Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks.

It doesn't matter where you are in your own personal development, nor has it mattered where you have been culturally; dogs simply don't pass judgment on you the way all of the rest of life and all your other companions seem to.

Who can go to a rodeo and then criticize the hunter? ... an expertly placed bullet would be the best gift a rodeo horse could receive.

Try throwing a ball just once for a dog. It would be like eating only one peanut or potato chip. Try to ignore the importuning of a Golden Retriever who has brought you his tennis ball, the greatest treasure he possesses!

There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing.

It looks like a miniature hippopotamus with badly-fitting panty hose all over.

It's our mortality that terrifies us, because what we're really seeking is immortality - that is, after all, a fool's errand.