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“Lap-dogs and blood-hounds enjoy the greatest respect at court; house-dogs and no dogs at all are not even considered.”

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Author:Franz Grillparzer

“If you can't distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn't undertake philanthropic work.”

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Author:Anton Chekhov

“Some women run with wolves, but the majority would be much happier with your basic lap dog.”

Would Be Running Dog Majority Lap Lap Dogs

Author:Paula Wall

“Winter near the shore is cold. The wind kicks up a salty mist and elephant seals come to shore to trumpet and rut and birth their pups. Retired people put sweaters on their lap dogs and drag them down the street on retractable leashes in a nightly parade of doggy humiliation. Surfers don their wetsuits against the chill of storm waves and white sharks adjust their diets to include shrink-wrapped dude-snacks on fiberglass crackers.”

“I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash.”

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Author:John Lydon

“If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.”

Source: Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead

“Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less likely to bite than to bark, less likely to bark than to lick a hand in greeting. In spite of their size, they think they are lap dogs, and in spite of being dogs, they think they are also human, and nearly every human they meet is judged to have the potential to be a boon companion who might, at many moment, cry, "Let's go!" and lead them on a great adventure.”

Source: The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel

“The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny "arf" - the sound of a lap dog.”

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Book:The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses, 1981-1986

Source: The Morning After: American Successes and Excesses, 1981-1986

“No louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast, When husbands or lap-dogs breathe their last.”

Lasts Heaven Loss Dog Husband Casts Breathe Pet Lap Lap Dogs

Book:Alexander Pope: Selected Poetry and Prose

Source: Alexander Pope: Selected Poetry and Prose

“I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog - completely exhausted after a hard day in the field - limps away from her nice spot in front of the fire and comes over to where I'm sitting and puts her head in my lap, a paw over my knee, and closes her eyes, and goes back to sleep. I don't know what I've done to deserve that kind of friend.”

“When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad.”

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Book:Catch of the Day

Source: Catch of the Day

“O, girls! set your affections on cats, poodles, parrots or lap-dogs; but let matrimony alone. It's the hardest way on earth to getting a living.”

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Book:Ruth Hall and Other Writings

Source: Ruth Hall and Other Writings

“I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs.... Perhaps I am an exception.”

Dog Exception Lap Lap Dogs

Author:Emily Bronte