Pet Quotes

"Be the person your dog thinks you are."

J. W. Stephens

"The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog."

M. K. Clinton

"Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms."

George Eliot

"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language."

Martin Buber

"Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks."

Roger Caras

"Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, filling an emptiness we don't even know we have."

Thom Jones

"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet."

Colette

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."

Albert Schweitzer

"Cats choose us; we don't own them."

Kristin Cast

"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul."

Jean Cocteau

"A meow massages the heart."

Stuart McMillan

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."

Robert A. Heinlein

"The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself."

William S. Burroughs

"Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them."

Jim Davis

"It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?"

Eleanor H. Porter

"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man."

Charles Darwin

"The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"

Jeremy Bentham

"Clearly, animals know more than we think, and think a great deal more than we know."

Irene Pepperberg

"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to."

Alfred A. Montapert

"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans."

James Herriot

"Dogs never bite me. Just humans."

"Dogs are our link to paradise."

Milan Kundera

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

Henry Ward Beecher

"A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won't be too bad."

Robert Wagner

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

Christopher Morley