their sandals and their flip-flops, like get it away!”
“Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.”
“If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.”
“A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.”
“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.”
“I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.”
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
“Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”
“When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.”
“Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.”
“No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.”
“Environmentalists hate sprawl - except when it comes to the size of their expansive pet legislation on Capitol Hill.”
“I've always been mad about cats.”