Sad Dog Quotes

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.

Mark Twain

Dog, Men, Animal

Mark Twain, William Dean Howells (1960). “Mark Twain-Howells Letters: The Correspondence of Samuel L. Clemens and William D. Howells, 1872-1910”, Belknap Press

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

Andy Rooney

Inspirational, Funny, Dog

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If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.

James Herriot

Inspiring, Loyalty, Gratitude

James Herriot (2012). “All Creatures Great and Small: The classic memoirs of a Yorkshire country vet”, p.232, Pan Macmillan

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Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

Roger Caras

Life, Dog, Sorry

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A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

Josh Billings

Love, Friendship, Dog

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Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

Anatole France

Love, Inspiring, Dog

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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

Inspirational, Life, Basketball

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1959). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958”, p.135, Best Books on

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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

Inspiring, Dog, Silly

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A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won't be too bad.

Robert Wagner

Dog, Unconditional Love, Unconditional Acceptance

"How I, a Cat Person, Ended Up With a Puppy Sleeping in My Lap" by Luise Meyer, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 10, 2014.

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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

Mark Twain

Funny, Cute, God

Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.9262, Delphi Classics

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In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.

Edward Hoagland

Dog, Nature, Silly

Edward Hoagland (1976). “Red Wolves and Black Bears”, Random House Incorporated

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When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad.

Kristan Higgins

Dog, Trying, Tears

Kristan Higgins (2012). “Catch of the Day”, p.75, HQN Books

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Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Groucho Marx

Funny, Friendship, Education

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.

Thornton Wilder

Love, Heartbreak, Dog

Thornton Wilder (2009). “The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Other Novels, 1926-1948”

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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.53, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Death ends a life, not a relationship.

Jack Lemmon

Life, True Love, Death

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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.

Fran Lebowitz

Dog, Silly, Animal

Fran Lebowitz (1994). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, Vintage

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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

Dog, Nature, Animal

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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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To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

Aldous Huxley

Dog, Animal, Men

Readers Digest, 1934.

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

Will Rogers

Cute, Death, Loyalty

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I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspiring, Dog, Cat

Attributed in "Animal century" by Mark Gold (, 1998.

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Every dog has it's day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weakend.

June Carter Cash

Funny, Dog, Tails

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If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.

Harry S. Truman

Funny, Hilarious, Dog

"The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman".

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A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Funny, Family, Sad

Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, p.1117, Race Point Pub

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