"I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better."

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Source : "Troubles with Bird Dogs, and what to Do about Them: Training Experiences with Actual Dogs Under the Gun". Book by George Bird Evans, 1975.

George Bird Evans

#Dog Quotes #Silly Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting ... if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same; ... yours is the earth and everything that's in it ...”

Source : "If - " st. 2 (1910)
“I tried to make sense of the Four Books, until love arrived, and it all became a single syllable.”

Source : Yunus Emre (1989). “The Drop that Became the Sea: Lyric Poems of Yunus Emre”, Shambhala Publications
“Iâ€™ve always wanted to do the right thing by a horse, thatâ€™s never changed, its just that as my knowledge grew Iâ€™ve been able to offer the horse a better human being, as time has gone on.”
“Friend of fatherless! Fountain of happiness! Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul is on Fire when I gaze at thy Calm and commanding eye. Like the sun in the sky, Comrade Napoleon! Thou are the giver of All thy creatures love, Full belly twice a day, clean straw to roll upon; Every beast great or small, Sleeps at peace in his stall, Thou watchest over all, Comrade Napoleon! Had I a sucking-pig, Ere he had grown as big Even as a pint bottle or a a rolling-pin He should have learned to be Faithful and true to thee, Yes, his first squeak should be Comrade Napoleon!”
“Gas consumption is growing everywhere.”
“There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.”
“You have the morals of rabbit, the character of a slug, and the brain of a platypus.”
“How to get a job: Speak up and show some life about you. Almost anyone who can give you a decent job these days is half deaf.”

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