Why Dogs Bark At Night

A reformed thief, telling of his success, put it this way, “I’m telling you, if I had a hundred dollars for every time I heard a dog owner tell their dog to ‘shut up and go lie down’ while I was right outside their window, I’d be a millionaire.”

—from The Design of Everyday Things

Presumably, if he were any good, he’d already be a millionaire.

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