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The greatest pleasure
of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only
will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too. --Samuel
Butler
One reason the dog has
so many friends: He wags his tail instead of his tongue. --Unknown
If you pick up a
starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the
principal difference between a dog and a man --Mark Twain
To his dog, every man
is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. --Aldous Leonard
Huxley British writer
Ever consider what dogs
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
Heaven goes by favour.
If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. --Mark
Twain
You can say any foolish
thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God,
you're right! I never would've thought of that!'
A dog has the soul of a
philosopher. --Plato
Dogs are not our whole
life, but they make our lives whole. --Roger Caras
There is no
psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. --Bern
Williams
"Man is a dog's idea of
what God should be."- Holbrook Jackson
"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
"A dog is not "almost
human," and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to
describe it as such."- John Holmes
"No man can be
condemned for owning a dog. As long as he has a dog, he has a friend;
and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."- Will Rogers
"To err is human: To
forgive, canine."- Anonymous
"I talk to him when I'm
lonesome like, and I'm sure he understands. When he looks at me so
attentively, and gently licks my hands; Then he rubs his nose on my
tailored clothes, but I never say naught thereat, For the good Lord
knows I can buy more clothes, but never a friend like that!"- W. Dayton
Wedgefarth
Outside of a dog, a book is
man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho
Marx Definition of
sick building syndrome..."No dogs allowed". - Susan Conant, Dog Mystery
Writer If you have men
who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion
and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow
man. - St. Francis of Assisi |
"He is my other eyes that
can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is the
part of me that can reach out into the sea. He has told me a thousand times
over that I am his reason for being; by the way he rests against my leg; by
the way he thumps his tail at my smallest smile; by the way he shows his
hurt when I leave without taking him. (I think it makes him sick with worry
when he is not along to care for me.) When I am wrong, he is delighted to
forgive. When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile. When I am happy, he is
joy unbounded. When I am a fool, he ignores it. When I succeed, he brags.
Without him, I am only another man. With him, I am all-powerful. He is
loyalty itself. He has taught me the meaning of devotion. With him, I know a
secret comfort and a private peace. He has brought me understanding where
before I was ignorant. His head on my knee can heal my human hurts. His
presence by my side is protection against my fears of dark and unknown
things. He has promised to wait for me... whenever... wherever - in case I
need him. And I expect I will - as I always have. He is just my dog." - Gene
Hill
"Old dogs, like old shoes,
are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around
the edges, but they fit well." - Bonnie Wilcox 'Old Dogs, Old Friends'
"Dogs are our link to
paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. 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
"The dog is a gentleman; I
hope to go to his heaven, not man's." - Mark Twain, Letter to W D Howells,
4/2/1899
"I think dogs are the most
amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role
model for being alive." - Gilda Radner
"[My dog] can bark like a
congressman, fetch like an aide, beg like a press secretary and play dead
like a receptionist when the phone rings." - Gerald B H Solomon, US
Congressman, Entry in contest to identify Capitol Hill's Great American Dog,
NY Times 9 Aug 86
"Dogs have given us their
absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their
love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without
a doubt the best deal man has ever made." - Roger Caras
"No one appreciates the
very special genius of your conversation as the dog does." - Christopher
Morley
"He is your friend, your
partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He
will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it
to him to be worthy of such devotion." - Unknown
"I care not for a man's
religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it." - Abraham Lincoln
"I used to look at [my dog]
Smokey and think, 'If you were a little smarter you could tell me what you
were thinking,' and he'd look at me like he was saying, 'If you were a
little smarter, I wouldn't have to.'" - Fred Jungclaus |
