“If you enjoy sticking a straw in a dog's ear, don't sit next to the pooch with a milkshake.”
“Don't expect to sit next to the moon unless you are a star!”
“Brendon wasn’t exactly surprised to find Mitch sitting by the lake at three in the morning, staring out over the still water. Of course, he would have much preferred if he wasn’t sitting with a crocodile next to him. It was one thing to enjoy a predatory game of tug with him, but it was another to treat him like the family’s pet dog.”
“If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.”
“Don't focus on the one guy who hates you. You don't go to the park and set your picnic down next to the only pile of dog shit.”
“I don't think twice about picking up my dog's poop, but if another dog's poop is next to it, I think, 'Eww, dog poop!”