Subject: Animals (Page 13)

I got a new dog… he’s a paranoid retriever; he brings back everything because he’s not sure what I threw him.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

She has a face like a saint – a St. Bernard!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

You're supposed to eat the cows; they're great big lumbering stupid things – they’d be everywhere if we didn’t eat them.

(1971 – ) Irish comedian, actor & writer

My dog’s favorite bone is in my arm!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.

(1917 – 1998) author, critic, animal rights activist

Man is the only animal that blushes… or needs to.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Man should stop fighting among themselves and start fighting insects.

(1849 – 1926) American botanist & horticulturist

A study says owning a dog makes you 10 years younger; my first thought was to rescue two more, but I don’t want to go through menopause again.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

They live so deep in the woods they kept possums as yard dogs.

I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.

You're a mouse studying to be a rat.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director

Cat bathing is a martial art.

You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

These days it’s hard to look at a poodle without thinking what a good meal he would make.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you.

(1962 – ) American English professor & writer under pen name Eloisa James

How are you supposed to be able to tell when cat food has gone bad?

(1964 – ) American

The measure of a bird dog's intelligence can be determined by the length of time it takes to resign yourself to his way of thinking.