Jill Abramson Quotes

Kittens are the best therapy.

Babies should be classified as an antidepressant. It's pretty hard to be in a bad mood around a 5-month-old baby.

I do feel a lot more comfortable when my dog is with me.

Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling, technology is stressful, and the economy is unfortunate. What's one thing that we have in our lives that we can depend on? A dog or a cat loving us unconditionally, every day, very faithfully.

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

For many people who are so lost in their minds, so much involved in their thought processes, the only moments they have when they are not trapped in that is when they are relating to their animal, their pet.

Stroking my dog calms me down.

Pets have made us better.

when I am feeling low all i have to do is watch my cats and my courage returns

When you feel lousy, puppy therapy is indicated.

Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course.

Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans.

Everybody should have a shelter dog. It's good for the soul.

Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.

I had a dog named Oliver with severe separation anxiety. He couldn't be alone... so I had to bring him wherever I went.

I accredit animals for keeping me going when times were bad.

The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than of twenty asses laden with drugs.

Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.

I'm such a dog person. I dunno, I just feel like it really enriches your life, to have something to care for.

My relationships with my cats has saved me from a deadly, pervasive ignorance.

I often think my boyfriend is going to leave me just from seeing how I talk to the dog. But you know, when you are talking to your dog, you are accessing this softer side of you. Everything else melts away.

The only way I could relax was when I was with my children.

Dogs in the office are very important.

Dogs are a companion species. It's about time - you have an animal for about 15, 16 years, a generation. That time holds so much. You might have had five or six relationships with human beings but one dog.

Spending time with the horses was also a good place to escape to if you were having a bad day, so it was good from a mental point of view.