Dog Quotes - Page 16

• Both humans and dogs love to play well into adulthood, and individuals from both species occasionally display evidence of having a conscience.

  Jon Winokur

  Funny, Play, Puppy

  Jon Winokur (1993). “Mondo Canine”, Plume

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• In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man.

  Maurice Maeterlinck

  Friendship, Men, World

  Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “The Double Garden: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.13, 谷月社

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• Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.

  William Shakespeare

  Honesty, Men

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling”, p.177, BookCaps Study Guides

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• When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Running, Pet

  Henry David Thoreau (2011). “The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861”, p.10, New York Review of Books

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• For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Russia, People, Lions

  Broadcast on BBC Russian Service, in Listener 15 Feb. 1979

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• A hungry dog hunts best.

  Lee Trevino

  Golf, Hungry, Hunts

  "Serby’s Sunday Q & A with… Damontre Moore". Interview with Steve Serby, nypost.com. August 11, 2013.

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

  Harry S. Truman

  Funny, Hilarious, Witty

  "The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman".

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• I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.

  Steven Wright

  Pet, Gone, Irritated

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• Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!

  Theophile Gautier

  Inspirational, Motivational, Believe

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• Dogs wait for us faithfully.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Cute, Waiting, Dog Lover

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• The objective is not so much to walk your dog, as it is to empty him.

  Dave Barry

  Empty, Walks, Objectives

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• You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets.

  Nora Ephron

  Love, Marriage, Animal

  Nora Ephron (2011). “Heartburn”, p.80, Vintage

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• Dogs have owners, cats have staff.

  Margaret Benson

  Cat, Staff, Owners

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• In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.

  George Graham Vest

  Selfish, Ungrateful, Desert

  "Best Speech; Faithful, Even in Death" by William Safire, www.nytimes.com. April 18, 1999.

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

  Robert Frost

  Silly, Pups, Remember

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

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• Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!

  William Shakespeare

  Military, War, Rome

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 270

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• She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both come to the right place.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Mind, Special, Requirements

  Lloyd Alexander (1964). “Fifty years in the doghouse”

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• Dogs are animals that poop in public and you're supposed to pick it up. After a week of doing this, you've got to ask yourself, "Who's the real master in this relationship?"

  Anthony Griffin

  Funny, Real, Animal

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• The more I know about men the more I like dogs.

  Gloria Allred

  Funny, Men, Knows

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  A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

  John Calvin

  Christian, Religious, Truth

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• Some dog I got too. We call him Egypt. Because in every room he leaves a pyramid.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Funny, Egypt, Pyramids

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• I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.

  Diogenes

  Giving, Fawns, Teeth

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• If you don't want your dog to have bad breath, do what I do: Pour a little Lavoris in the toilet.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Toilets, Want

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• How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Honesty, Humor, Grandchildren

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

  Virginia Graham

  Funny, Tails, Wags

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