Corey Ford quotes

“Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend.”
-- Corey Ford

Source : Corey Ford (1952). “Every Dog Should Have a Man: The Care and Feeding of Dog's Best Friend”

#Funny Quotes #Dog Quotes #Witty Quotes

“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 Ford

Source : Corey Ford (1952). “Every Dog Should Have a Man: The Care and Feeding of Dog's Best Friend”

#Dog Quotes #Home Quotes #Tired Quotes

“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 Ford

Source : Corey Ford (2003). “Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story - Georg Steller & the Russian Exploration of AK”, p.11, Graphic Arts Books

#Beach Quotes #War Quotes #Ocean Quotes

“She learned to say things with her eyes that others waste time putting into words”
-- Corey Ford

#Flirty Quotes #Eye Quotes #Waste Quotes

“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 Ford

Source : "The Trickiest Thing in Feathers".

#Dog Quotes #Play Quotes #Giving Quotes

“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.”
-- Corey Ford

#Dog Quotes #Giving Up Quotes #Men Quotes

“A trout fisherman is something that defieth understanding.”
-- Corey Ford

#Lakes Quotes #Sea Quotes #Fishing Quotes

“Funny how a wife can spot a blonde hair at twenty yards, yet miss the garage doors.”
-- Corey Ford

#Hair Quotes #Doors Quotes #Wife Quotes

“Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.”

“Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

“I have a really great family, and when Im not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff. My family and my friends keep me in line, and make sure I dont get crazy.”

“Man is too near all kinds of beasts,--a fawning dog, a roaring lion, a thieving fox, a robbing wolf, a dissembling crocodile, a treacherous decoy, and a rapacious vulture.”

Source : Abraham Cowley, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Abraham Cowley ...”

“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've been living in Portland for five months and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I probably won't really know for years because that's how it works right? You don't really develop feelings about a place till you've left it. It's like a girl or a dog.”

Source : Adam Rapp (2010). “Punkzilla”, p.2, Candlewick Press

“In the Spanish people there is a mixture of Gothic, Frankish and Moorish blood. One can speak of the Spaniard as one would speak of a brave anarchist. The Arabian epoch-the Arabs look down on the Turks as they do on dogs-was the most cultured, the most intellectual and in every way best and happiest epoch in Spanish history. It was followed by the period of the persecutions with its unceasing atrocities.”

“In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.”

“I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.”