Mark Barrowcliffe Quotes

Why go for a costly, sickly, mass-produced purebred when shelters are full of one-of-a-kind mixed breeds who are literally dying for a home?

I don't feel comfortable with luxury, and I try to stay fairly normal.

There are so many animals in shelters that need homes. Rather than going to a breeder and buying a dog, or a puppy mill or anything like that, I've always been a big fan of adoption.

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.

Some people like to drive a Ford, not a Ferrari, and some people like to drink out of a red Solo cup, not out of a crystal stem.

More is not better. Better is better. You don't need a bigger house; you need a different floor plan. You don't need more stuff; you need stuff you'll actually use.

I've always been down-to-earth about money.

I'm just a regular person who believes life is simple, and I like a simple life.

I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.

I don't need to have three feather pillows in my trailer. I just don't work that way.

Some receivers are like sports cars: they have a lot of speed and flair. Me, I'm like an old pickup truck. I just bounce around and try to get the job done.

I'm not a snob. I can make a meal out of anything. I can eat anywhere.

Think about it: if the world could see how much adoption means from a cat's point of view, shelters would be empty.

I'm not a girl who's into home comforts and luxury.

My parents are just really down-to-earth, earnest, hardworking people that don't want for anything. I think that really served me because when you put more value on experience than things, then you're going to go out and have experiences.

I think it's really important that people become aware of the amount, the mass of animals that are sitting in shelters as opposed to people going out and just buying puppies that are being bred.

I'm a 'no frills' kind of guy.

I'm a minimalist kind of person: only one pair of boots, one pair of pants, and if I could, only one shirt.

I mean, if someone wants to buy a dog that's their business, but I would definitely say adopt, don't shop.

Shaker pieces were not to show off. One was not to waste energy to decorate.

I was never a chiffon and satin person. I am always a cotton person. It's just the way I am.

I have realized that when you rescue your pet from a shelter, it is the most amazing feeling in the world how this animal changes your life by giving it a better one.

When you adopt an animal at a shelter you are saving two lives.

If McLaren give me a car, that's fine, but I don't tend to buy fancy stuff anyway or super-nice clothes.

I wash my own dishes; I do my own laundry. I'm not a glamorous person at all, not at all.