Canine Quotes

• Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

  Emily Dickinson

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better. They fight for honor at the first challenge, make love with no moral restraint, and they do not for all their marvelous instincts appear to know about death. Being such wonderfully uncomplicated beings, they need us to do their worrying.

  George Bird Evans

  Dog, Fighting, Thinking

  "Troubles with Bird Dogs, and what to Do about Them: Training Experiences with Actual Dogs Under the Gun". Book by George Bird Evans, 1975.

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• The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift.

  Konrad Lorenz

  Dog, Pet, Puppy

  Konrad Lorenz, Marjorie Kerr Wilson (2002). “Man Meets Dog”, p.135, Psychology Press

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• Every dog should have a man of his own. There is nothing like a well-behaved person around the house to spread the dog's blanket for him, or bring him his supper when he comes home man-tired at night.

  Corey Ford

  Funny, Dog, Home

  Corey Ford (1952). “Every Dog Should Have a Man: The Care and Feeding of Dog's Best Friend”

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• The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.

  Martin Luther

  Dog, Animal, Faithful

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• Say something idiotic and nobody but a dog politely wags his tail.

  Virginia Graham

  Funny, Dog, Tails

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• The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.

  Madame de Stael

  Funny, Sarcastic, Dog

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• When you leave them in the morning, they stick their nose in the door crack and stand there like a portrait until you turn the key eight hours later.

  Erma Bombeck

  Dog, Morning, Humor

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• The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don't know...How, then, can the dog be anything other than a lover of learning since it defines what's its own and what's alien.

  Plato

  Dog, Opposites, People

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• I like a bit of mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Dog, Men, Bits

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.2956, e-artnow

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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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• An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

  Martin Buber

  Dog, Eye, Animal

  Martin Buber (2004). “I and Thou”, p.73, A&C Black

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• Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Sarcastic, Dog, Witty

  Twitter post from Jan 03, 2017

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• The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny, Dog, Humor

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.13, University of Georgia Press

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• A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can't get it by breeding for it, and you can't buy it with money. It just happens along.

  E. B. White

  Dog, Silly, Breeding

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• His head on my knee can heal my human hurts. His presence by my side is protection against my fears of dark and unknown things. He has promised to wait for me... whenever... wherever-in case I need him. And I expect I will-as I always have. He is just my dog.

  Gene Hill

  Dog, Hurt, Dark

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• I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Funny, Spiritual, Dog

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• Living with a dog is easy- like living with an idealist.

  H. L. Mencken

  Dog, Easy, Idealist

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• The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be.

  Konrad Lorenz

  Dog, Loss, Ties

  Konrad Lorenz, Marjorie Kerr Wilson (2002). “Man Meets Dog”, p.135, Psychology Press

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• The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind

  Theodorus Gaza

  Dog, Pet, Facts

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• Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane.

  Smiley Blanton

  Dog, Nature, Animal

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• I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs.

  Barbara Woodhouse

  Funny, Dog, Kissing

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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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  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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• ...he will be our friend for always and always and always.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Dog, Animal, Pet

  Rudyard Kipling (2005). “The Complete Children's Short Stories”, p.356, Wordsworth Editions

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