Old Dog Quotes - Page 3

• The dog who meets with a good master is the happier of the two.

  Maurice Maeterlinck

  Dog, Two, Masters

  Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “The Double Garden: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.15, 谷月社

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• A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.

  Orlando Aloysius Battista

  Funny, Dog, Humorous

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• If the old dog hadn't got distracted by the fire plug, he would have caught the rabbit.

  Hayes McClerkin

  Dog, Fire, Rabbits

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• Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Dog, Might, Tease

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.19, Penguin

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• You can teach an old dog new tricks. You just don't want to see the dog doing them.

  Bill Cosby

  Funny, Dog, Humorous

  Bill Cosby (1987). “Time Flies”

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• An old dog barks not in vain.

  George Herbert

  Dog, Vain, Bark

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.325

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• You can teach an old dog new tricks with the right kind of doggie treats.

  Cynthia Lewis

  Dog, Teaching, Aging

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• You can't teach an old dog new dog new tricks. Now,you can give an old dog new toys. And we've got one here!

  Si Robertson

  Dog, Giving, Toys

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• Dogs never bite me. Just humans.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspirational, Dog, Animal

  "Music for Chameleons (A Beautiful Child)". Book by Truman Capote, 1980.

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• If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.

  Karel Capek

  Funny, Dog, People

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• The old dog barks backward without getting up I can remember when he was a pup.

  Robert Frost

  Dog, Silly, Pups

  Robert Frost (1975). “The poetry of Robert Frost”

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• Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

  Dean Koontz

  Dog, Prayer, Heart

  Dean Koontz (2007). “False Memory”, p.80, Bantam

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• Death is like an old dog. He always knows when you are at his door.

  Pseudonymous Bosch

  Dog, Doors, Knows

  Pseudonymous Bosch (2009). “This Book Is Not Good For You”, p.177, Hachette UK

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• I'm like an old dog, I hate to be run off from home

  Doc Watson

  Running, Dog, Hate

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• A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.

  Josh Billings

  Dog, Play, Pups

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• A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

  Robert Benchley

  Dog, Perseverance, Lying

  Robert Benchley (1976). “Chips Off the Old Benchley”, Amereon Limited

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• The farther a man follows the rainbow, the harder it is for him to get back to the life which he left starving like an old dog.

  Jane Bowles

  Dog, Men, Rainbow

  Jane Auer Bowles (1978). “My sister's hand in mine: an expanded edition of the collected works of Jane Bowles”, Ecco Pr

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  The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

  Andy Rooney

  Inspirational, Funny, Dog

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• You can say any fool thing to a dog and the dog will just give you this look that says, 'My GOSH, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that!

  Dave Barry

  Dog, Giving, Intelligence

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• Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

  Max Eastman

  Dog, Laughter, Laughing

  Max Eastman (2008). “Enjoyment of Laughter”, p.34, Transaction Publishers

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• She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again. Edna heard her father's voice and her sister Margaret's. She heard the barking of an old dog that was chained to the sycamore tree. The spurs of the cavalry officer clanged as he walked across the porch. There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of pinks filled the air. (last lines)

  Kate Chopin

  Dog, Father, Distance

  Kate Chopin (2015). “The Awakening & Other Short Stories”, p.166, Booklassic

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• I have my own method [of acting]. I come from, I've interrogated people; I come from an undercover background, so it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.

  Mekhi Phifer

  Dog, People, Acting

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is the part of me that can reach out into the sea. He has told me a thousand times over that I am his reason for being; by the way he rests against my leg; by the way he thumps his tail at my smallest smile; by the way he shows his hurt when I leave without taking him. (I think it makes him sick with worry when he is not along to care for me.)

  Gene Hill

  Dog, Hurt, Eye

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• A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

  Jack London

  Dog, Generosity, Giving

  Jack London (2015). “The Road: Classic American Literature”, p.3, 谷月社

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• For me, the hardest part is taking lessons, and it's hard teaching an old dog new tricks, so part of my re-teaching myself is opening my mind too. I just want to get better and I think there's nothing wrong with wanting to get better.

  Eric Hernandez

  Dog, Teaching, Thinking

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