Pet Quotes

"The poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend."

Lord Byron

"Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends."

Alexander Pope

"I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?"

Alexander Pope

"Fox terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs."

Jerome K. Jerome

"Every dog must have his day."

Jonathan Swift

"My little dog – a heartbeat at my feet."

Edith Wharton

"Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really."

Agnes Sligh Turnbull

"The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment."

Robert Falcon Scott

"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

"Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear."

Dave Barry

"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'Wow, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'"

Dave Barry

"If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them."

Phil Pastoret

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

Rita Rudner

"Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog."

Franklin P. Jones

"The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog."

George Graham Vest

"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive."

Gilda Radner

"Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more."

Agatha Christie

"When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad."

Kristan Higgins

"Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails."

Max Eastman

"Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job."

Franklin P. Jones

"Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? 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

"To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs."

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

Ben Williams

"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

"A dog is one of the few remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk."

O. A. Battista