“Coyotes can’t expect to keep friends when they eat them all the time.”

“When you have nothing to say, one of your alternatives is to keep your trap shut.”

“When time marches on, it steps on your nose and tail, and leaves boot prints down your back.”

“Buzzards don’t make good friends. They always have an interior motive.”

“He had a good heart, he wanted to help with the cattle work, he thought he was Head of Ranch Security, but he wasn’t very smart and never understood why the cowboys were mad at him all the time.” (regarding the original Hank the Cowdog)”

“When I’m alone, I’m in the company of the most interesting dog I know.”

“My parents placed a high value on reading, starting with the King James Bible, and one whole wall of our living room was filled, floor to ceiling, with books. But I was an outside kid and didn’t have the patience to be a reader. That changed, briefly, when I discovered Tom Sawyer in the fourth grade. That was the one book I truly loved. I read it several times, then read Huckleberry Finn. I was fascinated by the way Twain played with language and used regional dialects. But what amazed me most was that Twain allowed the reader to laugh. Reading didn’t have to be drudgery. Twain didn’t allow it.”