A Year of Dog Quotes

December 31

2008-01-14T16:43:00.001-08:00

"Dogs, as we know them today, first appeared in Eurasia about 13,000 years ago."

December 29 and 30

2008-01-14T16:42:00.000-08:00

"A dog, I will maintain, is a very tolerable judge of beauty, as appears from the fact that any liberally educated dog does, in a general way, prefer a woman to a man."
Frances Thompson

December 28

2008-01-14T16:41:00.002-08:00

"Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative."
Mordecai Siegal

December 27

2008-01-14T16:41:00.001-08:00

"Dog is God spelled backwards. That means something, I'm just not sure what exactly. But human is namuh spelled backwards."
Marc-Christophe

December 26

2008-01-14T16:40:00.001-08:00

"He wags his tail, and the room looks as if a devastating army had marched through it."
Jerome K Jerome

December 25

2008-01-14T16:39:00.004-08:00

"Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves."
Clarence Day

December 24

2008-01-14T16:39:00.003-08:00

"My dog is usually pleased with what I do, because she is not infected with the concept of what I 'should' be doing."
Lonzo Idolswine

December 22 and 23

2008-01-14T16:37:00.004-08:00

"An article from The New York Times business sections asserts that the minimum cost of owning a dog is $11,580, assuming the dog lives ten years."

December 21

2008-01-14T16:37:00.003-08:00

"Among God's creations, two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes in order not to be separated from the man."
Andres Segovia

December 20

2008-01-14T16:36:00.000-08:00

"If forced to choose between romantic love and my dog, I'd sure choose my dog."
Solange

December 19

2008-01-14T16:35:00.003-08:00

"Any member introducing a dog into the Society's premises shall be liable to a fine of one pound. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed a cat."
Oxford Union Socity, London

December 18

2008-01-14T16:35:00.001-08:00

"I'd be happy to have my biography be the stories of my dogs. To me, to live without dogs would mean accepting a form of blindness."
Thomas McGuane

December 17

2008-01-14T16:34:00.000-08:00

"He hath a share of man's intelligence, but no share of man's falsehood."
Sir Walter Scott

December 15 and 16

2008-01-14T16:33:00.001-08:00

"I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the inhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better."
George Bird Evans

December 14

2008-01-14T16:32:00.004-08:00

"Humankind is drawn to dogs because they are so like ourselves--bumbling, affectionate, confused, easily disappointed, eager to be amused, grateful for kindness and the least attention."
Pam Brown

December 13

2008-01-14T16:32:00.003-08:00

"There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money."
Benjamin Franklin

December 12

2008-01-14T16:31:00.002-08:00

"Like a dog, he hunts in dreams."
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

December 11

2008-01-14T16:31:00.001-08:00

"It is a strange thing, love. Nothing but love has made the dog lose his wild freedom, to become the servant of man."
D.H. Lawrence

December 10

2008-01-14T16:30:00.004-08:00

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

December 8 and 9

2008-01-14T16:30:00.001-08:00

"I miss the wagging little tail;
I miss the plaintive, pleading wail;
I miss the wistful loving glance;
I miss the circling welcome dance."
Henry Willet

December 7

2008-01-14T16:29:00.001-08:00

"Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie."
Rudyard Kipling

December 6

2008-01-14T16:28:00.004-08:00

"I'd rather be a dog and bay at the moon."
Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare

December 6

2008-01-14T16:28:00.001-08:00

"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

December 4

2008-01-14T16:27:00.002-08:00

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

December 3

2008-01-14T16:27:00.001-08:00

"If kisses were ranked on a scale of sloppiness, then dog kisses would surely be ranked Number One."

December 1 and 2

2008-01-14T16:26:00.001-08:00

"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

November 30

2008-01-03T18:59:00.001-08:00

"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

November 29

2008-01-03T18:58:00.000-08:00

"You may have a dog taht won't sit up, roll over, or even cook you breakfast, not becasue she's too stupid to learn how, but because she's too smart to bother." Rick Horowitz

November 28

2008-01-03T18:57:00.004-08:00

"Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large when both are before him." Samuel Johnson

November 27

2008-01-03T18:57:00.001-08:00

"On a chilly winter night, my dog jumps on my bed and warms my cold feet." K. Bear

November 26

2008-01-03T18:56:00.000-08:00

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." George Orwell

November 24 and 25

2008-01-03T18:54:00.003-08:00

"I never married because....I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night." Marie Corelli

November 23

2008-01-03T18:54:00.001-08:00

"...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." Sir Walter Scott

November 22

2008-01-03T18:53:00.001-08:00

"I am accustomed to hearing malicious falsehoods about myself...But I think I have a right to resent, to object to libelous statements about my dog." Franklin D. Roosevelt

November 21

2008-01-03T18:52:00.000-08:00

"Don't make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans, or they'll treat you like dogs."
Martha Scott

November 20

2008-01-03T18:51:00.000-08:00

"Old Yeller was bought for three dollars at a shelter. His real name was Spike."

November 19

2007-11-19T18:55:00.002-08:00

"The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable to fall mankind."
Theodorus Gaza

November 17 & 18

2007-11-19T18:55:00.001-08:00

"All dogs have the potential to kill packs and kill livestock. Their owners find it hard to believe."

November 16

2007-11-19T18:54:00.002-08:00

"The greatest dog in the world....is a companion who does all but speak. He will be gay or serious; he will console you in your lowest moods."
Ludwig Bemelmans

November 15

2007-11-19T18:54:00.001-08:00

"When bathing a dog during the winter, be sure the coat is totally dry before letting the dog outside."

November 14

2007-11-19T18:53:00.001-08:00

"Like us, they get up early in the morning, and they seek their livelihoods or pursue their pleasures."
Charles Baudelaire

November 13

2007-11-19T18:52:00.002-08:00

"Dog saliva contains certain enzymes that help to disinfect and heal wounds."

November 12

2007-11-19T18:52:00.001-08:00

"My dog's not spoiled....I'm just well trained!"

November 10 & 11

2007-11-19T18:51:00.002-08:00

"I like a bit of mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog."
George Bernard Shaw

November 9

2007-11-19T18:51:00.001-08:00

"A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion."
Washington Irving

November 8

2007-11-19T18:50:00.002-08:00

"The world was conquered through the understanding of dogs. The world exists through the understanding of dogs."
Nietzsche

November 7

2007-11-19T18:50:00.001-08:00

"No man can be condemned for owning a dog. As long as he has a dog, he has a friend; and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."
Will Rogers

November 6

2007-11-19T18:49:00.001-08:00

"Many assert that Victorian society rejected the notion that pets were capable of feeling or expressing emotions, but that is absurd."

November 5

2007-11-19T18:48:00.002-08:00

"Dogs bark as they are bred, and fawn as they are fed."
AB Cheales

November 3 & 4

2007-11-19T18:48:00.001-08:00

"Dogs bark at the moon just to keep humans guessing."

November 2

2007-11-19T18:47:00.000-08:00

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

November 1

2007-11-19T18:46:00.000-08:00

"A lot of people think they look like their dogs, but I think dogs are cuter."
Marc-Christophe

October 31

2007-11-19T18:45:00.002-08:00

"The friendship of a dog is without a doubt more intense and more constant than that of a man."
Montaigne

October 30

2007-11-19T18:45:00.001-08:00

"Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages."
Thomas A Edison

October 29

2007-11-19T18:44:00.001-08:00

"To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair."
Willaim Lyon Phelps

October 27 & 28

2007-11-19T18:43:00.000-08:00

"In the 1950's, Lassie's salary was $5,000 per week."

October 26

2007-11-19T18:42:00.002-08:00

"Any society which does not insist upon respect for all life must necessarily decay."
Albert Einstein

October 25

2007-11-19T18:42:00.001-08:00

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

October 24

2007-11-19T18:41:00.000-08:00

"Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless he's owned by a dog."
Gene Hill

October 23

2007-11-19T18:40:00.002-08:00

"The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend."
Lord Byron

October 22

2007-11-19T18:40:00.001-08:00

"Some researchers estimate that dogs' olfaction (sense of smell) is a million times more sensitive than ours."

October 20 & 21

2007-11-19T18:39:00.001-08:00

"Why is it that my heart is so touched whenever I meet a dog lost in our noisy streets?"
Emile Zola

October 19

2007-11-19T18:38:00.000-08:00

"A dog can express more with his tail in minutes than his ownder can express with his tongues in hours."
Anonymous

October 18

2007-11-19T18:37:00.005-08:00

"If your dog is defensive of her dinner bowl, try adding a little more to her meal when she is halfway through."

October 17

2007-11-19T18:37:00.003-08:00

"In business you learn, 'If you want a friend, get a dog.'"

October 16

2007-11-19T18:37:00.001-08:00

"I have always thought of a dog lover as a dog who was in love with another dog."
James Thurber

October 15

2007-11-19T18:36:00.001-08:00

"A dog will quickly turn you into a fool, but who cares?"

October 13 & 14

2007-11-19T18:35:00.004-08:00

"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

October 12

2007-11-19T18:35:00.003-08:00

"Reverence. The spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man."
Ambrose Bierce

October 11

2007-11-19T18:34:00.002-08:00

"My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet."
Edith Wharton

October 10

2007-11-19T18:34:00.001-08:00

"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures' they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model of being alive."
Gilda Radner

October 9

2007-11-19T18:33:00.001-08:00

"....none are as fiercely loyal as dog people."
Linda Shrieves

October 8

2007-11-19T18:32:00.004-08:00

"Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time."
Henry Beston

October 6 & 7

2007-11-19T18:32:00.001-08:00

"I've caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs."
Barbara Woodhouse

October 5

2007-11-19T18:31:00.001-08:00

"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 dog."
Edward Hoagland

October 4

2007-11-19T18:30:00.002-08:00

"When you really want to put a dog at ease, rub her gently under the chin. Among dogs, this is a sign of respect and love, and it's the way puppies greet adults."

October 3

2007-11-19T18:30:00.001-08:00

"I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs."
James Thurber

October 2

2007-11-19T18:29:00.000-08:00

"The world's oldest dog was an Australian cattle dog (Blue Heeler) named Bluey who was put to sleep at the age of 29."

October 1

2007-11-19T18:28:00.000-08:00

"There is evidence of humans once having tails, but we knocked so many glasses off the table that natural selection eliminated them."

September 29 & 30

2007-11-19T18:23:00.000-08:00

"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

September 28

2007-11-19T18:22:00.003-08:00

"An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him."
Danish proverb

September 27

2007-11-19T18:22:00.001-08:00

"God, make me the person my dog thinks I am."
Anonymous

September 26

2007-11-19T18:21:00.004-08:00

"Dog does not eat dog."
Juvenal

September 25

2007-11-19T18:21:00.003-08:00

"The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage."
Danish proverb

September 24

2007-11-19T18:21:00.001-08:00

"Chocolate is not always a good thing, it adversely affects a dog's heart and nervous system."

September 22 & 23

2007-11-19T18:20:00.001-08:00

"I felt a great sense of excitement and secret power when I followed my dog's lead in burying something of value in the backyard."
Phil Littman

September 21

2007-11-19T18:19:00.004-08:00

"Puppies are nature's remedy for feeling unloved....plus numerous other ailments of life."
Richard Allan Palm

September 20

2007-11-19T18:19:00.003-08:00

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

September 20

2007-11-19T18:19:00.001-08:00

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

September 19

2007-11-19T18:18:00.002-08:00

"My dog is half pit-bull, half poodle. Not much of a watchdog, but a vicious gossip!"
Craig Shoemaker

September 18

2007-11-19T18:18:00.001-08:00

"The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me?"
Sir Walter Scott

September 17

2007-11-19T18:17:00.003-08:00

"A house without a dog is as strange to me as a house without any windows."
Anonymous

September 15 & 16

2007-11-19T18:17:00.001-08:00

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

September 14

2007-11-19T18:16:00.003-08:00

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

September 13

2007-11-19T18:15:00.002-08:00

"Life is like a dog-sled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes."
Lewis Grizzard

September 12

2007-11-19T18:15:00.001-08:00

"If a dog's prayers were answered, bones would rain from the sky."
Turkish proverb

September 11

2007-11-19T18:14:00.002-08:00

"To live with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane."
Bradley Nowell, the band Sublime

September 10

2007-11-19T18:14:00.001-08:00

"A dog a day keeps the doctor away."
Norman Le Blanc

September 8 & 9

2007-11-19T18:13:00.001-08:00

"Brothers and sisters, I bid you beward
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear."
Rudyard Kipling

September 7

2007-11-19T18:12:00.002-08:00

"Argos, the faithful dog of the Greek hero Odysseus, waited nearly 20 years for his master's return from Troy."