Quotes about dog
dog kind has-beens
God has been kind to dogs in no putting a sense of beauty into their heads. Milan Kundera
dog animal men
No one can give anyone else the gift of the idyll; only an animal can do so, because only animals were not expelled from Paradise. The love between dog and man is idyllic. It knows no conflicts, no hair-raising scenes; it knows no development. Milan Kundera
dog children book
David Sedaris wrote in one of his books that people like to make children into little grown-ups, which to him is about as funny as a dog in sunglasses. Mara Wilson
dog notion knows
We never consider that the things dogs know about us are things of which we have not the faintest notion. Jose Saramago
dog cutting men
A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended. Jose Saramago
dog
I will defend the peso like a dog! Jose Lopez
dog bark caravans
Dogs bark and the caravan goes by. Jose Mourinho
dog gun hunting
When you are fed up with the troublesome present, take your gun, whistle for your dog, and go out to the mountain. Jose Ortega y Gasset
dog house doing-nothing
I'm perfectly happy doing nothing. I'll hang around the house and take the dog to the park. Jorge Garcia
dog sleep exercise
I like to think I'm healthy. I exercise a lot. I have this great dog, and I walk her about five days a week. I dance, I surf. I eat mostly vegan, try to get enough sleep. For me, that's really critical. Jorja Fox
dog distance flower
On those remote pages [of 'a certain Chinese encyclopedia'] it is written that animals are divided into (a) those that belong to the Emperor, (b) embalmed ones, (c) those that are trained, (d) suckling pigs, (e) mermaids, (f ) fabulous ones, (g) stray dogs, (h) those that are included in this classification, (i) those that tremble as if they were mad, (j) innumerable ones, (k) those drawn with a very fine camel's hair brush, (l) others, (m) those that have just broken a flower vase, (n) those that resemble flies from a distance. Jorge Luis Borges
dog book guests
A true critic, in the perusal of a book, is like a dog at a feast, whose thoughts and stomach are wholly set upon what the guests fling away, and consequently is apt to snarl most when there are the fewest bones. Jonathan Swift
dog love-is dirt
111 company is like a dog, who dirts those most whom he loves best. Jonathan Swift
dog able welcome
I like being able to go to a local pub and have great food and particularly love pubs that welcome my dogs. Kevin Spacey
dog voice vote
I cannot bring myself to vote for a woman who has been voice-trained to speak to me as though my dog has just died. Keith Waterhouse
dog moving thinking
Derek caught my arm again as I started to move--at this rate, it was going to be as sore as my injured one. "Dog," he said, jerking his chin toward the fenced yard. "It was inside earlier." Expecting to see a Doberman slavering at the fence, I followed his gaze to a little puff of white fur, the kind of dog women stick in their purses. It wasn't even barking, just staring at us, dancing in place. "Oh, my God! It's a killer Pomeranian." I glanced up at Derek. "It's a tough call, but I think you can take him. Kelley Armstrong
dog eye doors
I glanced up to see Liz and smiled. "Thank you." "I just went along for the ride. After that happened-" She waved at Derek. "You know how blind people need Seeing Eye dogs? Well, apparently werewolves could really use Opening Door poltergeists. Kelley Armstrong
dog wild-dogs
Wild dogs? Or just Clayton? -Nick Sorrentino (Bitten) Kelley Armstrong
dog children practice
Children, like dogs, have so sharp and fine a scent that they detect and hunt out everything--the bad before all the rest. They also know well enough how this or that friend stands with their parents; and as they practice no dissimulation whatever, they serve as excellent barometers by which to observe the degree of favor or disfavor at which we stand with their parents. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
dog honesty yards
Every Saturday we work in the yard, pick up the dog doo, hope that it's hard. Joe Walsh
dog giving-up writing
I got a pit bull from a shelter, so my whole life is centered on this dog, and I've been writing a lot of dog jokes. I should probably give up now, because I'm writing jokes about my dog. Joe Mande
dog pups puppy
The biggest dog has been a pup. Joaquin Miller
dog watches leather
The footage that you're about to watch of China's dog-leather trade is one of the worst things I've ever seen. Joaquin Phoenix
dog thinking giving
Gods? Don't let that impress you. Anyone can be a god if they have enough worshippers. You don't even have to have powers anymore. In my time I've seen theatre gods, gladiator gods, even storyteller gods - you people see gods everywhere. Gives you an excuse for not thinking for yourselves. God is just a word. Like Fury. like demon, Just words people use for things they don't understand. Reverse it and you get dog. It's just as appropriate. Joanne Harris
dog thinking people
Guilleaume left La Praline with a small bag of florentines in his pocket; before he had turned the corner of avenue des Francs Bourgeois I saw him stoop to offer one to the dog. A pat, a bark, a wagging of the short stubby tail. As I said, some people never have to think about giving. Joanne Harris
dog gun loud noise scared sounds thunder
The loud noise is very scary, and if you have a dog that's very scared of a gun shot, thunder sounds very similar.
dog people politics
The thing we adore about these dog-whistle kerfuffles is that the people who react to the whistle always assume it's intended for somebody else. The whole point of the metaphor is that if you can hear the whistle, you're the dog. James Taranto
dog thoughtful puppy
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs. James Thurber
dog wet-dogs wet
A wet dog is lovingest. James Thurber
dog animal men
It did not take Man long-probably not more than a hundred centuries-to discover that all the animals except the dog were impossible around the house. One has but to spend a few days with an aardvark or llama, command a water buffalo to sit up and beg or try to housebreak a moose, to perceive how wisely Man set about his process of elimination and selection. James Thurber
dog police badges
If you are a police dog, where's your badge? James Thurber
dog fun piano
He had as much fun in the water as any person I have known. You didn't have to throw a stick in the water to get him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you did throw one in. He would even have brought back a piano if you had thrown one in. James Thurber
dog fun animal
The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals James Thurber