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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• A good dog deserves a good bone.

  Ben Jonson

  Dog, Bones, Canine

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

  Diogenes

  Dog, Rewards, Philosopher

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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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed.

  Anna Quindlen

  Dog, Good Person, Persons

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• People often wonder just what trainers give the sheepdog in exchange for its boundless willingness. Food treats and praise sit on the trainer's shelf, untouched, unused. The sheepdog is shown its possibilities, he learns what life is like for a good dog and is invited to walk in a rational world whose farthest boundaries are defined by grace.

  Donald McCaig

  Dog, People, Giving

  Donald McCaig (2014). “Nop's Hope: A Novel”, p.122, Open Road Media

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• Sir, he's a good dog, and a fair dog.

  William Shakespeare

  Dog, Fairness, Fairs

  William Shakespeare, Henry NEELE (1824). “Shakespeare's Plays, with notes by H. Neele. With engraved plates”

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• Women are great. When they dig you, there's nothing they won't do. That kind of loyalty is hard to find - unless you've got a good dog.

  David Lee Roth

  Loyalty, Dog, Kind

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• Love grows from the rich foam of forgiveness, mongrels make good dogs, and the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things.

  Wally Lamb

  Dog, Foam, Rich

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• [Addiction's] not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Dog, Addiction, Enough

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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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• 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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