Gregory Maguire Quotes

It is correct that I overlooked the contamination of the party, not just now but also in the past.

I'm not the best dog owner.

You don't take your cat with you to go bird shopping. Not because the cat isn't polite, but because he's a cat.

I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get.

I'm super down with being irresponsible. I'm just trying to make sure my lack of responsibility no longer hurts people.

Peeves do not make very good pets.

Feed the dogs. I hate to hear them barking like that.

We have to convince the people of Bucharest, who are dog lovers, to treat dogs like they treat their children and not just let them roam the streets.

I've got four dogs, and I just don't do dog doo. I'm a diva when it comes to that.

I don't have a pet, but I dream of someday getting a pug dog whom I will name Croque Monsieur so that I may alternate between calling him Croque, Monsieur or his full name: Croque Monsieur. I'll more than likely only use his first and last name most often when he's been bad.

For instance, it was very rare for anyone there with dogs to allow them into the house.

If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside … or in the back yard without a cover, and the cats come over and eat it, whose fault is it---the cat’s or the uncovered meat?

If you carry a leaky water bag, you will get your back wet.

I do worry about breaking things - things that don't belong to me.

I want to remind people with dogs that they are your responsibility.

Pets require feeding, training, affection and exercise, but in return they offer unconditional love and companionship.

He's been out for a while," she said. "You ready to take a break?" Hopper could exist in this living form or be transformed into a small statue, which helped avoid uncomfortable questions when people came by. Only she could transform him though. "Yeah. He keeps trying to eat my paints. And I don't want him to watch me kiss you goodbye.

Remember that nothing will supply the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity long continued will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.

I think pets are great. They're better than kids, that's for sure.

You have no control over your cat! You can't say to your cat, "Cat, heel! Stay! Wait! Lie down! Roll over!" 'Cause the cat's just gonna be sitting there going, "Interesting words ... have you finished?" While you're shouting all this to your cat, your dog's next to you, going ... [mimes obeying all commands] "What the hell are you doing? I'm talking to the cat!" "Oh, I'm sorry!"

If we just create and don't think about what might happen, that's when we're going to get into trouble.

My dogs have never been good at things like "sit," "stay," or even "come." I think that we've given the tourists a few laughs, especially when the dogs hit the end of their leashes hard enough to drag Gloria down the street.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Nearly all our ills are the result of neglect in some way or other. And this truth may be said to apply to the ills of nations as well. Negligence is at the bottom of all decay. And decay always starts by showing little signs-or warnings. Then is the time to show interest and to be alert. There is nothing quite so easy as to neglect, and nothing quite so difficult as to repair that negligence. Negligence always carries a high price. It costs nothing to avoid it!

I love animals to the extent that my home is my dog's home! Which means that nothing is too good for my Freckles-chairs, couches, beds. But I do draw the line on chipmunks nibbling at my table linens, bedding, blankets, etc.