Toby Barlow famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I think that dogs accept that they can live together and not understand one another, and I think that we somehow always try to have a complete and transparent understanding of one another, which just leads to more confusion.
-- Toby Barlow

#Dog #Thinking #Confusion
I think when Aristotle said that man is a political animal, he was really saying that man is a pack animal.
-- Toby Barlow

#Animal #Men #Thinking
We're social beasts, and we draw society around us.
-- Toby Barlow

#Beast
A lot of people, when you ask if they want to read your epic poem, start bolting for the door.
-- Toby Barlow

#Epic #People
There's so much we can learn from dogs to become better humans.
-- Toby Barlow

#Dog
The bullet we're running from is almost never the one that hits us
-- Toby Barlow

#Life #Running
L.A. is a strange town at night. Everyone in L.A. goes to sleep really early, because they have to get up to exercise or call the East Coast in the morning or whatever, so what happens there at night is really mysterious.
-- Toby Barlow

#Morning #Sleep #Exercise

I have a dog and sometimes I'll be the littlest kid with my dog and marvel at his ears and his nose and how he looks at me. If he died, I'd bawl like a baby.
I don't know how I'm gonna pick up a bat again. I just need to be away for a bit and play with my dogs.
Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'
Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.
I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.
History is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position.

Toby Barlow famous quotes

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