“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.”
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.
“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 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.”
“Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.”
“I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.”
“There's kind of a toll you have to pay with a cat if you don't pet her for 10 minutes she'll bother you for six hours.”
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.”
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
“No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”
“Even cats grow lonely and anxious.”
“When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.”
“Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”
“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.”
“I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.”
“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!”
“A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.”
“I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.”