“We are telling veterans they must sacrifice to pay for the pet projects and contracts to campaign donors of powerful members of Congress.”

“I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet.”

“Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.”

“A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.”

“I love cats.”

“I heard that Jesus had a pet dinosaur. Evolution must be a myth then.”

“Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.”

“Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.”

“Never stand between a dog and the hydrant.”

“My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.”

“I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia.”

“No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”

“Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”

“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.”

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”

“It's true, you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway, it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy.”

“It is one of my pet hates when I see players who have agents who do everything for them. They don't know how to set up their own bank accounts, they don't know what they are spending their money on and they can't make their own decisions.”

“A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.”