“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”
~ Anatole France
“My little dog — a heartbeat at my feet.”
~ Edith Wharton
“My little dog — a heartbeat at my feet.”
~ Edith Wharton
“I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long.”
~ Walt Whitman
“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.”
~ Ben Williams
A few weeks after my surgery, I went out to play catch with my golden retriever. When I bent over to pick up the ball, my prosthesis fell out. The dog snatched it, and I found myself chasing him down the road yelling “Hey, come back here with my breast!”
–Linda Ellerbee
“Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives.”
~ Sue Murphy
“To err is human, to forgive, canine…”
~ Anonymous
“The dog was created especially for children. He is the God of frolic.”
~ Henry Ward Beecher
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.”
~ Roger Caras
“If I have any beliefs about immortality it is that certain dogs I know will go to heaven, and very very few people.”
~ James Thurber
If you want to be liked, get a dog. The people you work with are not your friends.
–Deborah Norville
“A dog has lots of friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue.”
~ Anonymous
“Every boy should have two things: a dog, and a mother willing to let him have one”
~ Anonymous
“The dog represents all that is best in man.”
~ Etienne Charlet
“Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”
~ Ann Landers
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.”
~ Andrew A. Rooney
“Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”
~ George Elliot
“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
“…he will be our friend for always and always and always.”
~ Rudyard Kipling
“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.”
~ Martin Buber
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”
~ Groucho Marx
“Speak softly and own a big, mean Doberman.”
~Dave Miliman
“One reason the dog has so many friends: He wags his tail instead of his tongue.”
~ Unknown
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man.”
~ Mark Twain