Dog Quotes

How many legs does a dog have
if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling
a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
?Abraham Lincoln

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

Some days you're the dog; some
days you're the hydrant.
?Unknown

No one appreciates the very special genius
of your conversation as much as the dog does.
?Christopher Morley

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

Whoever said you can't buy happiness
forgot about puppies.
?Gene Hill

Well-washed and well-combed
domestic pets grow dull; they
miss the stimulus of fleas.
?Francis Galton

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

Did you ever walk into a room and
forget why you walked in? I think
that's how dogs spend their lives.
Sue Murphy

The dog was created specially for children.
He is the god of frolic.
?Henry Ward Beecher

If you think dogs can't count, try putting
three dog biscuits in your pocket
and then giving Fido only two of them.
?Phil Pastoret

In dog years, I'm dead.
?Unknown

To his dog, every man is Napolean, hence
the constant popularity of dogs.
?Aldous Huxley

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

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

Don't accept your dog's admiration as
conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
?Ann Landers

Even the tiniest poodle is lionhearted,
ready to do anything to defend home,
master, and mistress.
?Louis Sabin

The trees in Siberia are miles apart,
that is why the dogs are so fast.
?Bob Hope

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

The dog has got more fun out of
man than man has got out of
the dog, for man is the more
laughable of the two animals.
?James Thurber

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

It's no coincidence that man's
best friend cannot talk.
?Anonymous

Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.
?Franklin P. Jones

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.
What puts man in a higher state of evolution
is that he has got his laugh on the right end.
?Max Eastman

You think dogs will not be in heaven?
I tell you, they will be there
long before any of us.
?Robert Louis Stevenson

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are
members of a weird religious cult.
?Rita Rudner

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

You own a dog; you feed a cat.
?Jim Fiebig

There is no faith which has never
yet been broken
except that of a truly faithful dog.
?Konrad Lorenz

Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any
more unless I'm around cigars or dogs.
The thing that would bother me most
would be a dog smoking a cigar.
?Steve Allen

I have caught more ills from people sneezing
over me and giving me virus
infections than from kissing dogs.
?Barbara Woodhouse

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 a man.
?Mark Twain

Ever consider what pets 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