A good dog is one of the best things of all to be.

What doesn't quicken dies. That's an indisputable truth of life.

Too many dogs continue to be abused and abandond - one is too many - and people continue to kill people for money and envy and no reason at all. Bad people succeed and good people fail, but that's not the end of the story. Miracles happen that nobody sees, and among us walk heroes who are never recognised, and people live in loneliness because they cannot believe they are loved

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.

Every human being has appetites difficult to control but far fewer have humility, gentleness, and an awareness of their weaknesses.

Like children, dogs want discipline and are most secure when they have rules to live by. The happiest dogs are those with gentle masters who quietly but firmly demand respect.

We're out of cocktail olives, it's a tragedy of historic proportions, but we're coping because we're Americans.