Corey Ford quotes
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“Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend.”
-- Corey FordSource : Corey Ford (1952). “Every Dog Should Have a Man: The Care and Feeding of Dog's Best Friend”
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“Every dog should have a man of his own. There is nothing like a well-behaved person around the house to spread the dog's blanket for him, or bring him his supper when he comes home man-tired at night.”
-- Corey FordSource : Corey Ford (1952). “Every Dog Should Have a Man: The Care and Feeding of Dog's Best Friend”
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“The name Alaska is probably an abbreviation of Unalaska, derived from the original Aleut word agunalaksh, which means "the shores where the sea breaks its back." The war between water and land is never-ending. Waves shatter themselves in spent fury against the rocky bulwarks of the coast; giant tides eat away the sand beaches and alter the entire contour of an island overnight; williwaw winds pour down the side of a volcano like snow sliding off a roof, building to a hundred-mile velocity in a matter of minutes and churning the ocean into a maelstrom where the stoutest vessels founder.”
-- Corey FordSource : Corey Ford (2003). “Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story - Georg Steller & the Russian Exploration of AK”, p.11, Graphic Arts Books
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“She learned to say things with her eyes that others waste time putting into words”
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“When a doting person gets down on all fours and plays with the dog's rubber mouse, it only confuses the puppy and gives him a sense of insecurity. He gets the impression that the world is unstable and wonders whether he is supposed to walk on his hind legs and smoke cigars.”
-- Corey FordSource : "The Trickiest Thing in Feathers".
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“Men cannot think like dogs.... [There exists] a sharp difference in the mental capacity of humans and canines. For example, a human who is given an intricate problem will spend all day trying to solve it, but a canine will have the sense to give up and do something else instead.”
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“A trout fisherman is something that defieth understanding.”
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“Funny how a wife can spot a blonde hair at twenty yards, yet miss the garage doors.”
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“Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.”
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“Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.”
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Source : Abraham Cowley, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Abraham Cowley ...”
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Source : Adam Johnson (2012). “The Orphan Master's Son”, p.136, Random House
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Source : Adam Rapp (2010). “Punkzilla”, p.2, Candlewick Press
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“In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.”
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