Short Dog Quotes:

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

- Roger Caras

topic: Life, Dog, Sorry, Man And Dog, Spaniels

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

- Martin Buber

topic: Eye, Animal, Pet, Wildlife Animals, Cat Dog

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

- Bernard Williams

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

Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend.

- Corey Ford

source: Corey Ford (1952). “Every Dog Should Have a Man: The Care and Feeding of Dog's Best Friend”

topic: Funny, Dog, Witty, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.

- John Grogan

source: John Grogan (2012). “Marley & Me”, p.251, Hachette UK

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

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

- Anatole France

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

topic: Love, Inspiring, Sibling, Inspirational Animal, Inspirational Dog

Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.

- Agnes Sligh Turnbull

topic: Dog, Pet, Faults, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

- Immanuel Kant

source: "True animal instinct", www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2005.

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

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

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.

- Will Rogers

topic: Funny, Dog, Thinking, Man And Dog, Dog Best Friend

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

- Ambrose Bierce

source: Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.13, University of Georgia Press

topic: Dog, Pet, World, Man And Dog, Inspirational Dog

Dogs love company. They place it first on their short list of needs.

- J. R. Ackerley

topic: Friendship, Dog, Firsts, Dog Lover, Short Dog

Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.

- Joe Gores

topic: Dog, Mean, Pet, Old Dog, Animal Lover

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

- Emily Dickinson

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

Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.

- Holbrook Jackson

topic: Friendship, Dog, Men, Old Dog, Dog Heaven

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

- George Eliot

source: George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus”, p.226, 谷月社

topic: Spiritual, Nature, True Friend, Inspirational Animal, Inspirational Dog

The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs.

- Alphonse Toussenel

topic: Dog, Men, Values, Dog Training, Two Dogs

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

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

- Alfred North Whitehead

source: Alfred North Whitehead, Lucien Price (2001). “Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead”, p.183, David R. Godine Publisher

topic: Dog, Cat, Animal, Inspirational Animal, Inspirational Cat

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

- Alexander Pope

topic: Loyalty, Dog, Silly, Lost Dog, Dog Lover

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

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

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

- Aldous Huxley

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

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.

- Fran Lebowitz

topic: Dog, Silly, Animal, Lost Dog, Cat Dog

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Inspiring, Dog, Cat, Man And Dog, Inspirational Animal

From the dog's point of view, his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog.

- Mabel Robinson

topic: Dog, Views, Masters, Dog Walking, Funny 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

The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.

- Madame de Stael

topic: Funny, Dog, Men, Short Dog

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

- Robert Benchley

source: Robert Benchley (1976). “Chips Off the Old Benchley”, Amereon Limited

topic: Dog, Perseverance, Lying, Man And Dog, I Love My Dog

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Funny, Life, Leadership, Inspirational Animal, Inspirational Cat

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.

- Mark Twain

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

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

- Sigmund Freud

topic: Time, Cat, Animal, Kitties, Inspirational Cat

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

- Eloisa James

topic: Dog, Cat, Animal, Kitties, Inspirational Cat

I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time?

- Walter Scott

topic: Dog, Short Life, Compassion, Lost Dog, Dog Grief

Every dog has it's day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weakend.

- June Carter Cash

topic: Funny, Dog, Tails, Cute Dog, Cute Puppy

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

- Jeff Valdez

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

topic: Dog, Cat, Eight, Inspirational Cat, Stray Dogs

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

topic: Dog, Silly, Race, Lost Dog, Loving Dog

I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

topic: Funny, Spiritual, Dog, Short Dog

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

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

- Jean Cocteau

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

topic: Cat, Home, Animal, Inspirational Cat, I Love My 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

All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel sport - in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Sports, Dog, Travel, Short Dog

Everything we do is escapism, because we'll all be dead and everything we do is completely meaningless. Why brush your teeth? Why not be in the park with the bums passing a short dog? Why pay taxes, why get educated? Of course literature is an escape. You have to fill the hours.

- T.C. Boyle

source: Source: therumpus.net

topic: Dog, Teeth, Why Not, Short Dog