Great Pet Quotes - Page 2

• A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

  Josh Billings

  Love, Friendship, Dog

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• A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

  Robert Benchley

  Dog, Perseverance, Lying

  Robert Benchley (1976). “Chips Off the Old Benchley”, Amereon Limited

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• In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.

  George Graham Vest

  Dog, Selfish, Ungrateful

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

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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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• The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Funny Love, Dog, Men

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• You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

  Lewis Grizzard

  Funny, Dog, Attitude

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• Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

  Roger Caras

  Life, Dog, Sorry

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• Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

  Alexander Pope

  Loyalty, Dog, Silly

  Alexander Pope (1737). “Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope: And Several of His Friends”, p.53

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• Everything I know, I learned from dogs.

  Nora Roberts

  Inspirational, Dog, Pet

  Nora Roberts (2012). “The Novels of Nora Roberts”, p.539, Penguin

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• when I am feeling low all i have to do is watch my cats and my courage returns

  Charles Bukowski

  Courage, Cat, Feelings

  Charles Bukowski (2015). “On Cats”, p.105, Canongate Books

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• No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Dog, Animal, Pet

  FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from Apr 17, 2010

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• If aliens are watching us through telescopes, they're going to think the dogs are the leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them's making a poop, the other one's carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge?

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Funny, Dog, Humorous

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Dog, Children, Poodles

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

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• Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Inspirational, Dog, Cat

  Christopher Hitchens (2007). “The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever”, p.16, Da Capo Press

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• Every dog must have his day.

  Jonathan Swift

  Success, Dog, Bad Day

  Jonathan Swift (1860). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Copious Notes and Additions, and a Memoir of the Author”, p.513

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• One cat just leads to another.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Cat, Animal, Humanity

  Ernest Hemingway, Carlos Baker (2003). “Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961”, p.555, Simon and Schuster

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• Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

  Jeff Valdez

  Funny, Dog, Cat

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

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

  Madame Roland

  Dog, Men, Canine

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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, Dog, Alliances

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• Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

  William S. Burroughs

  Cat, Pet, Individualism

  William S. Burroughs (2007). “Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader”, p.504, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The dog of your boyhood teaches you a great deal about friendship, and love, and death: Old Skip was my brother. They had buried him under our elm tree, they said-yet this wasn't totally true. For he really lay buried in my heart.

  Willie Morris

  Friendship, Family, Dog

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• A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.

  Orlando Aloysius Battista

  Funny, Dog, Humorous

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• I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Inspirational, Life, Writing

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• Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Cat, Play, Expectations

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Pierre Antoine Motteux (1719). “The history of the renowned don Quixote de la Mancha. Tr. by several hands: and publ. by P. Motteux”, p.222

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• Even the tiniest poodle is lionhearted, ready to do anything to defend home, master, and mistress.

  Louis Sabin

  Dog, Home, Animal

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