More quotations tagged with “dogs”
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 a man.
—Robert Benchley
We could have bought a small yacht with what we spent on our dog an dall the things he destroyed. Then again, how many yachts wait by the door all day for your return?
—Peter Steiner
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. He taught me to appreciate the simple things - a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.
—Ogden Nash
A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.
—Maurice Maeterlinck
When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news.
—Mark Twain