I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking them outside the room like noisy pets.
Having pets can teach us a lot of things. For kids, they are often their first lesson in responsibility, and being responsible for the well-being of another living thing is actually great for anyone, kid or adult. It teaches empathy, consistency, and so much more - especially if that pet is a dog.
In a houseful of toddlers and pets, you can start out having a bad day, but you keep getting detoured.
I've had pets my whole life, and I grew up with pigs and cows.
. . . one pets what one degrades; and one has to support what one has enfeebled
It has become my mission to stop the insanity of wild cats as pets.
I've never been around pets. I didn't have pets as a child.
Even our pets can become idols.
Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.
Its difficult to understand why people don't realize that pets are gifts to mankind
So maybe it’s just a part of who we all are, and always were. My worry now, though, is that we are starting to nurture these neuroses of ours, and treating them like pets. That can’t be a good thing.
Our pets are our family.
Love is for friends & pets. . . and family. . . only if they really love you as unconditionally as your friends and pets.
. . . blueprints are like pets and children -- difficult to appreciate or understand unless they're yours.
As far as pets go, a cat is a nice on to have.
I think it's pathetic that women and men treat each other worse than we treat our pets. It's love or hate.
I don't believe in pets. I like animals to be wild and free.
Within 10 years computers won't even keep us as pets.
Even in half demon hunter clothes, Clary thought, he looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house to pick you up for a date and be polite to your parents and nice to your pets. Jace on the other hand, looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house and burn it down just for kicks.
I do have a couple of pets, but I am determined to keep them out of the media spotlight.