Quotes About Dogs

“Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. ” – Roger A. Caras


“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.”  – Charles de Gaulle


“My little dog – a heartbeat at my feet.” – Edith Wharton


“It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.” – John Grogan

“To err is human — to forgive, canine.” – Author Unknown


“The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.” – Konrad Lorenz


“Happiness is a warm puppy.”  – Charles Schulz


“Dogs leave pawprints on our hearts” – Author Unknown


“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”  – Mark Twain


“If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.”  – Capek


“The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.” – M.K. Clinton

Animal Quotes 2

"If there is no heaven for dogs, then I want to go where they go when I die."

    -Anonymous

"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

"If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people."

    -Capek

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

    -Billings

"The dog who meets with a good master is the happier of the two."

    -Maeterlinck

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

    -Ben Williams

"Whoever said you canÂ’t buy happiness forgot about little puppies."

    -Gene Hill

"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as much as the dog does."

    -Christopher Morley

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

    -Josh Billings

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."

    -Andrew A.

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."


-Unknown

"I've seen a look in dogsÂ’ eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts."

    -John Steinbeck

"If your dog doesn't like someone you probably shouldn't either."
-Unknown

"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."

    -Bonnie Wilcox

"The more people I meet the more I like my dog"

    -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 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."

    -Bonnie Schacter

"No Matter how little money and how few possessions, you own, having a dog makes you rich."

    -Louis Sabin

"Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail."

    -Josh Billings

"A piece of grass a day keeps the vet away"

    -Unknown Dog

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."

    -Roger Caras

"Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear."

    -Dave Barry

"The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic."

    -Henry Ward

"To his dog, every man is Napolean, hence the constant popularity of dogs."

    -Aldous Huxley

"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives."

    -Sue Murphy

"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends."

    -Alexander Pope

"Do not make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans or they will treat you like dogs."

    -Martha Scott

"Every dog must have his day."

    -Jonathan Swift

"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who have not got the guts to bite people themselves."

    -August Strindberg

"I have always thought of a dog lover as a dog that was in love with another dog."

    -James Thurber

"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful."

    -Ann Landers

Animal Quotes 1

Dogs are commonly referred to as “man’s best friend,”  famous people also had choice and lasting words for our four-legged colleagues.

"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'Wow, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'”
—Dave Barry (author, Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway: A Vicious and Unprovoked Attack on Our Most Cherished Political Institutions)

"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down."
—Robert Benchley (humorist and actor, Broadway Melody of 1938)


"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself."
—Josh Billings (a.k.a. Henry Wheeler Shaw; humorist and lecturer)


“Hounds follow those who feed them.”
―Otto von Bismarck (1st Chancellor of Germany)

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
—Roger Caras (photographer and writer)


"Every dog has his day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weak-end."
—June Carter Cash (singer) 

“Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.”
—Agatha Christie (author, Death on the Nile)


“The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.”
―M.K. Clinton (author, The Returns)


“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.”
—Charles de Gaulle (former President of the French Republic)

“The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.”
—Johnny Depp (actor, Pirates of the Caribbean)



"Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell."
—Emily Dickinson (poet, "Hope is the Thing with Feathers")


“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog.”
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th President of the United States)


"Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?"
—Jonathan Safran Foer (author, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)


“There are three faithful friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.”
—Benjamin Franklin (Founding Father of the United States)


"Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate."
—Sigmund Freud (psychoanalyst)


"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."
—Robert A. Heinlein (author, Starship Troopers)


“When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad.”
―Kristan Higgins (author, In Your Dreams)


“To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.”
—Aldous Huxley (author, Brave New World)