Sam Taylor-Johnson Quotes

I'm not about to go out and buy a snake for a pet. I mean, I may have faced a few fears but I'm not insane.

I think having a dog makes you more compassionate.

Taking responsibility and having faith in your own judgment will help you make good choices and decisions at the end of your pet's life.

Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.

Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.

To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders.

I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.

My mother was a very sweet soul and a beautiful person, but she had a lot of fear.

Pets have made us better.

I love pet animals, but I don't have any.

Mrs. O' Leary is my pet. I couldn't let you stick a sword in her rump, now, could I? That might've scared her.

Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.

Never let it be said that Harry Dresden is afraid of a dried, dead bug. Creepy or not, I wasn't going to let it ruin my concentration. So I scooped it up with the corner of the phone book and popped it into the middle drawer of my desk. Out of sight, out of mind. So I have a problem with creepy, dead, poisonous things. So sue me.

The only answer to fear is more understanding. And there is no understanding if there is no effort to look more deeply to see what is there in our heart and in the heart of the other person.

The thing that you have to fight the most when you lose is you feel like the biggest failure in the world.

The greatest secret of winners is that failure inspires winning; thus, they are not afraid of losing.

To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.

Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility! Or why not my fortune adapted to its impulses! Tenderness without a capacity of relieving only makes the man who feels it more wretched than the object which sues for assistance.

You always ought to have tom cats arranged, you know - it makes 'em more companionable.

The break would never come as long as fear could turn to wrath.

We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.

I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete - that's what scares me.