For me a house or an apartment becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog. Roger Caras More Quotes by Roger Caras More Quotes From Roger Caras Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. Roger Caras dog sorry life Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. Roger Caras faith dog animal Being patted is what it is all about. Roger Caras humor dog If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life. Roger Caras dog may animal We derive immeasurable good, uncounted pleasures, enormous security, and many critical lessons about life by owning dogs. Roger Caras lessons dog friendship Try throwing a ball just once for a dog. It would be like eating only one peanut or potato chip. Try to ignore the importuning of a Golden Retriever who has brought you his tennis ball, the greatest treasure he possesses! Roger Caras greatest-treasure tennis dog Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks. Roger Caras treasure historical museums Generally, or at least very often, people with a deep interest in animals are the best people around. Roger Caras dog-lover animal people It doesn't matter where you are in your own personal development, nor has it mattered where you have been culturally; dogs simply don't pass judgment on you the way all of the rest of life and all your other companions seem to. Roger Caras rest-of-life development dog Why cat were given such terrific peripheral vision when they spend so much time looking down their noses is difficult to understand. Roger Caras vision cat noses Cats are a tonic, they are a laugh, they are a cuddle, they are at least pretty just about all of the time and beautiful some of the time. Roger Caras cat beautiful laughing I am as confounded by dogs as I am indebted to them. Roger Caras indebted dog-lover dog There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing. Roger Caras pain fear inspirational Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible. Roger Caras cat feel-good way We are all pirates at heart. There is not one of us who hasn't had a little larceny in his soul. And which one of us wouldn't soar if God had thought there was merit in the idea? So, when we see one of those great widespread pirates soaring across the grain of sea winds we thrill, and we long, and, if we are honest, we curse that we must be men every day. Why not one day a bird! There's an idea, now, one day out of seven a pirate in the sky. What puny power a man can attain by comparison. Compare a 747 with a bird and blush! Roger Caras heart wind men Cats virtually always underestimate human intelligence just as we, perhaps, underestimate theirs. Roger Caras underestimate cat humans Anyone who has owned many cats in long succession can define his or her life as a series of furry episodes. Roger Caras episodes cat long It looks like a miniature hippopotamus with badly-fitting panty hose all over. Roger Caras panty-hose dog looks In Egypt: Under no conditions, under threat of death could anyone kill a cat. People were exceuted for even killing a cat accidentally. And when a cat died, the whole family, and probably their closest friends, went into mourning, the measure of their personal loss signalled by their shaving off their eyebrows. Roger Caras egypt cat loss Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr. [...] Almost all cats make us feel good about ourselves because they let us know they feel good about us, about themselves, and about our relationship with them. A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test paper. It is a reinforcement of soemthing we would all like to believe about ourselves -- that we are nice. Roger Caras nice stars believe
