Great Dog Quotes:

When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.

- Edward Abbey

topic: Friendship, Dog, Silly, Man And Dog, Cat And Dog

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

- John Steinbeck

topic: Dog, Eye, Thinking, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.

- Marilyn Monroe

source: "Music for Chameleons (A Beautiful Child)". Book by Truman Capote, 1980.

topic: Inspirational, Dog, Animal, Inspirational Dog, I Love My Dog

Every dog must have his day.

- Jonathan Swift

topic: Success, Dog, Bad Day, Inspirational Dog, Labrador Dogs

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

topic: Dog, Animal, Pet, Dog Lover, Cat Dog

I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.

- Will Rogers

topic: Dog, Nature, Animal, I Love My Dog, Lost Dog

I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.

- Doris Day

topic: Dog, Companionship, Silent, Inspirational Dog, I Love My Dog

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

- Carrie Underwood

topic: Dog, Boys, I Love My Dog, Dogs And Life, Love My Dog

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.

- Gilda Radner

source: Gilda Radner (2015). “It's Always Something”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

topic: Dog, Unconditional Love, Thinking, Man And Dog, Bulldogs

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

- Bernard Williams

topic: Happiness, Nature, Inspirational Life, Man And Dog, Spaniels

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

- Woodrow Wilson

topic: Inspiring, Dog, Silly, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

- Mark Twain

topic: Cute, Religious, Dog, Man And Dog, Inspirational Animal

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

- Mark Twain

topic: Funny, Inspiring, Dog, Man And Dog, Prosperous

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

- Will Rogers

topic: Cute, Dog, Sorry, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

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

source: Roger A. Caras (1982). “A Celebration of Dogs”, Crown

topic: Faith, Dog, Animal, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog

- Konrad Lorenz

source: Konrad Lorenz (2003). “King Solomon's Ring”, p.111, Routledge

topic: Friendship, Dog, Broken, Inspirational Dog, Lost Dog

Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.

- Sigmund Freud

topic: Cute, Dog, Hate, Love And Hate, Man And Dog

Whoever said you can't buy Happiness forgot little puppies.

- Gene Hill

source: Gene Hill (2013). “A Hunter's Fireside Book: Tales of Dogs, Ducks, Birds, & Guns”, p.62, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

topic: Dog, Nature, Silly, Bulldogs, Spaniels

A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won't be too bad.

- Robert Wagner

source: "How I, a Cat Person, Ended Up With a Puppy Sleeping in My Lap" by Luise Meyer, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 10, 2014.

topic: Dog, Unconditional Love, Teach, Man And Dog, I Love My Dog

No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich.

- Louis Sabin

topic: Dog, Silly, Owning A Pet, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

- Ann Landers

topic: Dog, Finding Yourself, Admiration, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

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

- Josh Billings

topic: Love, Friendship, Dog, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

- Aldous Huxley

topic: Dog, Animal, Men, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.

- Ambrose Bierce

topic: Dog, Literature, World, Overflow, Surplus

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

- Josh Billings

topic: Inspirational, Dog, Money, Man And Dog, Wag The Dog

The great 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

source: Notebooks (1912) ch. 14

topic: Dog, Humorous, Personality, Making A Fool Of Yourself, Man And Dog

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.

- Milan Kundera

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

topic: Jealousy, Dog, Evil, I Love My Dog, Labrador Dogs

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

- Johnny Depp

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

topic: Love, Dog, Baby, Man And Dog, I Love My Dog

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.

- Edward Hoagland

source: Edward Hoagland (1976). “Red Wolves and Black Bears”, Random House Incorporated

topic: Dog, Nature, Silly, Old Shoes, Dog Lover

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

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

topic: Letting Go, Dog, Stress, Bulldogs, Inspirational Dog

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

topic: Inspirational, Life, Basketball, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.

- Dave Barry

topic: Dog, Car, Pet, Spaniels, Inspirational Dog

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.

- James Thurber

source: James Thurber (1955). “Thurber's Dog's: A Collection of the Master's Dogs”

topic: Dog, Successful, Animal, Man And Dog, Lost Dog

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

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

topic: Funny, Dog, Silly, Labrador Dogs, Dog Lover

If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.

- Harry S. Truman

source: "The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman".

topic: Funny, Hilarious, Dog, Cat And Dog, Dog Best Friend

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

- George Graham Vest

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

topic: Dog, Selfish, Ungrateful, Man And Dog, Dog Lover

If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.

- Andy Rooney

topic: Dog, Fun, Pet, Inspirational Dog, Pet Dog

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

- Orlando Aloysius Battista

topic: Dog, People, Reason, Inspirational Dog, Dog Heaven

When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad.

- Kristan Higgins

source: Kristan Higgins (2012). “Catch of the Day”, p.75, HQN Books

topic: Dog, Tears, Trying, Man And Dog, Lap Dogs

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

- Madame Roland

topic: Dog, Men, Admire, Man And Dog, I Love My Dog

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

- Henry Ward Beecher

topic: Dog, Children, Man And Dog, Bulldogs, Inspirational Dog

Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

- Emily Dickinson

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Labrador Dogs, Stray Dogs

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

- Charles de Gaulle

topic: Funny Love, Dog, Men, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

- Robert A. Heinlein

topic: Love, Inspirational, Funny, Kitties, Inspirational Cat

Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.

- Walter Scott

topic: Dog, Toil, Deceit, Dog Lover, Great Dog

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

topic: Dog, Giving, Intelligence, Puppies And Dogs, Great Dog

My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives.

- Rita Rudner

topic: Funny, Life, Wedding, Pet Dog, Great Dog

Thorns may hurt you, men desert you, sunlight turn to fog; but you're never friendless ever, if you have a dog.

- Douglas Malloch

topic: Friendship, Dog, Hurt, Man And Dog, Special Friend

With the exception of women, there is nothing on earth so agreeable or necessary to the comfort of man as the dog.

- Edward Jesse

source: Edward Jesse (1860). “Lectures on Natural History: Delivered at the "Fishermen's Home," Brighton”, p.47

topic: Dog, Men, Comfort, Dog Training, Great Dog

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

- Andy Rooney

topic: Inspirational, Dog, Silly, Niceness, I Love My Dog