Dogs Quotes

In dog culture, when someone calls you, you should absolutely not come if that results in the ending of something you like or initiation of something you don’t like.

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

You can't be sad when Daisy is around, she won't let you.

Finally, Charlie gave up the hunt and placed (the puppy) back on the floor, dispatching fleas was not his idea of a romantic evening, unless you happened to be a twisted exterminator, he thought.

I've changed my ways a little, I cannot nowRun with you in the evenings along the shore, Except in a kind of dream, and you, if you dream a moment, You see me there.

Heaven is a place where all the dogs you've ever loved come to greet you.

The human race should learn from dogs about the enormous power of love.

Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God."Aristotle

I say every dog looks like no otherbut that isn't true. Not entirely.Difference is slippery.

You know what I should do?" Hoshino asked excited. "Of course, " the cat said. "What'd I tell you? Cats know everything. Not like dogs.

You can't have too much dog in a book.

Never mind, said Hachiko each day. Here I wait, for my friend who’s late. I will stay, just to walk beside you for one more day.

You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog!

Tommy and Scootie locked eyes. Only minutes ago, he wouldn't have believed that he could ever have felt such a kinship with the Labrador as he felt now.

people have a natural tendency to anthropomorphize their pets, to ascribe human perceptions and intentions to the animal where none exist

In a dog's world, would we be his best friend?

Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans: once you leave the litter, you sever contact with your mothers.

My cats inspire me daily. They inspire me to get a dog!

Why, that dog is practically a Phi Beta Kappa. She can sit up and beg, and she can give her paw -- I don't say she will but she can.

Taking a deep breath, I shake my head and find Judge staring at me. "Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans, " I say. "Once you leave the litter, you sever contact with your mothers.

Intelligence is overrated. Two dogs who sniff each others’ butts learn more about each other in a moment than many humans understand about those they’ve known for a lifetime.

Nothing is so lovely as a quietly snoring dog and some evening Brahms, as you sit in a comfortably overstuffed chair with your feet on the footstool.

Once bitten twice shy? Sure, but... why not get a bigger dog and bite them back?

I hope so, ” grumbled Ian. “I’m going to look for another one of ‘em winged dogs for Mabel.

Star, pillows don't attack dogs, " Sam said."Or anything else, " Turtle added.

When the puppy licked my hand, we all knew he was the one for us

Another item that appeared in the backyard was rabbits. Bear would chase them away.

Animals are precious gifts offering unconditional love.

Babies have the power to make grumpy people happy because they love you no matter what. Dogs are that way, too.

The world cannot be full of lead dogs, or the pack would pull itself apart.

The best cure for a stick up your butt is a dog to play fetch with.

You humans always try to make things too simple, except when you’re trying to make things too complicated. You can never just be with what is.

Joy sat in my throat like an egg resting on a spoon, quiet and fragile, but real.

This boy needs a dog.What makes you say that?He needs someone or something to play with besides his phone and an old man and an old woman doddering around.

I have never tried to walk through a mall in the Christmas season dressed like a jolly old elf. You might as well dress up like a pork chop and walk into an alley full of starving dogs.

A delightfully droll look at how the other half lives from a pet pooch's point of view.

These dogs didn't bother to bond with us, but stuck out their paws, not to shake hands but so we could slit their wrists and get it the hell over with. (p.51)

When we learn to relax and simply be present for the animal without judgment, we will find it much easier to connect with animals, and in turn, we will begin to see better responses from them.

By simply relaxing, being quiet, breathing and having a heartfelt intention to help another being, you create a sacred space. In this space, all things are possible.

I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person.

at first sight everyone seems like human.

Those who love dogs, know something about God.

Dogs are special that way—you can ignore them or yell at them, they always forgive you. —Madison

You ask me to forgive you? I’m thanking you. You finally loved me in that moment, and that love set me free, released me from my sworn duty.

Dogs, for a reason that can only be described as divine, have the ability to forgive, let go of the past, and live each day joyously. It’s something the rest of us strive for.

You will never know loneliness when you have a dog, when you lose that dog it will be loneliness like you've never known.

He tried not to cry as he wondered if he would ever have a home again.

If you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with the bird in its mouth.'(from "The Front and the Back Parts of the House", 1991)

But they never again passed up the opportunity to read a good book, together.

Over the years most of my peers had come to hate me—I never understood why. I guess I was just different and, like dogs, they could smell it. So I never had many friends.