Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille. — Ava Gardner
Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer. — Dean Koontz
Tact is rubbing out another's mistakes, not rubbing them in. — Marvin J. Ashton
Stroke the dog and he will mark you with his dirty paws. — Albanian Proverbs
I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. — Maya Angelou
Reverse petting zoo. You pet the animals, and they pet you back. — Andy Biersack
If you’re feeling a little bit down, a bit of kneading helps. — Mary Berry
She lifted the drooping muzzle with both hands...It was a special embrace saved for special occasions. — Jean M. Auel
You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand? — Hakuin Ekaku
Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory. — Will Durant
Touch your customer, and you’re halfway there. — Estee Lauder
When a child hits a child, we call it aggression. When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility. When an adult hits an adult, we call it assault. When an adult hits a child, we call it discipline. — Haim Ginott
PITY, n. A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast. — Ambrose Bierce
Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad. — Kristan Higgins
Short Patting Quotes
I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it. — Janet Flanner
I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up. — Dean Martin
Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance. — Ralph Neas
Pat Buchanan likes to fight. But only on TV. — Tucker Carlson
The one who pats the chicken, eats the egg. — Albanian Proverbs
The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd! — Rowan Atkinson
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. — Steve Prefontaine
Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone. — Pete Rose
The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder is to pat him on the back. — Unknown
The human body is a peculiar device, pat it on the back and the head swells. — Unknown
Patting Image Quotes
Patting Yourself On The Back Quotes
When you do the right thing, enjoy it! When you take positive actions, enjoy them. After all, they are leading you toward positive results. Pat yourself on the back. Truly enjoy the fact that you're making positive progress, and the negative temptations will have no power over you. — Ralph Marston
Whenever you feel uncomfortable, instead of retreating back into your old comfort zone, pat yourself on the back and say, "I must be growing," and continue moving forward. — T. Harv Eker
Don't even wait until you've lost a pound. The minute you can push the plate away with food still on it, give yourself a pat on the back. — Tony Robbins
God knows best; he hasn't arranged your anatomy so as to make it easy for you to pat yourself on the back. — Unknown
You can never pat yourself on the back during the season. Then you get complacent, stop working and let yourself slide. — Mark Teixeira
There are a lot of Ellroy lifts, man. This guy went to school. But then there's a willful thing that comes over me - God gives it to me - where I go, "That's real nice, let's just go home, pat yourself on the back, good dog, good dog, and wake up in the morning and go to work." — James Ellroy
Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death. — Hugh Laurie
Don't wrench your shoulder out of its socket trying to pat yourself on the back," Beldin said sourly. — David Eddings
What Is Patting Quotes
What I say now is that the way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. People pat me on the head, and I go to myself, oh, and aren't they going to be surprised. — Calista Flockhart
Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve
to get their butts chewed.
Every now and again some people deserve a pat on the back.
What I try and do is compliment folk who deserve a compliment,
and chew folks out who deserve to be chewed out. — Mills Lane
When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or anyone who believes in a higher being and wants their taxes cut. — Ann Coulter
Our pat-down approach is very similar to what is being utilized in Europe and, as we know, around the world. It's even much more thorough in other parts of the world. — John S. Pistole
Look at airport security now. What started out as definite racial profiling is now where the computer picks a name. That's why you get a seven-month-old getting a pat down. [Imitates a security officer.] "Check the diapers. They're full." — Robin Williams
Coach [Pat] Riley's record speaks for itself. What makes him so special is he is a coach clearly concerned about winning. His whole thinking when he wakes up every day is how can I make this team [ New York Knicks] more focused and going through 82 games during the regular season and the playoffs. — John Starks
Our pat-down approach is very similar to what is being utilized in Europe and, as we know, around the world. It's even much more thorough in other parts of the world. — John Pistole
I think I'm an ambitious artist but you have to understand the measure of your influence on people. You're not going to change people's lives with your art. What you do is you give them a little pat so that you change the course of the direction that they're going. — Vik Muniz
When you think about me talking to Rick Santorum or Pat Buchanan or one of these old guys, part of what makes that a joyful experience for me is that in my head I'm thinking, He has to talk to me. Like, poor Pat Buchanan, all the things you've done and you end up having to talk to me. — Rachel Maddow
Even after the Rosenthal column, nobody responsible in the Republican Party said, 'Yes, Pat Buchanan is an anti-Semite.' They didn't join in. Very few journalists joined in. What happened was, when he entered the presidential politics, then he entered a new level of criticism and attack on him. — Sayings
Pat Quotes
I look into eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, I am going to bury you. — Seve Ballesteros
Pat Buchanan has written and said a number of things that are widely understood to be hostile to Jews and to Israel. — Tucker Carlson
Earrings are like orgasms. You can never have too many." " I never thought about it quite that way." Well, you're a man. " She gave his knee a friendly pat. — Nora Roberts
You can learn a lot about Pat Buchanan by talking to his campaign staff, particularly the ones who have quit or been fired. — Tucker Carlson
I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. — Ethel Merman
Time will tell ... whether folks want to point and stare at the black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of film, and pat her on the back, or if they want to actually roll up the sleeves and do a little bit of work so that there can be more of me coming through. — Ava DuVernay
Building a successful business is no longer about B2B or B2C. It’s about P2P, those people-to-people relationships. – Pat Flynn — Pat Flynn
Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge. — Fritz Perls
Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge. — Frederick Salomon Perls
Everything TSA does is reactionary - first they ban the box cutters, then of course you have to take your shoes off, then you have to take the liquids out, now we have to be patted down in our private areas because of the diaper bomber. — John Mica
Its Pat Quotes
You tell Anderson Silva that I'm coming over and I'm kicking down his backdoor and patting his little lady on the ass and I'm telling her to make me a steak, medium-rare just how I like it. — Chael Sonnen
I can take a lot of pats on the back. I love it when I get admiring letters from people. And, of course, I'd love it if the critics would notice me, too. — Norman Rockwell
There's an old saying that you don't ever finish a movie, you abandon it, and I really believe that. I never walk away from a take and pat myself on the back. — Ryan Reynolds
Well it's true, ever since I stopped eating meat I feel a lot better among animals, I feel I can be much more honest when I pat a dog. — Leonard Cohen
Pat Phoenix kept that amazing sassy look. I always wonder, was that because she was thrilled with that look, and thought it looked marvellous, or was it because she was too scared to change it? It's a double thing. Security and insecurity. — Celia Imrie
I blame it on Walt Disney, where animals are given human qualities. People don't understand that a wild animal is not something that is nice to pat. It can seriously harm you. — James Cameron
When anybody gives you an award, it could be wrong. You’ve just got to bear that it mind and go ahead and enjoy it. Like Morgan says, it’s a pat on the back, so great you’ll take it and then move on. — Clint Eastwood
I should start with an apology to Rudy Giuliani. I said every sentence Rudy utters has a noun, a verb, and 9/11 in it. I was wrong. He called me to tell me after Pat Robertson's endorsement, there's an Amen in every sentence he says too. — Joe Biden
If there is aught of good in the style, it is the result of ceaseless toil in rewriting. Everything comes out wrong with me at first; but when once objectified in a crude shape, I can torture and poke and scrape and pat it till it offends me no more. — William James
The reason we are doing these types of pat downs and using the advanced imagery technology is trying to take the latest intelligence and how we know al Qaeda and affiliates want to hurt us, they want to bring down whether it is passenger air craft or cargo aircraft. — John Pistole
I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. — Maya Angelou
As Seth Godin says, ‘Anxiety is nothing but repeatedly re-experiencing failure in advance.’ – Pat Flynn — Pat Flynn
I've played for the Miami Heat my whole career under Pat Riley. Mr. GQ himself. So when I pick out my outfits before a game, I'm already feeling confident. And some of that swagger stays with me when I take the court. — Dwyane Wade
I'm not the type to pat myself on the back and all that, but somebody has to be lucky, right? When I got to Dallas, I was struggling - sleeping on the floor with six guys in a three-bedroom apartment. I used to drive around, look at the big houses, and imagine what it would be like to live there and use that as motivation. — Mark Cuban
We don’t make commercials. We don’t sell your product. We tell stories that make the right audience fall in love with you. – Pat Flynn — Pat Flynn
The horse must perform from joy, not subservience. Praising a horse frequently with voice, a gentle pat, or relaxing the reins is very important to keep the horse interested and willing. — Klaus Balkenhol
Church hoppers are like wandering dogs. If they are not regularly patted on the head, they will go elsewhere until they are. — Steven J Lawson
I was always willing to take a great deal of the burden of getting along in life on my own shoulders, but I wasn't willing to give myself a pat on the back. I was always looking to somebody else to give me that. .. That was all wrong. — Raquel Welch
My pat line about the Cubs and payroll is that the amount of merchandise the Cubs would sell off a world series championship would more than cover for a big payroll. — Billy Corgan
Perhaps all women are part faerie, for what woman can deny her faerie blood when the portals to her own land are open; when the full moon sings its insistent song; when sorrow and passion and rage pulse through her body at moon times. This is why women are the chosen ones of Faerie, pat of the vibrant, fluid, emotional soul of the world. — Brian Froud
I have sometimes, probably, forgotten - and I know I have - to pat the back of someone or said thank you enough times or maybe even once sometimes I wish I were perfect. I wish I were just the nicest, nicest, nicest person on Earth. But I am a business person.If I were a man no one would ever say that I was arrogant. — Martha Stewart
A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I told my dad 'Yeah, I’m going to be a drummer', and he said 'Well, if you can rub your stomach at the same time as you pat your head at the same time you’re standing on one leg and kicking the other one out in a circle and say the pledge of allegiance'. And I did all that just like bam, you know? — Tre Cool
That little boy is driving well and he's putting well. He's doing everything it takes to win. So, you know what you guys do when he gets in here? You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not serve fried chicken next year. Got it? [...] Or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve. — Fuzzy Zoeller
You never know what little bundle of encouragements artists carry around with them, what little pats on the back from what hands, what newspaper clipping, what word of hope from what teacher. I suppose the so-called faith in ourselves is the foundation of our talent, but I am sure these encouragements are the mortar that holds it together. — Luciano Pavarotti
This guy (Pat Robertson) obviously wants to be a prophet so bad. I wonder if he walks around at home dressed up in a bed sheet, talking Aramaic, maybe parting the waters in the bathtub occasionally, just to keep in practice? — Pat Condell
There was an exhibition in Munich in 1937, 'Degenerate Art,' which included work by Klee, Kandinsky, Beckmann and many others. The work was called 'sick' and put in the trash heap. The sentiments expressed toward contemporary art by Jesse Helms, Pat Robertson and Mayor Giuliani recall the language used by the Nazis. — Hans Haacke
Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever. — Kevin Smith
Anyone can win a slam-dunk contest. The real Superman is dead. He was assassinated by Pat Riley. I'm the Big Cactus now and ready to roll again. — Shaquille O'Neal
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