"The greatest problem with Irish
Wolfhounds, though, is that they don't live very long: their great
hearts give out. A good deal of this is genetic, of course, but I
think it is in part that they worry so for us, care so much."
---Edward Albee
"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and
the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never
would've thought of that!"
--- Dave Barry
"Much has been written about the loyalty of dogs, but what I love about them
isn't their devotion to me so much as their devotion to being alive. I
love their open-hearted willingness to take the world on its own terms.
Let me at it, they say; sock it to me. Here I come, ready or not.
Let the games begin."
--- Steven Bauer
“Any man who does not like dogs and want them about,
does not deserve to be in the White House.”
--- Calvin Coolidge
“I am unable to understand, how anyone can get along without some sort of
pet”
--- Grace Coolidge
"On his walks Bear
made friends of people of all sorts. The littler ones responded to him
instantly, as if he were a big furry stuffed toy. Bear would give a
quick kiss to each face in the seething clump of kids we walked through
every school day morning; then he would move aside and sit, allowing them to
crowd him with hugs and pettings, and with sweet nothings to whisper in his
ear."
--- Robert Canzoneri
"If he
didn't have other outlets I swear he would herd the toilet and the bathtub."
--- Roger Caras on Duncan the border collie
"Que me amat, amet et canem meum"
(Who loves me will love my dog also.)
--- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux"
"Dogs laugh, but they laugh with
their tails."
--- Max Eastman
"I think we are drawn to dogs
because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain
we knew better."
--- George Bird Evans
"Dog! at the price of the
repose which is dear to your heart, you came to me when I was dismayed and
brought low."
--- Anatole France
"Scott, the Border
collie, is the brightest but not the deepest of the two pets. His
herding instinct is so strong that he confuses tractors on a baseball field
for sheep. He was hospitalized twice. Once by a line drive and
once for attacking a tractor tread."
--- Tom Hayden
"Women and cats will do as they please, and men
and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."
--- Robert A. Heinlein
"Dogs bark at what they don't understand."
--- Heraclitus.
"They were just animals, after all, and it seemed to me
that their main preoccupation ought to be in seeking food and protection;
instead they dispensed a flow of affection and loyalty which appeared to be
limitless."
--- James Herriot
"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a
sweater. . . suggest that he wear a tail."
--- Fran Lebowitz
"I sometimes look into the face of my dog Stan and see
wistful sadness and existential angst when all he is actually doing is
slowly scanning the ceiling for flies."
--- Merrill Markoe
"A Pekingese is not a pet dog; he is an undersized lion."
-- A.A. Milne
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