"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat." – Ellen Perry Berkeley

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
- Anatole France

"It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens." – Cynthia E. Varnado

"Dogs...do not ruin their sleep worrying about how to keep the objects they have, and to obtain the objects they have not. There is  nothing of value they have to bequeath except their love and their faith." –Eugene O'Neil

"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." – George Eliot

"When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me?" – Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song." – Chinese Proverb

"I love a dog.  He does nothing for political reasons." – Will Rogers

"One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why." – Unknown

"No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle." – Winston Churchill

"My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am." – Unknown

"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of." – Ogden Nash

"To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace." – Milan Kundera