Dog Quotes - Page 6

• He has every attribute of a dog except loyalty.

  Thomas Gore

  Loyalty, Attributes

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• People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

  August Strindberg

  Funny, Humor, Animal

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• Dachshund: A half-a-dog high and a dog-and-a-half long.

  H. L. Mencken

  Funny, Long, Dachshunds

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• Thorns may hurt you, men desert you, sunlight turn to fog; but you're never friendless ever, if you have a dog.

  Douglas Malloch

  Friendship, Hurt, Men

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• The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Children, Poodles, Puppy

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Men, Poison, He Man

  "An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog" l. 29 (1766)

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• The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. - Jeanne

  Madame Roland

  Men, Canine, Admire

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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

  Nature, Animal, Heaven

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• Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

  Josh Billings

  Inspirational, Funny, Money

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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• Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.

  Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

  Funny, Compassion, Opportunity

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• I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

  John Steinbeck

  Thinking, Nuts, Poodles

  John Steinbeck (2012). “The Portable Steinbeck”, p.42, Penguin

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• If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.

  Andy Rooney

  Fun, Owning A Pet, Canine

  Andy Rooney (2012). “Not That You Asked...”, p.14, Random House

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• Dogs are not people dressed up in fur coats, and to deny them their nature is to do them great harm.

  Jeanne Schinto

  People, Training, Fur

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• If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.

  Karel Capek

  Funny, People, Silence

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• Dogs don't rationalize. They don't hold anything against a person. They don't see the outside of a human but the inside of a human.

  Cesar Millan

  Animal, Inner Beauty, Pet

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• A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

  Jack London

  Generosity, Giving, Charity

  Jack London (2015). “The Road: Classic American Literature”, p.3, 谷月社

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• The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Wisdom, Peace, Kindness

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• There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Love, Funny, Music

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• A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.

  Agnes Repplier

  Common Sense, Pet, Spirit

  Agnes Repplier (1894). “In the Dozy Hours, and Other Papers”

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• My Scottie refused to go for a walk with a friend of the house, but she would joyously accompany any stranger who drove a car.

  Mazo de la Roche

  Funny, Travel, Car

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• The biggest dog has been a pup.

  Joaquin Miller

  Pet, Pups, Puppy

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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.

  George Bird Evans

  Nature, Silly, Animal

  "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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• We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us.

  Max De Pree

  Friendship, Alliances, Chance

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• If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Cat, Animal, Humanity

  Alfred North Whitehead, Lucien Price (2001). “Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead”, p.183, David R. Godine Publisher

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• Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.

  Austin O'Malley

  Revenge, Anger, Biting

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