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A birth control pill for men, that’s fair. It makes more sense to take the bullets out of the gun than to wear a bulletproof vest. - Anon
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I … Continue reading
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. - Oscar Wilde
People must have renounced, it seems to me, all natural intelligence to dare to advance that animals are but animated machines…. It appears to me, besides, that [such people] can never have observed with attention the character of animals, not … Continue reading
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow-creatures is amusing in itself. - James Anthony Froude
Personally, I would not give a fig for any man’s religion whose horse, cat and dog do not feel its benefits. Life in any form is our perpetual responsibility. - S. Parkes Cadman
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. - Ambrose Bierce
Commands I’ve Taught My Dog
This is a list of commands that I’ve taught Difa, my German Shepherd. She was born on 7th July, and I started teaching her tricks and other useful commands almost as soon as we brought her home. She learns very quickly, and gets really excited about it as well.
Some of these commands weren’t taught intentionally, like ‘mind out’ for example. We talk to her a lot though, and she’s picked up on what we want when we say quite a lot of things. Most of the time it’s more down to our tone of voice and body language than what we say; we could say complete jibberish, but say it in the right way and she’ll still respond. Some of these ‘accidental’ commands started that way, but have reached the point where she recognises the words as well. Continue reading
Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry. - Lyman Abbott
We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities. - Bill Maher