Pet Dog Quotes - Page 4

• Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

  Anatole France

  Love, Inspiring, Dog

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

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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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  Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!

  Anne Tyler

  Funny, Dog, Mean

  Anne Tyler (1991). “Anne Tyler: a new collection : three complete novels”, Outlet

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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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• They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Funny, Dog, Silly

  Jerome K. Jerome (2016). “The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow”, p.68, Jerome K. Jerome

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• Learning from wolves to interact with pet dogs makes about as much sense as, 'I want to improve my parenting - let's see how the chimps do it!'

  Ian Dunbar

  Dog, Pet, Want

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• The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals

  Theophile Gautier

  Dog, Heart, Animal

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• Do all lovers feel helpless and valiant in the presence of the beloved? Helpless because the need to roll over like a pet dog is never far away. Valiant because you know you would slay a dragon with a pocket knife if you had to.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Dog, Dragons, Knives

  Jeanette Winterson (2007). “The Passion”, p.123, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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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, Dog, People

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• It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high.

  Steven Seagal

  Mother, Dog, Uncles

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• Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.

  Harry S. Truman

  Country, Dog, Wall

  Harry S. Truman (1967). “The Quotable Harry S. Truman”, Anderson, S.C. : Droke House, distributed by Grosset & Dunlap

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• It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?

  Eleanor Porter

  Dog, Cat, Pet

  Eleanor Porter (2003). “Pollyanna”, ePenguin

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• Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.

  Eloisa James

  Dog, Cat, Animal

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• Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane.

  Smiley Blanton

  Dog, Nature, Animal

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• It's like having a pet dog for a long time. You get attached to it, and when it dies you miss it.

  Jesse Owens

  Sports, Dog, Athlete

  "Jesse Owens: Champion Athlete". Book by Tony Gentry, Heather Lehr Wagner, 2009.

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• You can say any fool thing to a dog and the dog will just give you this look that says, 'My GOSH, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that!

  Dave Barry

  Dog, Giving, Intelligence

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• Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of man, without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the memory of Botswain, a dog.

  Lord Byron

  Dog, Memories, Men

  George Gordon Byron, “Epitaph To A Dog”

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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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• A good dog never dies. He always stays. He walks besides you on crisp autumn days when frost is on the fields and winter's drawing near. His head is within our hand in his old way.

  Mary Carolyn Davies

  Dog, Autumn, Loss

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• The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals

  James Thurber

  Dog, Fun, Animal

  James Thurber (1996). “James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)”, p.957, Library of America

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• When I was young I had a security blanket and a pet dog. The dog got sick and died and the blanket had to be burned, so I guess I was trying to recreate the image of security in the bunny. It was a Citizen Kane/Rosebud thing.

  Hugh Hefner

  Dog, Sick, Pet

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• If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

  Edmund Wilson

  Change, Dog, Poodles

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• The more boys I meet the more I love my dog.

  Carrie Underwood

  Dog, Boys, Cute Dog

  Song: The More Boys I Meet, Album: Carnival Ride, 2007

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• The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?

  Walter Scott

  Dog, Sorry, Loss

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• The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be.

  Konrad Lorenz

  Dog, Loss, Ties

  Konrad Lorenz, Marjorie Kerr Wilson (2002). “Man Meets Dog”, p.135, Psychology Press

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