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If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.

—Arnold Toynbee

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I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

—Winston Churchill

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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

—Samuel Butler

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People who let their dogs and cats have litters in order to show their children the “miracle of birth” should come witness the “miracle of death” performed in the back rooms of animal shelters all over the country.

—Phyllis Wright

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In order to maintain a well-balanced perspective, the person who has a dog to worship him should also have a cat to ignore him.

—Peterborough Examiner

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If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

—Winston Churchill

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My mother thought it would make us feel better to know that animals had no souls, and thus their deaths were not to be taken seriously. But it didn't help, and when I think of some of the animals I have known, I wonder. The only really "soulful" eyes in the world belong to the dog or cat who sits on your lap or at your feet, commiserating when you cry.

—Liz Smith

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I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

—August Strindberg

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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.

—Fran Lebowitz

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My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am.

—Unknown

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Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

—Ann Landers

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My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

—Edith Wharton

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I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

—Winston Churchill

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