Loving Dog Quotes

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  Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Cute, God

  Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.9262, Delphi Classics

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• We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.

  George Eliot

  Dog, Live Life, Animal

  "Puppy Love: new BBC4 comedy explores the UK's canine compulsion" by Joanna Scanlan & Vicki Pepperdine, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2014.

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• A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.

  John Holmes

  Dog, Silly, Race

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• When you feel lousy, puppy therapy is indicated.

  Sara Paretsky

  Dog, Pet, Puppy

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• Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

  Dean Koontz

  Dog, Prayer, Heart

  Dean Koontz (2007). “False Memory”, p.80, Bantam

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• 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

  Cute, Dog, Hate

  Sigmund Freud (1992). “The Diary of Sigmund Freud 1929-1939: A Record of the Final Decade”

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• 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

  Funny, Inspiring, Thankful

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 16, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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  If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Inspiring, Dog, Silly

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

  Bernard Williams

  Happiness, Dog, Nature

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• Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Dog, Cat, Animal

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

  Will Rogers

  Cute, Death, Loyalty

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• If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

  James Thurber

  Dog, Nature, Animal

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• You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Dog, Animal, Thinking

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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  Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!

  Anne Tyler

  Funny, Dog, Mean

  Anne Tyler (1991). “Anne Tyler: a new collection : three complete novels”, Outlet

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• The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Dog, Children, Poodles

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• Whoever said you can't buy Happiness forgot little puppies.

  Gene Hill

  Dog, Nature, Silly

  Gene Hill (2013). “A Hunter's Fireside Book: Tales of Dogs, Ducks, Birds, & Guns”, p.62, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.

  Rita Rudner

  Dog, Witty, Religious

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

  Andy Rooney

  Inspirational, Funny, Dog

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• A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

  Robert Benchley

  Dog, Perseverance, Lying

  Robert Benchley (1976). “Chips Off the Old Benchley”, Amereon Limited

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• A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

  Josh Billings

  Love, Friendship, Dog

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

  Josh Billings

  Inspirational, Funny, Dog

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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

  Roger Caras

  Life, Dog, Sorry

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  The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

  Johnny Depp

  Love, Dog, Baby

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

  Anatole France

  Love, Inspiring, Dog

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Wisdom, Peace, Kindness

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