
Satya, January, 2001 http://www.satyamag.com/jan01/newkirk.html.
On pets
Source: Of Mice and Men
Satya, January, 2001 http://www.satyamag.com/jan01/newkirk.html.
On pets
“You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.”
“I love my dog as much as I love you
But you may fade, my dog will always come through.”
I Love My Dog (1966), his first single, later included on Matthew and Son (1967)
Song lyrics
“I am not a dog lover. A dog lover to me means a dog that is in love with another dog.”
"I Like Dogs", For Men (April 1939); reprinted in People Have More Fun Than Anybody (1994); slightly paraphrased in "And So to Medve", Thurber's Dogs (1955)
From other writings
“I pray thee let me and my fellow have
A haire of the dog that bit us last night.”
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Variant: A heare of the dog that bote vs last night.
“Give a dog a bone, leave a dog alone. Let a dog roam and he'll find his way home.”
"Ruff Ryders' Anthem" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpHtEa2II_s (1998), It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
1990s
“If they let me choose between you and the dog, I'll choose the dog.”