Dog Quotes - Page 17

• The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

  Alphonse de Lamartine

  Funny, People, Political

  Letter to John Forster, 1850.

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• For me a house or an apartment becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog.

  Roger Caras

  Family, Home, Kids

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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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• Ever wonder where you'd end up if you took your dog for a walk and never once pulled back on the leash?

  Robert Breault

  Wonder, Ends, Walks

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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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• When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

  David Starr Jordan

  Funny, Religious, Moon

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• Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.

  Walter Scott

  Animal, Toil, Deceit

  Sir Walter Scott (1871). “The Talisman. Chronicles of Canongate (1st series)”, p.258

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• The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude.

  Robert Breault

  Animal, Differences, Solitude

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• When a man's dog turns against hime, it is time for his wife to pack her trunk and go home to mamma.

  Mark Twain

  Home, Humor, Men

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• The Saluki is a marvel of elegance.

  Vita Sackville-West

  Elegance

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• It is hard to teach an old dog tricks.

  William Camden

  Tricks, Teach, Hard

  William Camden (1870). “Remaines of a greater worke, concerning Britaine [signed M.N.] 2 pt. [Another]”, p.326

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• Number one way life would be different if dogs ran the world: All motorists must drive with head out window.

  David Letterman

  Funny, Travel, Numbers

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• They have dog food for constipated dogs. If your dog is constipated, why screw up a good thing? Stay indoors and let 'em bloat!

  David Letterman

  Funny, Screw Ups, Ems

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• Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.

  John Grogan

  Inspirational, Loyalty, Teacher

  John Grogan (2010). “Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from the Philadelphia Inquirer”, p.83, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• A dog is a liberal... He wants to please everybody.

  William Kunstler

  Want, Please

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

  Rudyard Kipling

  Animal, Pet, Puppy

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

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• He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Funny, 4th Of July, Fleas

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.9, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.

  John Holmes

  Silly, Race, Pet

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• The dog is the god of frolic.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  War, Animal, Pet

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• They [i.e. ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel in a chain, so Budaeus compares them; they climb and climb still, with much labour, but never make an end, never at the top.

  Robert Burton

  Business, Ambition, Men

  "The Anatomy of Melancholy". Book by Robert Burton, 1621.

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• Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.

  Robertson Davies

  Funny, Wise, Men

  Robertson Davies (1968). “Marchbanks' almanack”

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• I believe that I was a dog in a past life. That's the only thing that would explain why I like to snack on Purina Dog Chow.

  Dean Koontz

  Believe, Past, Snacks

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• The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.

  William Shakespeare

  Cat, Animal, Denmark In Hamlet

  1600-1 Hamlet to Laertes. Hamlet, act 5, sc.1, l.288-9.

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