Retriever Quotes

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. (Linda Blair)
Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior. View quote
Sara Paretsky
I am the planet's most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle. View quote
Elizabeth Gilbert
I'm a werewolf, not a golden retriever. View quote
Cassandra Clare
So when the moon's only partly full, you only feel a little wolfy?" "You could say that." "Well, you can go ahead and hang your head out the car window if you feel like it." "I'm a werewolf, not a golden retriever. View quote
Cassandra Clare
Well you can go ahead and hand your head out the window if you feel like it" "I'm a werewolf not a golden retriever. View quote
Cassandra Clare
As it happens, the Herk household did have a dog, named Roger. Roger was the random result of generations of hasty, unplanned dog sex: Among other characteristics, he had the low-slung body of a beagle, the pointy ears of a German shepherd, the enthusiasm of a Labrador retriever, the stubby tail of a boxer, and the intelligence of celery. (Chapter 2) View quote
Dave Barry
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. View quote
Chris Carmack
Okay, you drive," she said. "I'll sit with m head hanging out of the window like a golden retriever. View quote
Kim Harrison
I am very benign-looking. I'm somewhat like a golden retriever: It's not hard to look at me. I'm perfectly fine. It's not like things jut out and make you nervous. But the lovely thing about being so pale and having such pasty features is that I can look like pretty much anything, which is nice. View quote
Elizabeth Mitchell
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. (Martha Graham)