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" Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.' "

Walter O'Brien

Parents

Pet

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" One of my biggest pet peeves is that I just don't like it when characters do things that are funny to the writer, but you don't know why they're doing it and it doesn't make any sense. "

" I used to love dogs until I discovered cats. "

" I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success. "

" Legislators are interested in their pet projects, getting re-elected, and popularity contests. "

" It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more. "

" Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals 'love' them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more. "

" I kind of imagine myself at eighty, a cat lady. "

" When I was 16... I worked in a pet store. And they fired me because... they had three snakes in there, and one day I braided them. "

Steven Wright

Pet

Snakes

" Having one of the highest IQs ever measured is as much a curse as it is a blessing. My parents were great, though: they were always seeking the most difficult presents possible for me - Rubik's cubes and things like that. "

" Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia. "

" As software engineers trained to turn ambiguity into absolutes and fuzzy requirements into ones and zeros, we had a 'eureka' moment when we realized that our training had broader, real-world applications. "

" I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. "

" I have some road rage inside of me. Traffic, especially in L.A., is a pet peeve of mine. "

" One of my big pet peeves is single-use plastic bags. I think it's one of the stupidest ideas in the world. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Ideas

Big

Pet

" Growing up in Kansas City, I was always neat, the teacher's pet, know-it-all type. "

" There are people all over the world who like to write fan letters in the voice of their pet: 'Hello, my name is Fifi and I'm a labrador and I think you're great. Paw paw!' "

" The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. "

" Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeavours to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last. "

" It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked. "

" It's true, you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway, it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy. "

" A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip. "

" Much of our brainpower goes unused, and many people could benefit greatly from optimizing their mental assets. "

" I'm a writer who stacks cat food for a living. It's true: I have a master's degree in creative writing, I've published two critically successful books, and I get paid to replenish the shelves of my local food co-op with pet food, sponges and toilet paper. Nine days out of 10, I do it quite happily. "

" It's just so nice when your pet isn't all needy. I need a lot of space, so dogs suffocate me. "

Kerli

Need

Dogs

" I invite people to read the hundreds of positive articles instead of getting affected by the occasional outburst from a troll. "

" We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. "

" One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don't realize there's a lot of craft behind the comedy. "

" Some men over-tweeze their eyebrows, and it's just too perfect. Men are meant to have kind of a bushy brow. Too much aftershave is also off-putting; it's one of my pet hates. "

" We've begun to long for the pitter-patter of little feet - so we bought a dog. Well, it's cheaper, and you get more feet. "

Rita Rudner

Feet

Dog