quotations about dogs
Dogs are minor angels, and I don't mean that facetiously. They love unconditionally, forgive immediately, are the truest of friends, willing to do anything that makes us happy, etcetera. If we attributed some of those qualities to a person we would say they are special. If they had ALL of them, we would call them angelic. But because it's "only" a dog, we dismiss them as sweet or funny but little more. However when you think about it, what are the things that we most like in another human being? Many times those qualities are seen in our dogs every single day-- we're just so used to them that we pay no attention.
JONATHAN CARROLL
official website FAQ
Whoever said you can't buy Happiness forgot little puppies.
GENE HILL
A Hunter's Fireside Guide: Tales of Dogs
The dog's agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. I want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with that, kiss you. There are no ulterior motives with a dog, no mind games, no second-guessing, no complicated negotiations or bargains, and no guilt trips or grudges if a request is denied. If you've spent a lifetime navigating the landscape of human relationships, characterized as it can be by covetness and ambivalence and indirection, this can be an enormous relief.
CAROLINE KNAPP
Pack of Two
Dogs are miracles with paws.
SUSAN KENNEDY
attributed, All Dogs are Angels at Heart
The dog is the only animal that leaves his own species to take up his abode with man.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
attributed, Day's Collacon
Did you hear about the dog that was so high-strung, he developed a nervous tick?
JAY LENO
Jay Leno's How to Be the Funniest Kid in the Whole Wide World
Dogs are dim creatures, do not speak to me of their good sense--have you ever heard of a team of tomcats hauling a sled across the frozen wastes?
JOHN BANVILLE
The Infinities
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
BERN WILLIAMS
attributed, Words of Wellness
The dog which remembers only to bark and not to bite, and is led through the streets as a lady's pet, is only a degenerate wolf.
LIN YUTANG
My Country and My People
If a dog not naturally possessed of the devil will not come to you after he has looked you in the face, you ought to go home and examine your conscience.
WOODROW WILSON
The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson
The meeting in the open of two dogs, strangers to each other, is one of the most painful, thrilling, and pregnant of all conceivabale encounters; it is surrounded by an atmosphere of the last canniness, presided over by a constraint for which I have no preciser name; they simply cannot pass each other, their mutual embarrassment is frightful to behold.
THOMAS MANN
"A Man and His Dog,", Stories of Three Decades
A dog with a bone knows no friend.
DUTCH PROVERB
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
ROGER A. CARAS
A Celebration of Dogs
An old dog will learn no tricks.
ITALIAN PROVERB
Every boy who has a dog should also have a mother, so the dog can be fed regularly.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
ALDOUS HUXLEY
attributed, And I Quote
Beware of the dog that does not bark.
PORTUGUESE PROVERB
The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals.
JAMES THURBER
introduction, The Fireside Book of Dog Stories
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
RITA RUDNER
stand-up routine
It's actually not too difficult to get a dog to bring a ball back to you once you learn how. It helps to start by understanding that dogs are just trying to teach you to play their game while you're trying to teach them yours. Who ends up training whom first depends on you. Keep in mind that dogs are naturals as animal trainers, while humans aren't, so you'd better be on your toes when you start to try out "fetch" with a new dog.
PATRICIA MCCONNEL
The Other End of the Leash