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Quotables

 

"The dog was created specially for children.
He is the God of frolic.
                         -- Henry Ward Beecher 

"If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around."
-- cowboy wisdom

"When the Man waked up he said,
'What is Wild Dog doing here?'
And the Woman said,
'His name is not Wild Dog any more,
but the First Friend,
because he will be our friend
for always and always and always.'"
-- Rudyard Kipling

"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

"The dog barks backward without getting up/I can remember when he was a pup."
-- Robert Frost

"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

"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater...suggest that he wear a tail."
-- Fran Lebowitz

"When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem."
-- Edward Abbey

"Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun."
-- Indian Proverb

"Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas."
-- Italian Proverb

"Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise."
-- Welsh Proverb

"When old dogs bark, it's time to watch out." 

"Als oude honden blaffen, is het tijd om uit te zien."
Meaning: Pay heed to the warnings of those who are experienced.Source: K.
Ter Laan

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

"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.

"The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread."
-- Portuguese Proverb

"Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses."
-- Elizabeth Taylor

"A dog may bark, but his legs will never grow longer."
-- Unknown

"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."
-- Alfred North Whitehead

"My dog thinks he's human.. My cat thinks he's GOD!"
-- Unknown

"I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world."
-- Samuel Johnson

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

"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."
-- Milan Kundera

"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself."
-- Josh Billings

"Man is a dog's idea of what God should be."
-- Holbrook Jackson

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."
-- Andrew A. Rooney

"One reason a dog is such a lovable creature is his tail wags instead of his tongue."
-- Unknown

"Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children,   as they are already stretched and pulled  to such a length that a child cannot   do much harm one way or another."
-- Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)

"I am I because my little dog knows me"
-- Gertrude Stein

"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet."
-- Colette

"Dogs eat. Cats dine."
-- Ann Taylor

"My goal in life is to become as wonderful as my dog thinks I am."
-- Toby & Eileen Green

"For cheap money, dogs eat meat."
Meaning: If you are too cheap, you'll waste your money because you'll end up throwing it out because what you buy is no good.
-- Polish Saying

"Qui me amat, amet et canem meum."
("Love me, love my dog.")
-- St. Bernard, A.D. 1150, "Sermo Primus"

"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, "The Coming of Riquet"

"I was desperate. The swine who stole my dog doesn't realize what he did to me!"
-- Hitler, 1917, After a railroad worker in Alsace stole his terrier

"Man is a dog's idea of what God should be."
-- Holbrook Jackson

"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"
-- Unknown

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."
-- Andrew A. Rooney

"To his dog, every man is King; hence the constant popularity of dogs."
-- Aldous Huxley

 

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