Dog Quotes - Page 5

• Let's examine the dog mind: Every time you come home, he thinks it's amazing. He can't believe that you've accomplished this again. You walk in the door. The joy of it almost kills him. "He's back again! It's that guy! It's that guy!"

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Funny, Friendship, Believe

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• Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs - loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love - can be elusive to humans.

  John Grogan

  Loyalty, Optimism, Quality

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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

  Hurt, Dark, Waiting

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• Every boy should have two things: a dog and a mother who lets him have one

  Robert Benchley

  Mother, Animal, Boys

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• One of the most enduring friendships in history - dogs and their people, people and their dogs.

  Terry Kay

  Friendship, People, Endure

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• My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind; So flew'd, so sanded; their heads are hung with ears that sweep away the morning dew.

  William Shakespeare

  Morning, Adorable, Dew

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• Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.

  Agnes Sligh Turnbull

  Life, Pet, Faults

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• I just bought a Chihuahua. It's the dog for lazy people. You don't have to walk it. Just hold it out the window and squeeze.

  Anthony Ward Clark

  Funny, Lazy People, Window

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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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• To a dog, motoring isn't just a way of getting from here to there, it's also a thrill and an adventure. The mere jingle of car keys is enough to send most any dog into a whimpering, tail-wagging frenzy.

  Jon Winokur

  Funny, Travel, Adventure

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• The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. When all other friends desert, he remains.

  George Graham Vest

  Selfish, Kissing, Men

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

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• My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty.

  Elayne Boosler

  Fashion, Philosophy, Hair

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• Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Cat, Animal, Feet

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• He has taught me the meaning of devotion. With him, I know a secret comfort and a private peace. He has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant.

  Gene Hill

  Understanding, Secret, Ignorant

  Steve Smith, Gene Hill (1999). “Just Mutts: A Tribute to the Rogues of Dogdom”, p.93, Willow Creek Press

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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

  Silly, Animal, Sweaters

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

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• You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Animal, Thinking, Long

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

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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

  Animal, Faithful, Would Be

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• When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive. When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile. When I am happy, he is joy unbounded. When I am a fool, he ignores it. When I succeed, he brags. Without him, I am only another man. With him, I am all-powerful. He is loyalty itself.

  Gene Hill

  Loyalty, Powerful, Men

  Steve Smith, Gene Hill (1999). “Just Mutts: A Tribute to the Rogues of Dogdom”, p.93, Willow Creek Press

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• Here, Gentlemen, a dog teaches us a lesson in humanity.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Humanity, Pet, Gentleman

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

  Emily Dickinson

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Dalmatians are not only superior to other dogs, they are like all dogs, infinitely less stupid than men.

  Eugene O'Neill

  Funny, Stupid, Men

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• A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

  Robert Benchley

  Funny, Loyalty, Lying

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• When most of us talk to our dogs, we tend to forget that they're not people.

  Julia Glass

  People, Poodles, Forget

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• In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us.

  John Grogan

  Fall, Joy, Balance

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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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