Good Dog Quotes

• There is nothing truer in this world than the love of a good dog.

  Mira Grant

  Dog, World, This World

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

  John Steinbeck

  Dog, Thinking, Nuts

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

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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, Dog

  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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• Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

  Dean Koontz

  Dog, Prayer, Heart

  Dean Koontz (2007). “False Memory”, p.80, Bantam

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• I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

  John Steinbeck

  Dog, Eye, Thinking

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

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• To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.

  Milan Kundera

  Letting Go, Dog, Stress

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

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• Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

  Milan Kundera

  Jealousy, Dog, Evil

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

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• A good dog deserves a good bone.

  Ben Jonson

  Dog, Bones, Canine

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• A dog is grateful for what is, which I am finding to be the soundest kind of wisdom and very good theology.

  Carrie Newcomer

  Dog, Grateful, Kind

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• You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.

  W. Bruce Cameron

  Dog, Men, Puppy

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• A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Motivational, Dog, Struggle

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• A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Dog, Buddhist

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• All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Dog, Animal, Pet

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• Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

  Diogenes

  Dog, Rewards, Philosopher

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• No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog. Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself. I also suspect that we cherish dogs because their unblemished souls make us wish - consciously or unconsciously - that we were as innocent as they are, and make us yearn for a place where innocence is universal and where the meanness, the betrayals, and the cruelties of this world are unknown.

  Dean Koontz

  Relationship, Dog, Betrayal

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• The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of his master.

  Ben Hur Lampman

  Dog, Heart, Loss

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• Get a good dog. We have not picked up food in the kitchen in 15 years.

  Paul Reiser

  Dog, Years, Kitchen

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• And gold has no name, it licks the hand of anyone who has it: good dog!

  Christina Stead

  Dog, Money, Hands

  Christina Stead (2012). “House of All Nations”, p.246, Open Road Media

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• I am not a smart man, particularly, but one day, at long last, I stumbled from the dark woods of my own, and my family's, and my country's past, holding in my hands these truths: that love grows from the rich loam of forgiveness; that mongrels make good dogs; that the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things. This much, at least, I've figured out. I know this much is true.

  Wally Lamb

  Country, Dog, Smart

  Wally Lamb (1998). “I Know This Much Is True”, p.897, Cambridge University Press

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• No man should kill himself as long as he can be of the least use to anybody, and if you cannot find some person that you are willing to do something for, find a good dog and take care of him. You have no idea how much better you will feel.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Life, Dog, Men

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1951). “Letters”

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• A man may smile and bid you hail Yet wish you to the devil; But when a good dog wags his tail, You know he's on the level.

  Jerry Smith

  Dog, Men, Wish

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• Good dog! Nice fetch!" "He wasn't fetching." "Bring her here, boy. Good job!" The dog looked from Zack to me. "I've been training him," Zack said. "Up till now he's brought home only dead rabbits, but I guess he's finally getting the hang of it.

  Elizabeth Chandler

  Dog, Jobs, Nice

  Elizabeth Chandler (2010). “The Back Door of Midnight”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

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• Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

  Francis Bacon

  Dog, Truth, Errors

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• Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back on the shelf and say, “good book,” as if I was patting a good dog. I wanted books to change me, and I wanted to write books that would change others.

  Jack Gantos

  Dog, Book, Writing

  Jack Gantos (2002). “Hole in My Life”, p.61, Macmillan

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• When I say "The good man gave his good dog a good meal," I use "good" analogically, for there is at the same time a similarity and a difference between a good man, a good dog, and a good meal. All three are desirable, but a good man is wise and moral, a good dog is tame and affectionate, and a good meal is tasty and nourishing. But a good man is not tasty and nourishing, except to a cannibal; a good dog is not wise and moral, except in cartoons, and a good meal is not tame and affectionate, unless it's alive as you eat it.

  Peter Kreeft

  Wise, Dog, Men

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