--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Hear, hear,\" said the Dog, raising her…" description: "\"Hear, hear,\" said the Dog, raising her head. \"It's always better to be doing, Prince. Besides, you don't smell like a coward, so you can't be one.\" — G..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/garth-nix-2783_animal_hear-hear-said-the-dog-raising-her-head_3056031.png" --- # Hear, hear," said the Dog, raising her head. "It's always… ![“Hear, hear," said the Dog, raising her head. "It's always better to be doing, Prince. Besides, you don't smell like a coward, so you can't be one.” quote by Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/garth-nix-2783_animal_hear-hear-said-the-dog-raising-her-head_3056031.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/garth-nix-2783_animal_hear-hear-said-the-dog-raising-her-head_3056031.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/garth-nix-2783_animal_hear-hear-said-the-dog-raising-her-head_3056031.png) > “Hear, hear," said the Dog, raising her head. "It's always better to be doing, Prince. Besides, you don't smell like a coward, so you can't be one.” [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Action defines character; cowardice is evident in inaction. **In simple terms:** Act to avoid cowardice. Key Takeaway Take decisive action. Themes courage action self‑esteem Mood encouraging bold Type fictional philosophical When to use this quote - career moves - personal projects - social activism - learning new skills Key Concepts Existentialism behavioral psychology Questions to Reflect On - What actions reflect your values? - How do you measure courage? A Different Perspective Action without purpose can be reckless. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Dog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dog/) [Smell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/smell/) ## Related quotes > [We are doing what Prince did. Everyone that comes to a show billed as An Evening with Journey will get our new CD. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-schon/we-are-doing-what-prince-did-everyone-that-comes-to-a-show-billed-as/) [Neal Schon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-schon/) > [“Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing," said the Dog "What does that mean?" "I have no idea," said the Dog”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/choosers-will-be-beggars-if-the-begging-s-not-their-choosing-said-the/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [So I went to the dentist. He said Say Aaah. I said Why? He said My dog's died.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/so-i-went-to-the-dentist-he-said-say-aaah-i-said-why-he-said-my-dog-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Last week, our picture window Produced a half-word, Heavy and hollow, Hit by a brown bird. We stood and watched her gape like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-newsom/last-week-our-picture-window-produced-a-half-word-heavy-and-hollow/) [Joanna Newsom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-newsom/) > [“When a man cheats, it is said it is because he is a dog. When a woman cheats, it is said it is because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/when-a-man-cheats-it-is-said-it-is-because-he-is-a-dog-when-a-woman/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) > [“I got out of the car and slammed its door. How matter-of-fact, how square that slam sounded in the void of the sunless day!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-nabokov/i-got-out-of-the-car-and-slammed-its-door-how-matter-of-fact-how/) [Vladimir Nabokov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-nabokov/) > [So a police man came up to me with a sniffer dog & said, This dog tells me you're on drugs.I'm on drugs? You're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/so-a-police-man-came-up-to-me-with-a-sniffer-dog-said-this-dog-tells/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Even through all of this, sometimes I wanted to lift up her chin and say, "Don't you see that is your dog?" Don't you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-espach/even-through-all-of-this-sometimes-i-wanted-to-lift-up-her-chin-and/) [Alison Espach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-espach/) > [Remember what Anatole France said about the dog masturbating on your leg--'Sure, it's honest, but who needs it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-yates/remember-what-anatole-france-said-about-the-dog-masturbating-on-your/) [Richard Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-yates/) > [My father, I never knew, except for this one time when he threw a ball and told me to go fetch it. "Dad," I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaclyn-moriarty/my-father-i-never-knew-except-for-this-one-time-when-he-threw-a-ball/) [Jaclyn Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaclyn-moriarty/) > [“I came across Piper deep in conversation with Jet one afternoon and when I asked her what they were talking about she shrugged and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-rosoff/i-came-across-piper-deep-in-conversation-with-jet-one-afternoon-and/) [Meg Rosoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-rosoff/) > [“Miss," John interrupted. "We have reason to believe your dog was possessed by some kind of Hell demon. Has Molly ever spoken to you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wong/miss-john-interrupted-we-have-reason-to-believe-your-dog-was/) [David Wong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wong/) > [“You wouldn't," Neil said. "Not in front of all these people." "I do not care if they see," Riko said. "A dog who bites…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-sakavic/you-wouldn-t-neil-said-not-in-front-of-all-these-people-i-do-not-care/) [Nora Sakavic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-sakavic/) > [“Well, you should have a chat with your boyfriend, clarify your desires. Hate to break the news, but, uh, he’s cheatin’ on you. Tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-vail/well-you-should-have-a-chat-with-your-boyfriend-clarify-your-desires/) [Courtney Vail](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-vail/) > [“We walked home in silence,which I guess was pretty normal, since he was a dog after all.When we arrived at the house, he wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-hutchins/we-walked-home-in-silence-which-i-guess-was-pretty-normal-since-he/) [Amelia Hutchins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-hutchins/) ## More by Garth Nix > [Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/death-and-what-came-after-death-was-no-great-mystery-to-sabriel-she/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [“Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing," said the Dog "What does that mean?" "I have no idea," said the Dog”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/choosers-will-be-beggars-if-the-begging-s-not-their-choosing-said-the/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [Time plays tricks between here and home," said Mogget sepulchrally, frightening the life out of the telephone operator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/time-plays-tricks-between-here-and-home-said-mogget-sepulchrally/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [ “Mmmmmm, said Ardent \[the Royal Dog\]. He liked cooked food. Also raw food and semicooked food, and things that might be food and so… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/mmmmmm-said-ardent-the-royal-dog-he-liked-cooked-food-also-raw-food/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [I enjoyed the army reserve, and I learned a lot from it, but I also... it helped me work out that I didn't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/i-enjoyed-the-army-reserve-and-i-learned-a-lot-from-it-but-i-also-it/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [“If I'm not back by nightfall, come and take a very careful look, said Anya. But I don't expect to need rescuing. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/if-i-m-not-back-by-nightfall-come-and-take-a-very-careful-look-said/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [“Come, said Tanitha. Come to the Great Hall, and we will lie down with the puppies, and I will tell you a story. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/come-said-tanitha-come-to-the-great-hall-and-we-will-lie-down-with/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [So I'll do that, and I'll do my best and if my best isn't good enough, at least I will have done everything I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/so-i-ll-do-that-and-i-ll-do-my-best-and-if-my-best-isn-t-good-enough/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [He was obviously a very arrogant ragamuffin, and younger than she was, to boot. And he was wearing a necromancer's bells! Apart from that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/he-was-obviously-a-very-arrogant-ragamuffin-and-younger-than-she-was/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [“she still felt she was a librarian and always would be, no matter what else she had become as well. “We”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/she-still-felt-she-was-a-librarian-and-always-would-be-no-matter-what/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [“I don't want to be that kind of sorcerer, said Anya swiftly. Besides, you wouldn't...you wouldn't love me then, would you? We will always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/i-don-t-want-to-be-that-kind-of-sorcerer-said-anya-swiftly-besides/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/fear-and-realisation-of-ignorance-strong-medicines-against-stupid/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [“I didn't know why he became a tree. I don't really know anything about why druids become trees- Peace and quiet, said Elisandria matter-of-factly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/i-didn-t-know-why-he-became-a-tree-i-don-t-really-know-anything-about/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [“Our parts now -- which perforce we must play -- are not father and daughter, but one old Abhorsen, making way for the new.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/our-parts-now-which-perforce-we-must-play-are-not-father-and-daughter/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) > [We've had enough of your pretending to be God. We'll take our chances getting out of the city. Things have to be better in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/we-ve-had-enough-of-your-pretending-to-be-god-we-ll-take-our-chances/) [Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) [Explore all 147 Garth Nix quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/) ## More Animal quotes > [I was 3-years-old - to this day it is a vivid memory. My family and I were on a boat, catching fish. As one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joaquin-phoenix/i-was-3-years-old-to-this-day-it-is-a-vivid-memory-my-family-and-i/) [Joaquin Phoenix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joaquin-phoenix/) > [Animals know nothing of themselves, and they also know nothing of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/animals-know-nothing-of-themselves-and-they-also-know-nothing-of-the/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) > [Humans are animals too, but some do not like to work from expectations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mak-786/humans-are-animals-too-but-some-do-not-like-to-work-from-expectations/) Mak\_786 > [When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/when-grubbing-for-necessities-man-is-still-an-animal-he-becomes/) [Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/) > [I'm 38 and I'm single, and I'm having my most intense and gratifying relationship with a dog. But we all learn about love in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-knapp/i-m-38-and-i-m-single-and-i-m-having-my-most-intense-and-gratifying/) [Caroline Knapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-knapp/) > [Practically all animals which move fast in a homogeneous medium have found means of giving their body a streamlined shape, thereby reducing friction to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/konrad-lorenz/practically-all-animals-which-move-fast-in-a-homogeneous-medium-have/) [Konrad Lorenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/konrad-lorenz/) > [A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-horse-a-horse-my-kingdom-for-a-horse/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“it is a federal system of sadistic torture, vivisection, and animal genocide, which has been carried on for decades under the fraudulent guise of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-tobias/it-is-a-federal-system-of-sadistic-torture-vivisection-and-animal/) [Michael Tobias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tobias/) > [“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-self-conscious-animal-the-idea-is-ludicrous/) [Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/) > [We must love animals in such a powerful way that we should reject to eat them!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/we-must-love-animals-in-such-a-powerful-way-that-we-should-reject-to/) [Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) > [“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-universe-contains-any-amount-of-horrible-ways-to-be-woken-up-such/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [This brings me back to the image of Kafka standing before a fish in the Berlin aquarium, a fish on which his gaze fell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/this-brings-me-back-to-the-image-of-kafka-standing-before-a-fish-in/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) > [That dog, I say that dog is lower than a snake full of buckshot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/foghorn-leghorn/that-dog-i-say-that-dog-is-lower-than-a-snake-full-of-buckshot/) [Foghorn Leghorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/foghorn-leghorn/) > [I bet plants go like 'Weeeeeeeee!' whenever they're swallowed by a giraffe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-bet-plants-go-like-weeeeeeeee-whenever-they-re-swallowed-by-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Animal rights without veganism is like human rights with slavery. It makes no sense. None whatsoever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-l-francione/animal-rights-without-veganism-is-like-human-rights-with-slavery-it/) [Gary L. Francione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-l-francione/) [Browse all 13,456 Animal quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hear, hear,\" said the Dog, raising her head. \"It's always better to be doing, Prince. Besides, you don't smell like a coward, so you can't be one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Garth Nix" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/hear-hear-said-the-dog-raising-her-head-it-s-always-better-to-be/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Animal" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/hear-hear-said-the-dog-raising-her-head-it-s-always-better-to-be/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/garth-nix-2783_animal_hear-hear-said-the-dog-raising-her-head_3056031.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/garth-nix-2783_animal_hear-hear-said-the-dog-raising-her-head_3056031.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/garth-nix-2783_animal_hear-hear-said-the-dog-raising-her-head_3056031.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hear, hear,\" said the Dog, raising her head. \"It's always better to be doing, Prince. Besides, you don't…” — Garth Nix", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Garth Nix", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Hear, hear,\" said the Dog, raising...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/hear-hear-said-the-dog-raising-her-head-it-s-always-better-to-be/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/hear-hear-said-the-dog-raising-her-head-it-s-always-better-to-be/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```