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Last modified: 3/12/08
The Quotable Books Series ...
The Secret Life of Pets and Animals
(sample quotations from the book)When a mans best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. Edward Abbey
Do you see opportunities when others don't. Go on. Be a Tiger. Accenture magazine advertisement
Never play cat-and-mouse games if youre a mouse. Don Addis
Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. African proverb
I named my kitten Rosefur soft as a petal, claws sharper than thorns. Astrid Alauda
A bird doesnt sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Maya Angelou, poet
I want to make literature once again the domain of manly men, who hunt animals and have lots of sex with women. Martin Beckerman, gonzo journalist
The cat is above all things, a dramatist. Margaret Benson
The human imagination has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open. John Berger
As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat. Ellen Perry Berkeley
A forest bird never wants a cage. Henrik Ibsen, playwright
Trout fishing is against the law if you are sitting on a giraffe's back. Idaho State Law
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured. Indian proverb
If you want a kitten, start out by asking for a horse. Naomi, age 15, Kid's Instructions for Smart Living
The trouble with a kitten is that ...
Eventually ... It becomes a cat!
Ogden Nash, poet and humoristIt's better to feed one cat than many mice. Norwegian proverb
If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass of milk. Laura Joffe Numeroff, author, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Did St. Francis really preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. Rebecca West, novelist
The higher the monkey climbs, the more you can see his butt. West Indian proverb
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