Dog Quotes from Dogs Don’t Bite When A Growl Will Do

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“If you don’t have a dog--at least one--there is not necessarily
anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.”
--Vincent Van Gogh

“Dogs are obsessed with being happy”
--James Thurber

“To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.”
--Aldous Huxley

"His name is not wild dog anymore, but the first friend,
because he will be our friend for always and always and always."
-- Rudyard Kipling

“Dogs never lie about love.”
--Jeffery Moussaieff Masson

“Q: If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
A: A dog, so my wife would love me more.”
--Oscar de la Renta, interviewed in Vanity Fair Magazine

“I wonder if other dogs think Poodles are members
of some weird religious cult.”
-- Rita Rudner

“The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged a dog down to his.”
---James Thurber

“No one appreciates the very special genius
of your conversation as the dog does.”
--Christopher Morley

“I’ve seen the look in dog’s eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed
contempt, and I am convinced that dogs think humans are nuts.”
–--John Steinbeck

“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

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

“Don’t carry anything that’s too big to fit in your mouth.”
---Conversations With Dog

“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

“The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic.”
--Henry Ward Beecher

“The average dog is a nicer person then the average person.”
-- Andrew A. Rooney

“If you can start the day without caffeine . . . If you can get going without pep pills. . . If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it . . . If you can conquer the world tension without medical help . . . If you can relax without liquor. . . If you can sleep without the aid of drugs . . . Then my friend, you are almost as good as your dog. ”
--Author Unknown

“If we were as apathetic as many humans,
then someone would probably suggest putting us to sleep.”
--Conversations With Dog

“In Dog years, I’m dead.”
--Author Unknown

"Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in."
-- Mark Twain

“I wonder what goes through his mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl.” --Penny Ward Moser

“I am a dog. You are a man. You expect too much. I accept too little. Even when I get too little, I still know that life is good. Too often you overlook that fact.”
--Conversations with Dog

“Happiness is a warm puppy.”
--Charles M. Schultz

“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures.
For me they are the role model for being alive.”
– Gilda Radner

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

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

“If your dog is fat, then you aren’t getting enough exercise.”
– Author Unknown

“If you get to thinking that you are a person of some influence,
try ordering someone else’s dog around.”
--Will Rogers

“One of the problems with humans that I see is that they aren’t so
good at finding things that they bury.”
--Conversations with Dog

“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

“Dig under fence – Why?
Because it’s there. Because it’s there.
Because it’s there.”
--Author Unknown

“Of all the things I miss from veterinary practice,
puppy breath is one of the most fond memories.”
– Dr. Tom Cat

“I lie belly-up
In the Sunshine, happier than
You will ever be.”
– Author Unknown

“In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semihuman.The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.”
---Edward Hoagland

“I love my master;
Thus I perfume myself with
This long-rotten squirrel.”
--Author Unknown

“Today I sniffed
Many dogs’ behinds. I celebrate
By kissing your face.”
--Author Unknown

“My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to
.99 cents a can. That’s almost $7.00 in dog money.”
--Joel Weinstein

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

“There is no faith which has never been broken except that of a truly faithful dog.”
-- Konrad Lorenz

“All knowledge, the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog.”
---Franz Kafka

“If the are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went”
--Will Rogers

“She is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are her life, her love, her leader. She will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of her heart.” --Author Unknown

“Dogs are our link to paradise.”
-- Milan Kundera

“Laugh and the world laughs with you. Bark and you have no
earthy idea how humans will respond.”
--Conversations with Dog

“Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without ferocity, and all the virtues of man without his vices. This praise which would be unmeaning flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but just tribute to the memory of Boatswain, a dog . . . .”
--Lord Byron