Famous Quotes

"A pet store is a celebration of dogs' existence and an explosion of options. About cats, a pet store seems to say, 'Here, we couldn't think of anything else.' Cats are the Hanukkah of the animal world in this way. They are feted quietly and happily by a minority, but there's only so much hoopla applicable to them."

Sloane Crosley on Pet

More quotes about Pet

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

  Abraham Lincoln on Pet

• "I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."

  Winston Churchill on Pet

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

  Robert A. Heinlein on Pet

• "Time spent with cats is never wasted."

  Sigmund Freud on Pet

• "A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself."

  Josh Billings on Pet

More quotes by Sloane Crosley

• "You can't possibly fathom the ins and outs of a prepubescent beauty treatment until you've felt the strange but exhilarating tingle of a cottage-cheese-and-Pop-Rocks facial."

• "Since graduation, I have measured time in 4-by-5-inch pieces of paper, four days on the left and three on the right. Every social engagement, interview, reading, flight, doctor's appointment, birthday and dry-cleaning reminder has been handwritten between metal loops."

• "I'm a summer baby, so I usually have my birthday as a good summer memory."

• "The Queen of Crafts herself, Martha Stewart, and I have the same birthday. I prefer to think it's the glue-gun wielding, perfect-tart-producing Martha and not the copper pan-throwing, jail-going Martha. But I suppose if I am going to share a calendar square with some of Martha, I have to share it with all of Martha."

• "The year most of my high school friends and I got our driver's permits, the coolest thing one could do was stand outside after school and twirl one's car keys like a lifeguard whistle. That jingling sound meant freedom and power."