Outside of a dog, a book is probably man’s best friend, and inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.
—Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American Actor, Comedian, Singer
They 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 (1859–1927) English Humorous Writer, Novelist, Playwright
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
—Anonymous
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
—Bernard Williams (1929–2003) English Philosopher
We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us.
—Max De Pree (1924–2017) American Businessman
A dog with two homes is never any good
—Irish Proverb
The meeting in the open of two dogs, strangers to each other, is one of the most painful, thrilling, and pregnant of all conceivable encounters; it is surrounded by an atmosphere of the last canniness, presided over by a constraint for which I have no precise name; they simply cannot pass each other, their mutual embarrassment is frightful to behold.
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955) German Novelist, Critic, Philanthropist, Essayist
Dog. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world’s worship.
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) American Short-story Writer, Journalist
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 (1809–65) American Head of State
Who loves me will love my dog also.
—Common Proverb
Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
The Belief that man is outfitted with an immortal soul, differing altogether from the engines which operate the lower animals, is ridiculously unjust to them. The difference between the smartest dog and the stupidest man
—H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) American Journalist, Literary Critic
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
Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
—Ask Ann Landers (1918–2002) American Advice Columnist
Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.
—Agatha Christie (1890–1976) British Novelist, Short-Story Writer, Playwright
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
—Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) Scottish Novelist
The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.
—Warren Bennis (1925–2014) American Business Academic, Author
The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
If dogs could talk, it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.
—Andy Rooney (b.1919) American Writer, Humorist, TV Personality
The dog is a religious animal. In his savage state he worships the moon and the lights that float upon the waters. These are his gods to whom he appeals at night with long-drawn howls.
—Anatole France (1844–1924) French Novelist
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
—Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818–85) American Humorist, Author, Lecturer
Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.
—Franklin P. Jones
I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.
—Will Rogers (1879–1935) American Actor, Rancher, Humorist
No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.
—Christopher Morley (1890–1957) American Novelist, Essayist
Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane.
—Smiley Blanton
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can’t get it by breeding for it, and you can’t buy it with money. It just happens along.
—E. B. White (1985–99) American Essayist, Humorist
Man is a dog’s idea of what God should be.
—Holbrook Jackson (1874–1948) British Journalist, Writer, Editor
The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.
—August Strindberg (1849–1912) Swedish Playwright, Novelist, Essayist
Leave a Reply