quotations about dogs
Dogs are obsessed with being happy.
JAMES THURBER
attributed, Dogs Don't Bite When a Growl Will Do
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
Weak dogs become bones for other, stronger dogs.
TAD WILLIAMS
Otherland: City of Golden Shadow
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
A dog does not flee from a bone.
IRISH PROVERB
Dogs are easy. If their tails are up and their eyes are soft, you're in.
PAULA MCLAIN
Like Family
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
Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
FRENCH PROVERB
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
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 shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
The Portable Athiest
Dogs are stupid. Harsh words, but often proved true. They obsess over excrement, roll in manure and rotting carcasses, drink out of toilets, and perform demeaning pet tricks for measly biscuits. Their cheerful personalities have everything to do with their being blissfully ignorant, which explains why we're so drawn to them. Dogs to all sorts of stupid things and yet never get embarrassed or feel ashamed. We should be so lucky.
BILL BUCKLEY
back cover, Dogs are Stupid
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?
Dogs are social. Cats are sociopaths.
BRADLEY TREVOR GREIVE & RACHAEL HALE
Why Dogs are Better than Cats
I had a dog that was so lazy, he had a prerecorded bark.
JAY LENO
Jay Leno's How to Be the Funniest Kid in the Whole Wide World
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
ROGER CARAS
attributed, All Dogs are Angels at Heart
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
What I like about a dog it stops people getting after you, they're not going to come round in the night. But they make the place stink because I might want to stay out a few days and when I get back I might want to stay in a few days and a dog can become a tyrant to you.
CARYL CHURCHILL
A Number
Dogs are just wolves in sheep's clothing.
STANLEY COREN
Why Does My Dog Act That Way?
A puppy is but a god, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.
AGNES REPPLIER
attributed, The Greatest Quotations of All Time
The equipment for dogs are collars, leashes, and girths. Let the collars be soft as well as broad, that they may not wear off the dog's hair. Let the leashes have loops for the hand attached to them, but nothing else; for those who form the collars out of the leashes do not manage well for their dogs. Let the girths have broad bands, that they may not gall their flanks; and let there be iron points stitched into them that they may protect the breeds.
XENOPHON
Cynegeticus