Quotes with dog-pit

Quotes 41 till 60 of 163.

  • Ernest Bramah He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.
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  • Alfred Lord Tennyson He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse.
    Alfred Lord Tennyson
    English poet (1809 - 1892)
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  • Mark Twain Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Abraham Lincoln How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Alexander Pope I am his Highness dog at Kew; pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • John Major I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.
    John Major
    British politician (1943 - )
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  • Winston Churchill I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bryan Adams I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.
    Bryan Adams
    Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist (1959 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Jimi Celeste I have a great dog. She's half Labrador, half pit bull. It's a good combination. Sure, she might bite off my leg, but she'll bring it back to me.
    Jimi Celeste
    American photographer and humorist
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  • Agatha Christie I like to inquire into everything. Hercule Poirot is a good dog.
    Peril at End House (1932)
    Agatha Christie
    British writer (1890 - 1976)
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  • Mary Corelli I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.
    Mary Corelli
    British writer (1855 - 1924)
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W. Bruce Cameron I read that all dogs have wolf DNA in them, which seemed preposterous because my dog, Tucker, is... afraid of plastic bags blowing in the wind. I thought, 'How can Tucker have wolf in him? How can this be?' So I started researching it.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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W. Bruce Cameron I see dog stories as an antidote to the dire news that nothing is ever going to get better.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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  • Henry Morton Stanley I was becoming wise by experience, and I was compelled to observe that when mud and wet sapped the physical energy of the lazily-inclined, a dog-whip became their backs, restoring them to a sound--some-times to an extravagant activity.
    How I found Livingstone (1872) Ch. 6
    Henry Morton Stanley
    Welsh-American journalist and explorer (1841 - 1904)
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W. Bruce Cameron I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Burn Gorman I'm a film buff and I was keen to find out about the response to Daniel Craig's 007. 'Empire' and 'Hot Dog' had great reviews, and finally he's been accepted as the new Bond. So many millions go into that franchise that if you make a mistake, it's awful.
    Burn Gorman
    British actor and musician (1974 - )
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  • Billie Holiday I've been your slave
    Ever since I've been your babe
    But before I be your dog
    I'll see you in your grave.
    Billies Blues
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Enid Bagnold If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal.
    Enid Bagnold
    British writer, playwright (1889 - 1981)
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