It has been 20,000 years since man and dog formed their partnership.

Humans have externalized their wisdom-stored it in museums, libraries, the expertise of the learned. Dog wisdom is inside the blood and bones.

There is no more off-leash reliable, calm, sophisticated, go-with-you-anywhere dog than a trained sheepdog.

More often than we care to admit, inconsequential decisions change our lives.

Hell yes! Gentle birth’s got to be good for something!

I have a writer’s concentration: intense, but flickering.

A young dog's faith is absolute... Dogs are notorious for hope. Dogs believe that this morning, this very morning, may begin a day of fascination, easily grander than any day in the past.

Once they become AKC registered, the newspapers will become flooded with ads for them. And you'll see Border collies in pet stores and animal shelters.

Run your own race of life, with a single minded vision of purpose.

It is what it is because you let it be so.

Photography is a weapon against what's wrong out there. It's bearing witness to the truth.

I never thought I'd be a writer. I never thought I'd be able to read a book, let alone write one. So if books like this inspire kids to write, or even read a whole book, I think it's good.

I love fishing and surfing, and I work out every day.

I should like to enflame the whole world with my taste for gardening. There is no virtue that I would not attribute to the man who lives to project and execute gardens.

I am satisfied with the dissatisfaction that never rests until it is satisfied and satisfied again.

It is but the littleness of man that seeth no greatness in trifles.

I was going to visit IBM for six months as a visiting scientist. Now, six months is a lot of time, so I came with a whole list of projects that I might want to work on.

The task is to keep the lost opportunities of the past alive.