“A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water logged stick will do just fine. A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rar…”— John Grogan, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, rich, poor, Smart, dumb
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”— Josh Billings, books.google.comTagged: Dogs, Love, Pets
“It's just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn't it? It makes our relationships with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal.”— John Grogan, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, Love, Relationships, Excitement
“Dogs can never speak the language of humans, and humans can never speak the language of dogs. But many dogs can understand almost every word humans say, while humans seldom learn to recognize more than half a dozen barks, if that. And barks are only a small part of the dog language. A wagging tail c…”— Dodie Smith, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, humans, Communication, Understanding
“A dog can be a living work of art, a constant reminder of the exquisite design and breathtaking detail of nature, beauty on four paws.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, Art, Nature, beauty
“Dogs will give you unconditional love until the day they die. Cats will make you pay for every mistake you've ever made since the day you were born.”— Oliver Gaspirtz, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, Love, cats
“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. 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, books.google.comTagged: Dogs, Jealousy, Peace
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”— Will Rogers, books.google.comTagged: Dogs, Heaven, Death
“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, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, cats, gods
“The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.”— Johnny Depp, books.google.comTagged: Dogs, Love, infants
“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, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, Pets, Love, Closeness
“If Jesus ever comes back to earth again, I’m thinking, he’ll come as a dog, because there isn’t anything as humble or patient or loving or loyal as the dog I have in my arms right now.”— Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, jesus, Humble, loyal, Loving
“You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.”— W. Bruce Cameron, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, humans, Love
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.”— Groucho Marx, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, Pets, Books, Reading
“Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.”— Dodie Smith, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, owners, Control
“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, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, Family, danger
“Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, meditation, prayer
“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.”— Orhan Pamuk, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, Communication, Listening
“No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog. Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself. I also suspect that we cherish dogs because their unb…”— Dean Koontz, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, Innocence, Relationships
“'Dog’ is ‘God’ spelled backward; you know that.”— W. Bruce Cameron, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, God, Pets
“Each of us had something to learn from the others and something to teach in return.”— Augustine of Hippo, amazon.comTagged: Learning, 107 Of The Greatest Single Sentences In Literature, Perfect Sentences
“Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, Life, Pets, owners
“I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.”— Mark Haddon, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, Faithful, Lies, emotions
“One reason I like spending time with dogs so much is they seem to think people are really good. They live with us, and obey our rules, most of which make no sense to them. And the main reason they do it is because they like us. When I watch them, sometimes I'm so blow away by how enthusiastic they a…”— Merrill Markoe, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, Excitement, Happiness
“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, books.google.comTagged: Dogs, humans, Compassion
“A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things-a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter…”— John Grogan, amazon.comTagged: Dogs, Friendship, selflessness, Loyalty
“I always hated those classic kid movies like Old Yeller or The Yearling where the beloved pet dies. What would be so wrong with having those damn kids learn their lessons about mortality from watching Grandpa kick? Then at least the dog would be around to comfort them.”— Merrill Markoe, amazon.comTagged: Movies, Death, Dogs