Bud Flanagan quotes

Bud Flanagan quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“No dog can go as fast as the money you bet on him.”
-- Bud Flanagan

#Dog Quotes #Gambling Quotes
“We dream our dreams away.”
-- Bud Flanagan

#Dream Quotes #Our Dreams Quotes

“Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, For mother will be there.”

Source : She-Shanties (1926) "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight"
“A man and his dog is a sacred relationship. What nature hath put together let no woman put asunder.”
“I don't know how I'm gonna pick up a bat again. I just need to be away for a bit and play with my dogs.”
“I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”
“I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.”
“[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.”

Source : Adam Johnson (2012). “The Orphan Master's Son”, p.136, Random House
“I'm pretty obsessive-compulsive and I'm very fast. I tend to not write for a long period of time until I can't not write, and then I write first drafts in gallops. I won't eat right. I forget to do my laundry. I have a dog now, and I have to remember to walk him. When I write, that takes over and I can't do anything else. There's something exciting about that free fall, but then my life gets really screwed up. I've lost lots of relationships because of my having to ignore everything.”
“In short, they were gambling on their luck, and luck is not to be coerced.”
“Dice have their laws, which the courts of justice cannot undo.”
“Greyhound racing is a self-regulating gambling business that depends on the uncontrolled breeding and unaccountable disappearance of thousands of dogs every year. That is a situation that is unacceptable and indefensible”

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