Dog Quotes - Page 21

• Be the person your dog thinks you are.

  John W. Stephens

  Inspirational, Life, Self Esteem

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• Managers thinking about accounting issues should never forget one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite riddles: How many legs does a dog have, if you call a tail a leg? The answer: Four, because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

  Warren Buffett

  Thinking, Issues, Legs

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.186, John Wiley & Sons

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• I wasn't even aware of the Year of the Family. I couldn't give a toss. These things - the year of the family, the year of the three-legged dog. I think it's all trash.

  Roddy Doyle

  Family, Thinking, Years

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• We old bachelors smell like dogs, do we? So be it. But I must take issue with your claim that doctors who treat female illnesses are womanizers and cynics at heart. Gynecologists deal with savage prose the likes of which you have never dreamed of.

  Anton Chekhov

  Women, Heart, Doctors

  Letter to E.M. Shavrova, September 16, 1891.

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• I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?

  Diogenes

  Men, He Man

  Herakleitos, Diogenes (2011). “Herakleitos and Diogenes: Translated from the Greek by Guy Davenport”, p.51, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• Dogs keep a promise a person can't.

  Hannibal

  Promise, Persons

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• I don't actually like people. I'm a loner and if I had my way I'd just walk my dogs every day, never talk to anyone and then die.

  Tony Adams

  People, Loner, Way

  "A way with words: the wit, wisdom and weirdness of Tony Adams". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2009.

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• The brain upon which my experiences have been written is not a particularly good one. If their were brain-shows, as there are cat and dog shows, I doubt if it would get even a third class prize.

  H. G. Wells

  Cat, Class, Doubt

  H. G. Wells (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells”, p.16703, Delphi Classics

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• Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog. Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.

  Walt Kelly

  Real, Looks, Flattery

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• Only a dog would lick a finger pointed in anger.

  Jason Thomas

  Fingers

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• I get a lot of sleep on the bus. I bring two dogs with me, who keep me grounded. I guess that's just in my soul. It's good to know that you're good at something.

  Emmylou Harris

  Sleep, Two, Soul

  Interview with Stacey D'Erasmo, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 10, 2014.

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• The truth I do not stretch or shove
  When I state the dog is full of love.
  I've also proved, by actual test,
  A wet dog is the lovingest.

  Ogden Nash

  Tests, States, Wet

  Ogden Nash, Étienne Delessert (1987). “Ogden Nash's zoo”, Stewart, Tabori and Chang

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• Church hoppers are like wandering dogs. If they are not regularly patted on the head, they will go elsewhere until they are.

  Steven J Lawson

  Church, Wander, Elsewhere

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• For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown.

  Victor Hugo

  Kings, Cat, Should Have

  Victor Hugo (1917). “The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction”

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• Wanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Glasses, Broken, Bark

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• O merry, merry, merry, like only dogs know how to be happy and nothing more, with an absolute shameless nature.

  Pablo Neruda

  Happiness, Shameless, How To Be Happy

  Pablo Neruda (2015). “The Poetry of Pablo Neruda”, p.881, Macmillan

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• Your dog is your only philosopher.

  Plato

  Philosopher

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• The ego is like a tired old dog. We can never kill it, so put it out on the back porch, let it rest there, and step around it.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Tired, Ego, Steps

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• I like to call myself an "equal opportunist," as I love both dogs and cats, but over the last couple years, both Howard and I have become champions for cats. They are so independent and loving and playful and bring such happiness to our lives.

  Beth Ostrosky Stern

  Couple, Cat, Independent

  "Beth Stern: Speaking Up for Our Furry Friends". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• Freedom is meaningless if people cannot put food in their stomachs, if they can have no shelter, if illiteracy and disease continue to dog them.

  Nelson Mandela

  People, Shelter, Disease

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.159, Pan Macmillan

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• The dog is all things to all men.

  Ian Niall

  Men, All Things

  Ian Niall (1976). “One man and his dogs”, William Morrow &Company

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• Dogs give us something just as we give something to them.

  Robert Crais

  Giving

  "Suspect". Book by Robert Crais, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2013.

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• A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart.

  John Grogan

  Inspirational, Teacher, Heart

  John Grogan (2010). “Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from the Philadelphia Inquirer”, p.83, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Animals are a continuous source of inspiration and wonder to me. I would love to play a dog.

  James Ransone

  Inspiration, Animal, Play

  "Q&A: Generation Kill actor James Ransone answers your questions". www.theguardian.com. March 20, 2009.

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• A dog is adorable and noble, a dog is a true and loving friend. A dog is also a hedonist.

  Mary Oliver

  Adorable, Loving Friends, Noble

  Mary Oliver (2013). “Dog Songs: Deluxe Edition”, p.51, Penguin

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