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  • 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.

    Dog   Heart   Adventure  
    Dean Koontz (2007). “The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel”, p.69, Bantam
  • I'm just a dog person. I love dogs very much, especially big ones, hounds, and retrievers. I think they are funny and often have good senses of humor. Plus, they give unconditional love.

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  • I like them all-pointers, setters, retrievers, spaniels-what have you. I've had good ones and bad of several kinds. Most of the bad ones were my fault and most of the good ones would have been good under any circumstances.

    Funny   Dog   Training  
    Gene Hill (1972). “A Hunter's Fireside Book: Tales of Dogs, Ducks, Birds and Guns”, p.137, Academic Learning Company LLC
  • The retriever took each bit of meat from his master's hand with a delicacy almost equal to that of a hummingbird sipping sugar water from a garden feeder, and when it was all gone, he gazed up at Dusty with an adoration that could not have been much less than the love with which the angels regard God.

    Angel   Garden   Hands  
    Dean Koontz (2007). “False Memory”, p.89, Bantam
  • Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior.

  • Fatty, a bearded collie-terrier mix, is the kindest, cuddliest dog. And Oliver, a white golden retriever, even looks like me! My dogs have taught me to be more loving, more nurturing, and happier.

    Dog   White   Pet  
  • The face of a golden retriever feels like home.

  • A few weeks after my surgery, I went out to play catch with my golden retriever. When I bent over to pick up the ball, my prosthesis fell out. The dog snatched it, and I found myself chasing him down the road yelling "Hey, come back here with my breast!"

    Dog   Yelling   Play  
  • Mousse was a Labrador retriever, which is a large enthusiastic bulletproof species of dog made entirely from synthetic materials. This is the kind of dog that, if it takes an interest in your personal regions (which of course it does) you cannot fend it off with a blowtorch.

    Funny   Dog   Humorous  
    Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Talks Back”, p.127, Crown Archetype
  • There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others.

  • A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

    Robert Benchley (1976). “Chips Off the Old Benchley”, Amereon Limited
  • I've watched goldfish make babies, and ants execute earwigs. I've seen a fly deliver live young while having its head eaten by a mantis. And I had a golden retriever behave like one.

  • Art is like an ill-trained Labrador retriever that drags you out into traffic.

    Art   Labradors   Traffic  
  • ... occasionally I see rich-looking women on Rollerblades gripping leashes and being towed bodily by golden retrievers. That's my kind of jogging.

    Golden   Jogging   Kind  
  • The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

    Dog   Humorous   Animal  
    Notebooks (1912) ch. 14
  • The ball retriever is not long enough to get my putter out of the tree.

    Golf   Long   Tree  
  • Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

    Jealousy   Dog   Evil  
    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • I got a new dog. He's a paranoid retriever. He brings back everything because he's not sure what I threw him.

    Dog   Paranoid   Not Sure  
  • If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

    Dog   Nature   Animal  
  • Hey, do you know what you call a blond with a brain?" I asked, and the continued on the same breath, "a golden retriever." I've heard that one, too," she said, no longer smiling. I'll keep trying." I promised.

  • I am the planet's most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle.

  • I like to be at home because I just travel so much. I have four dogs, golden retrievers.

    Dog   Travel   Home  
  • My friend Phil has a theory that the Lord, having made teenagers, felt constrained to make amends and so created the golden retriever.

    Teenager   Golden   Lord  
    Mary McGrory, Phil Gailey (2006). “The Best of Mary McGrory: A Half-Century of Washington Commentary”, p.59, Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • I never thought of myself as being a genius. I don't know what genius is. I think a far better expression is a retriever, a lovely strong golden retriever that brings things back from the past, or retrieves things from our common blood memory

    Strong   Memories   Past  
    Martha Graham (1991). “Blood Memory”, Washington Square Press
  • Rich parents are famous both for miserliness and astonishing longevity. And, when they finally do die, you'll find they've left their estate in inviolate trust to the golden retrievers.

    P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.20, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
  • To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.

    Letting Go   Dog   Stress  
    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • I also go on long walks with my dog, a golden retriever named Breeze-and I work out with weights at a health club a couple of times a week.

    Dog   Couple   Long Walks  
  • Good fences make good neighbors, and these were apparently good enough that they had not felt the need for razor wire at the top. I crested the fence, threw myself into the yard beyond, fell, rolled to my feet, and ran with the expectation of being garroted by a taut clothesline. I heard panting, looked down, and saw a gold retriever running at my side, ears flapping. The dog glanced up at me tongue rolling, grinning, as though jazzed by the prospect of an unscheduled play session.

    Running   Dog   Play  
    Dean Koontz (2014). “The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd”, p.950, Bantam
  • I've often been described more than once in my life as very much like a golden retriever. Just sort of happy and excited to do whatever it is even if it's as simple as retrieving a ball and bringing it back ad nauseum.

    "Nashville's Chris Carmack on The O.C. and the rules of the death row meal". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. September 22, 2015.
  • There is something about the human condition. I don't think dogs are like "If only I was a poodle instead of a golden retriever, I'd be totally happy." Dogs are happy with who they are.

    "The Best-Laid Plans of Michael Ian Black". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 27, 2012.
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