quotations about dogs
Some scientists believe dogs are like immature wolves. They think that genetic changes occurred that stopped their mental and physical maturation. This explains why dogs throughout their lives act like wolf youngsters, remaining trusting and playful.
D. CAROLINE COILE
How Smart Is Your Dog?
Weak dogs become bones for other, stronger dogs.
TAD WILLIAMS
Otherland: City of Golden Shadow
Some men are kinder to the occupants of their kennels than to their families; they will treat wife and children like dogs, but not dogs themselves so.
G. D. PRENTICE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Dogs are social. Cats are sociopaths.
BRADLEY TREVOR GREIVE & RACHAEL HALE
Why Dogs are Better than Cats
Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
FRENCH PROVERB
Dogs are just wolves in sheep's clothing.
STANLEY COREN
Why Does My Dog Act That Way?
A dog comes to you and lives with you in your own house, but you do not therefore own her, as you do not own the rain, or the trees, or the laws which pertain to them.... A dog can never tell you what she knows from the smells of the world, but you know, watching her, that you know almost nothing.
MARY OLIVER
"Her Grave,", New and Selected Poems
A dog does not flee from a bone.
IRISH PROVERB
Dogs invite us not only to share their joy but also to live in the moment, where we are neither proceeding from nor moving toward, where the enchantment of the past and future cannot distract us, where a freedom from practical desire and a cessation of our usual ceaseless action allows us to recognize the truth of our existence, the reality of our world and purpose--if we dare.
DEAN KOONTZ
Brother Odd
A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
An old dog does not bark in vain.
SPANISH PROVERB
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
ROGER CARAS
attributed, All Dogs are Angels at Heart
Dogs want to be people. That's what their lives are about. They don't like being a dog. They're with people all the time, they want to graduate. My dog would sit there all day, he would watch me walk by, he would think to himself, "I could do that! He's not that good."
JERRY SEINFELD
stand-up routine
Dogs are obsessed with being happy.
JAMES THURBER
attributed, Dogs Don't Bite When a Growl Will Do
[Dogs] are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
EMILY DICKINSON
letter to T. W. Higginson, Apr. 26, 1862
Dogs are like people: what they learn when they are young. whether of good or of evil, is not readily forgotten.
ROY NARINESINGH
Comprehension Skills for the Caribbean
Dogs are easy. If their tails are up and their eyes are soft, you're in.
PAULA MCLAIN
Like Family
Dogs have this uncanny ability to bring out the funny side in all of us.
KIM LEVIN
Dogs are Funny
One reason most dogs are much happier than most people is that dogs aren't affected by external circumstances the way we are. I notice that even when it's pouring rain outside, my dogs, Blue and Celeste, are still excited to go for a walk. As soon as I open the front door to look outside, they're beside me in a flash, standing expectantly, ready for an adventure. I usually wait for a break in the downpour, and then we all dash out together. The fact that the ground is soggy and there are mud puddles dotting the landscape means nothing to the dogs. While I'm gingerly picking my way around the wet spots, the dogs are joyfully splashing right through them. They aren't afraid to get their paws dirty.
MATT WEINSTEIN & LUKE BARBER
Dogs Don't Bit When a Growl Will Do
A biting dog does not bark.
KOREAN PROVERB