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Quotes About Spaniel

Within, a cheerful bustle in the bar announced the near arrival of opening time. Eight ducks crossed the road in Indian file. A cat sprang up upon the bench, stretched herself, tucked her hind legs under her and coiled her tail tightly round them as though to prevent them from accidentally working loose. A groom passed, riding a tall bay horse and leading a chestnut with a hogged mane; a spaniel followed them, running ridiculously, with one ear flopped inside-out over his foolish head.
~ Dorothy L. Sayers
I have two dogs, a springer spaniel and a German shepherd. One of them's name is Nolan Arenado.
~ Buster Posey
Foolish was a reliable combination of English setter, Airedale, cocker spaniel, wistful doe, and rearing hyena.
~ Sinclair Lewis
All right, I thought you specialized in Labradors.' 'You spaniel men think that when God had created the springer and its near relatives he should have knocked off for a dirty weekend.
~ Gerald Hammond
Toby proved to an ugly, long-haired, lop-eared creature, half spaniel and half lurcher, brown-and-white in colour, with a very clumsy waddling gait.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
You're a liability and a wild card and trouble seems to follow you like a homesick spaniel.
~ Jasper Fforde
Not only was Miss Cribbe bearded, and always trying to get chummy with us like we we're her real children or something, but she had a disgusting incontinent springer spaniel called Misty, who was constantly sneaking in to the dorms and weeing on our duvets
~ Tyne O'Connell
I attribute my wife's language to the fact that she's one-quarter spaniel. She says she's only an eighth, but, come on, the ears say it all. That and her mouth. (The Faithful Setter)
~ David Sedaris
I have a spaniel that defrocked a nun last week. He took hold of the cord. I had hold of the leash. It was like elephants holding tails. Imagine me undressing a nun, even second hand.
~ E. B. White