During the Depression, my dad made radios to sell to make extra money. Nobody had any money to buy the radios, so he would trade them for dogs. He built kennels in the backyard, and he cared for the dogs.
BETTY WHITEI’ve worked with Morris Animal Foundation for more than 40 years now, and I’m so proud of all they’ve done to advance veterinary medicine for animals worldwide.
More Betty White Quotes
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You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.
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I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.
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I think older women still have a full life.
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I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, I’m the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so I’m not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So I’m just relaxing and enjoying it.
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Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way.
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I’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
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I am the luckiest old broad on two feet if the truth were known. It’s – but it all goes back to ‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ ‘Golden Girls,’ all those – actors love to take the credit. We couldn’t do it without the writers.
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I’m in the middle of my sixth book, which is about animals at the Los Angeles Zoo.
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I don’t get political.
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I have my golden retriever now, Pontiac. He’s a career-change guide dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.
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I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!
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A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.
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Wilderness is harder and harder to find these days on this beautiful planet, and we’re abusing our planet to the point of almost no return.
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Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.
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