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Quotables
"A righteous man has
regard for the life of his beast." |
| "If
your dog doesn't like someone you probably shouldn't either." -- Unknown "He who is cruel to animals
becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his
treatment of animals." "Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable.
They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit
well." "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot
little puppies." "The more people I meet the more I like my
dog" "In dog years I'm dead" "This house is owned & operated solely for
the comfort & convenience of the DOGS!" "The biggest dog has been a pup." "A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance,
and to turn around three times before lying down." "Every dog has his day -- but the nights are
reserved for the cats." "Let sleeping dogs lie." "If you wish the dog to follow you, feed
him." "It's hard to teach an old dog new
tricks." "If you cannot bite, don't show your
teeth." "Without a shepherd, sheep are not a
flock." "One dog barks at something, the rest bark at
him." "To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the
constant popularity of dogs." "The slowest barker is the surest biter."
"I once decided not to date a guy because he
wasn't excited to meet my dog. I mean, this was like not wanting to meet my mother." "A dog is like a liberal. He wants to please
everybody. A cat really doesn't need to know that everybody loves him." "Researches have discovered that dogs can
comprehend a vocabulary of 2,000 words, whereas cats can only comprehend 25 to 50. No one
ever asks "A dog is a prose, a cat is a poem." "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." "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." "You do not own a dog, the dog owns you."
"Beware of still water, a still dog, and a
still enemy." "Beware of a silent dog and still water."
"I would rather see the portrait of a dog that
I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world." "I'd rather have an inch of a dog than miles
of pedigree." "My little dog---a heartbeat at my feet."
"Children and dogs are as necessary to the
welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads." "The world was conquered through the
understanding of dogs; the world exists through the understanding of dogs." "I like a bit of a mongrel myself, whether
it's aman or a dog; it's best for every day." "A pekingeese is not a pet dog; he is an
undersized lion." "There's not much you can do with a terrier,
ma'am." "If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it
as hard to get along with them as we do with people." "All knowledge, the totality of all questions
and all answers is contained in the dog." "Jesse has a new dog. You may have noticed
that his former pets have been peculiarly unfortunate. When this dog dies every employee
in the White "The one absolutely unselfish friend that man
can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves
ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. . . .He will kiss the hand that has no food to
offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the
world. . . .When all other friends desert, he remains." "When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and
takes his dog along to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes. The dog has
certain relationships to the wolf the shepherd may have forgotten." "Humans are the only animals that have
children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs." "If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he
is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer." "It is the part of a good shepherd to shear
his flock, not to skin it." "If you are a host to your guest, be a host to
his dog also." "My dog is worried about the economy because
Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money." "Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog.
Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement."
"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." "Elizabeth's back at the red cross, and I'm
walking the dog." "Women and cats will do as they please and men
and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." "The greater love is a mother's; then comes a
dog's; then a sweetheart's." "And what is the Scientific Community doing
about these problems, young people? THEY'RE CLONING SHEEP. Great! Just what we need! Sheep
that "Some days you're the dog, some days you're
the hydrant." "Dogs are getting bigger, according to a
leading dog manufacturer." "Barking dogs don't bite people they don't
know." "One dog barks at something, the rest bark at
him." "A traveler must have the back of an ass to
bear all, a tongue like the tail of a dog to flatter all, the mouth of a hog to eat what
is set before him, the ear of a merchant to hear all and say nothing." "Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or
squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant
anxiety, but never "Live with wolves, and you learn to
howl." "How's it going Mr. Peterson?" -- Woody |