Quotes on Pets
We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love
we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's
the best deal man has ever made.
- M. Facklam
Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike
people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix
love and hate.
- Sigmund Freud
Dogs need to sniff the ground; it's how they keep abreast
of current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper,
containing all kinds of late-breaking dog news items, which,
if they are especially urgent, are often continued into
the next yard.
- Dave Barry
Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed
a dog.
- Franklin P. Jones
No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture
unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the
conversation.
- Fran Lebowitz
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool
of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you,
but he will make a fool of himself too.
- Samuel Butler
Dogs and cats instinctively know the exact moment their
owners will wake up. Then they wake them 10 minutes sooner.
- Unknown
The biggest dog has been a pup.
- Joaquin Miller
The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs.
- Jeanne-Marie Roland
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
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he
loves himself.
- Josh Billings
You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you
this look that says, `My God, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've
thought of that!'
- Dave Barry
The more people I meet the more I like my dog
- Unknown
If your dog doesn't like someone you probably shouldn't
either. - Unknown
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy
or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious
afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not
boring - it was peace.
- Milan Kundera
No matter how little money and how few possessions you own,
having a dog makes you rich.
- Louis Sabin
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will
not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog
and a man.
- Mark Twain
I used to look at [my dog] Smokey and think, 'If you were a
little smarter you could tell me what you were thinking,'
and he'd look at me like he was saying, 'If you were a little
smarter, I wouldn't have to.
- Fred Jungclaus
Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag
of his tail.
- Henry Wheeler Shaw
I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the
better for it.
- Abraham Lincoln
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the
face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
- Woodrow Wilson
I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.
- Will Rogers
If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence,
try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
- Cowboy Wisdom
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking
your face.
- Ben Williams
No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation
as the dog does.
- Christopher Morley
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings
with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment
of animals.
- Immanuel Kant
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You
are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful
and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to
be worthy of such devotion.
- Unknown
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
- Andrew A. Rooney
Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections,
predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult
standards for people to live up to.
- Alfred A. Montapert
I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
- Gilda Radner (1946 - 1989)
One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why.
- Unknown
Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a
Great Dane.
- Smiley Blanton
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a
weird religious cult.
-Rita Rudner
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain
dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few
persons.
-James Thurber
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence
that you are wonderful.
- Ann Landers
Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies.
-Gene Hill
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn
around three times before lying down.
-Robert Benchley
A dog wags its tail with its heart.
- Martin Buxbaum
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
- Aldous Huxley
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight -
it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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