Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
Mark Twain
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A Traveler about to set out on a journey saw his Dog stand at the door stre... AESOP Every dog has his day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weak-end. JUNE CARTER Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time. CHARLES M. SCHULZ How many legs does a dog have, if you call his tail a leg? The answer is four, because calling a tai... ABRAHAM LINCOLN [Addiction's] not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to f... ROBERT DOWNEY JR. The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread PORTUGUESE PROVERB To change yourself you have to move from where you are and take a step, then you have to be willing ... BRENT M. JONES If you have time to be with a dog, and the dog is smart, you come to understand the dog, and the dog... BUD GRANT How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn... ABRAHAM LINCOLN How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it... ABRAHAM LINCOLN How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make i... ABRAHAM LINCOLN America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. ARNOLD TOYNBEE America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. KINKY FRIEDMAN Take life on life's terms - one day at a time. And have fun while you're doing it. JOE PERRY America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a ... ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a... ARNOLD TOYNBEE America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a... TYPEWRITING EXERCISE You build a golf game like you build a wall, one brick at a time. TONY LEMA You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a c... LEWIS GRIZZARD You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went, you can curse the fates, but when it comes to... ERIC ROTH What you gain here, you lose on the other side. DEJAN STOJANOVIC I've always said money may buy you a fine dog, but only love can make it wag its tail. KINKY FRIEDMAN You own a dog; you feed a cat. JIM FIEBIG No one can fully understand the meaning of love unless he's owned a dog. A dog can show you more hon... GENE HILL Every Dog has a day and every human has a life. It all depends on what you want to be. The strange t... ROY After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. ... ROBERT MCCAMMON A dog wags its tail with its heart MARTIN BUXBAUM I am his Highness dog at Kew; pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you? ALEXANDER POPE I am his Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you? ALEXANDER POPE If you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with the bird in its mout... WILLIAM MAXWELL The Mischievous Dog
A dog used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them w... AESOP Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gambl... BLAISE PASCAL To know wisdom is to be all knowledgeable ,to use that knowledge for the greater good is to no that ... GARY F EVANS... I won't let you go! I love you, Dog!' 'There will be other dogs and friends, and loves' whisper... GARTH NIX I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you? ALEXANDER POPE If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail. FRAN LEBOWITZ If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail. FRAN LEBOWITZ If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail. FRAN LEBOWITZ If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a le... ABRAHAM LINCOLN You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. The higher amount you put into higher education, at the federal level particularly, the more the pri... BILL BENNETT Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. JOSH BILLINGS Without a dog, you'd never have anyone demonstrate how important it is to stop every day and sme... W. BRUCE CAMERON Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you. AUSTIN O'MALLEY Death is like an old dog. He always knows when you are at his door. PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH Before you get a dog, you can't quite imagine what living with one might be like; afterward, you... CAROLINE KNAPP If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there ma... ROGER A. CARAS If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there ma... ROGER CARAS When you turn your back on a barking dog, it will eventually stop. When you turn your back on a bark... RYAN CZARNECKI When a dog runs at you, whistle for him. HENRY DAVID THOREAU When a dog runs at you, whistle for him HENRY DAVID THOREAU I used to look at (my dog) Smokey and think, 'If you were a little smarter you could tell me what yo... FRED JUNGCLAUS I'd much rather shoot a bird over point than take a passing shot at one that just flushed wild, just... TIM THOMPSON When you find that you are on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain STEVE J. LEATHERWOOD Save your ass, give my ass.... what a friend you are... DEYTH BANGER If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the ot... SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the ot... SAINT AUGUSTINE You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about your... BERYL MARKHAM I've been writing on my own. It's like Roger Miller used to say, every now and then, like a ... TRAVIS TRITT I'm like a recovering perfectionist. For me it's one day at a time. BRENE BROWN Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail. JOSH BILLINGS You shake a slogan at an American and it's just like showing a hungry dog a bone. WILL ROGERS The Dog and the Shadow
A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, sa... AESOP If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but ther... ROGER CARAS If a man whistles at you, don't turn around. You are a lady not a dog. NIALL HORAN If you're going to love animals and have a life with them, the odds are you're going to lose... JON KATZ Envy: Instead of focusing on your own goals, your goal becomes throwing off the rails other people�... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA If you lose the school, you lose the lifeblood of the community. Families move here because we have ... WENDY HARRIS The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'... FRANCOIS RABELAIS If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on th... SAINT AUGUSTINE I don't treat my dog like that. I buried my dog. You can do everything for other countries but you c... DANIEL EDWARDS There is a simple, three-step way of doing things. Give the dog a simple command - just one word, no... ERIC ROBERTS When you're dealing with a dog this size, you have to be the alpha dog. ANDREA JARRELL It allows you to change one school at a time. BRIAN RIEDLINGER If you take a dog which is starving and feed him and make him prosperous, that dog will not bite you... MARK TWAIN On December 24, did you have a problem with the dog? DAVID HARRIS If you want someone who will listen to you every time, do everything you tell them to do, and always... ANONYMOUS What you gain from wishing will fit on the sharp end of a needle. BOBBY W. MILLER There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES At least one sled dog from the film will probably be at the race. It might be fun for kids to see a ... ALLAN BERGE A Blue Dog, you know, is the opposite of a yellow dog. And a yellow dog was somebody who was willing... MIKE THOMPSON You jumped like a frog. You touched like a dog. You kissed like a bird. SANTOSH KALWAR But with dogs, we do have bad dog. Bad dog exists. Bad dog! Bad dog! Stole a biscuit, bad dog!... EDDIE IZZARD That's when I heard the sounds of a certified genius spinning around in circles like a dog chasing i... ALLY CARTER [Spectrum] is like a highway, ... You may not have the cars on it at the time, but you will soon. ALLEN NOGEE Buy a gift for a dog, and you'll be amazed at the way it will dance and swerve its tail, but if don'... MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON
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