"I get in my golf cart with my dogs, I have five dogs"
About this Quote
Then there are the dogs, delivered with that throwaway escalation: “I have five dogs.” The repetition turns inventory into personality. Five isn’t an accident; it reads as abundance, maybe even a gentle dare. In celebrity-speak, animals are often the safest intimacy: you can sound tender without confessing anything sharp. The subtext is soothingly managerial: life is full, busy in a wholesome way, populated by beings who adore you on sight.
Context matters with Burke, a star associated with ’80s and ’90s television glamour who later became candid about body image, scrutiny, and the psychic toll of fame. This line sidesteps the machinery of celebrity and swaps in a pastoral alternative: not red carpets, but routine; not public judgment, but uncomplicated companionship. It’s an image of retreat that still performs. Even escape, for a famous person, has to be narrated - and she narrates it as sunny, slightly absurd, and insistently normal.
Quote Details
| Topic | Dog |
|---|---|
| Source | Help us find the source |
| Cite |
Citation Formats
APA Style (7th ed.)
Burke, Delta. (2026, January 15). I get in my golf cart with my dogs, I have five dogs. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-get-in-my-golf-cart-with-my-dogs-i-have-five-143535/
Chicago Style
Burke, Delta. "I get in my golf cart with my dogs, I have five dogs." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-get-in-my-golf-cart-with-my-dogs-i-have-five-143535/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I get in my golf cart with my dogs, I have five dogs." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-get-in-my-golf-cart-with-my-dogs-i-have-five-143535/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.




