The newest victims of the nation's foreclosure crisis are pets, which is extremely distressing to me.
Every thing, even the so-called timesaving device and energy-efficient machine, comes these days with an elaborate set of instructions for its care and feeding. Buying a machine has become more and more like buying a pet. . . . We are time-crunched. Not just by the number of things we have to do, but the number of things we have. In the late twentieth century, things have become our new dependents.
The dog which remembers only to bark and not to bite, and is led through the streets as a lady's pet, is only a degenerate wolf.
A thinking man feels compelled to approach all life with the same reverence he has for his own.
I take my pet lion to church ever Sunday. He has to eat.
I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get.
I also discovered that you can get used to a man , much like you do a household pet!
There are no ordinary cats.
Of the seven experiments, the ones that have been most investigated so far have been the pets. The dogs who know when their masters for coming home, and the sense of being stared at.
One man's pet-stained carpet is another man's Twister game.
Clarissa," he said, "here with the vampire, I see. When things have settled a bit, we really must discuss you choice in pets.
No one ever pretended that shopping for anything is a rational experience. If it were, would there be Fluffernutter? Laceless sneakers? Porkpie hats? Would the Chia Pet even exist?
The biggest dog has been a pup.
Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.
Having an aura of menace is like having a pet weasel, because you rarely meet someone who has one, and when you do, it makes you want to hide under the coffee table.
Cats are great. They don't talk about useless things. Or do them. Nothing is cuter. They are something that don't exist in my world. They have pets over there as well. . . but. . . it doesn't quite compare.
What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.
I really want a pet, and I really love animals.
They're not so bad. They just need some attention. . . . Like pets. Or my brother.
Packing is my pet hate.