Nobody kicks a dead dog

No one ever kicks a dead dog

— Proverb

Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog.

— Dale Carnegie

If we rail and kick against it and grow bitter, we won't change the inevitable; but we will change ourselves. I know. I have…

— Dale Carnegie

Unjust criticism is usually disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealously and envy. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead…

— Dale Carnegie

“West Wind #2 You are young. So you know everything. You leap into the boat and begin rowing. But listen to me. Without fanfare,…

— Mary Oliver

I was raised by a hard-working single mother, so my first role model was a woman. My only caretaker was a woman, and I…

— Louis C. K

God, please watch over the soul of this dead dog and carry him up to heaven... because he sure as hell can't walk... he's…

— American Dad

“The leash snaps loose and trails after the little white dog like a kite streamer; then the knot closes, sealing shut. In seconds, an…

— Veronica Rossi

Praying without fervency is like hunting with a dead dog.

— Charles Spurgeon

“The real problem here is that we’re all dying. All of us. Every day the cells weaken and the fibres stretch and the heart…

— Caitlin Moran

“All the doctors and nurses assigned to Blake had that sad look in their eyes, like they were treating a damn dead dog or…

— Debra Anastasia

“But our logic is skewed in this respect. A dog that bites is a dead dog. First day at the shelter and I already…

— Mindy McGinnis

You're over there in the corner either thinking about the dead dog or whatever, you're bringing up your personal life and you need the…

— Marcia Gay Harden

No man is the boss of his own house, but he can make up for it, he thinks, by making a dog play dead.

— W. C. Fields

For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion.

— Anonymous