An Evening Prayer

I am I because my little dog knows me. - Gertrude Stein

A dog in desperation will leap over a wall. - Unknown

It is a wise father that knows his own child. - William Shakespeare

A good bone does not always come to a good dog. - French Proverb

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen. - Unknown

There are two kinds of cruises - pleasure and with children. - George Burns

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy. - Robert H. Heinlein

Kids are life's only guaranteed bona fide upside surprise. - Jack Nicholson

Elixir: What a dog does to his owner when she gives him a bone - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

The dog who meets with a good master is the happier of the two. - Maurice Maeterlinck

Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us. - Stephen Colbert

A dog is a man's best friend. A cat is a cat's best friend. - Robert J Vogel

Creative play is like a spring that bubbles up from deep within a child. - Joan Almon

Too many of today's children have straight teeth and crooked morals. - Unknown

Silence is golden unless you have kids. Then silence is just suspicious. - Unknown

The trees in Siberia are miles apart - that's why the dogs are so fast. - Bob Hope

Have children while your parents are still young enough to take care of them. - Rita Rudner

Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. - Kin Hubbard

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. - Victor Hugo

I look like a real bag lady when I go to Starbucks with my dog and get my chai. - Shirley MacLaine

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests. - Thornton Wilder

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. - Jeff Valdez

Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity. - Kay R. Jamison

I will continue to freak out my children by knitting in public. It's good for them. - Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

People always ask me, "Were you funny as a child?" Well, no, I was an accountant. - Ellen DeGeneres

I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer. - Maeve Binchy

Judging a child taking his first steps for not being able to run a marathon is shortsighted. - Tyler Winklevoss

You are only one prayer away from a dream fulfilled, a promise kept, or a miracle performed. - Mark Batterson

The most precious jewels you'll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children. - Unknown

Don't worry that your children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. - Robert Fulghum

When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually. - Steven Wright

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next. - Franklin P. Jones

There are two things in this world that don't last long: dogs chasing cars, and pros putting for pars. - Lee Travino

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. - Ogden Nash

Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs. - P J O'Rourke

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day. - George Foreman

It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawn mower, snowblower and vacuum cleaner. - Ben Bergor

Life is a child playing around your feet, a tool you hold firmly in your grip, a bench you sit down upon in the evening, in your garden. - Jean Anouilh

My life is the land, the dogs, the car, the motorcycle, the pond, the canoe, going to pick up mail. It's just a rural retreat that I enjoy. - Burt Shavitz

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. - Phyllis Diller