D Quotes
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“Dogs experience the world as it is, without judgement. When we learn to do the same, we make the world a better place.”
“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.”
Source: Dave Barry Talks Back
“Dogs get lost hundreds of times and no one ever notices it or sends an account of it to a scientific magazine.”
Source: Animal Intelligence: An Experimental Study of the Associative Processes in Animals
“Dogs give us something just as we give something to them.”
“Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.”
“Dogs have a lot of love.”
“Dogs have a lot to communicate to a person willing to listen.”
“Dogs have a sense of smell much greater than ours and they're much faster than we are. We have fairly dull senses, fairly slow locomotion. In our Olympic trials, we celebrate speeds that would be an embarrassment to a bird or a dog or another animal.”
“Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, Filling an emptiness we don't even know we have.”
“Dogs have always provided a special kind of love and companionship that I experience only some of the time with humans. They have a strong sense of character and live the way we ought to: dogs never compare you to your sister nor make judgments in her favor. Dogs never know what is coming and so live purely in the moment, savoring the good, doing their best to endure the bad--and they offer up this miraculous example so that we can learn from it.”
“Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.”
“Dogs have fleas; people have each other. We are born to die. Life is a continuing tragic comedy. Everything and everyone we love suffers. Anybody who doesn't see that has not grown up and known life.”
“Dogs have found themselves in an odd predicament by living with humans. In the wild, dogs don't need humans to achieve balance. They have a pack leader, work for food and travel with the pack. When we bring them into our world, we need to help them achieve balance by fulfilling their needs as nature intended. This takes exercise and discipline before affection, and always maintaining your calm, assertive pack leadership.”
“Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made.”
Source: A Celebration of Dogs
“Dogs have human names. It's what keeps them from being wolves.”
Source: Nettle & Bone
“Dogs have important jobs, like barking when the doorbell rings, but cats have no function in a house whatsoever.”
Source: A Dog's Purpose: A Novel for Humans
“Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves.”
Source: This Simian World
“Dogs have never hurt me. Only men have.”
“Dogs have no money. Isn't that amazing? They're broke their entire lives. But they get through. You know why dogs have no money? .. No Pockets.”
“Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before him.”
Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished
“Dogs have owners, cats have staff.”
“Dogs have such short life spans, it's like a concentrated version of a human life. When they get older, they become much more like our mothers. They wait for us, watch out for us, are completely fascinated by everything we do.”
“Dogs have the heart of God.”
“Dogs have the power to transform our lives, nurturing trust, ease, and new perspectives. They invite us to reconsider our ways of living and connecting with the world, offering a respite from the complexities of human social life. ("I am young and have no dog")”
“Dogs have their day but cats have 365.”
“Dogs help you to appreciate the world around you. They smell the ground so intensely. They look at the trees as though they are seeing them for the first time. It helps us to remember the wonders that we take for granted.”
“Dogs in America get more affection than women in most Third World countries.”
“Dogs invite us not only to share their joy but also to live in the moment, where we are neither proceeding from nor moving toward, where the enchantment of the past and future cannot distract us, where a freedom from practical desire and a cessation of our usual ceaseless action allows us to recognize the truth of our existence, the reality of our world and purpose--if we dare.”
Source: The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd
“Dogs just need you and love, that's all.”
“Dogs kind of default to making friends unless provoked. Cats seem to default to making enemies unless convinced otherwise.”
Source: The 12 Cats of Christmas
“Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.”
Source: Enjoyment of Laughter
“Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. And a tail is an awkward thing to laugh with, as you can see by the way they bend themselves half double in extreme hilarity trying to get that rear-end exuberance forward into the main scene of action. What puts man on a higher stage of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the right end.”
“Dogs lead a nice life. You never see a dog with a wristwatch.”
Source: 3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
“Dogs like everyone. Cats choose who to like.”
“Dogs like to obey. It gives them security.”
Source: The Lord God Made Them All: The classic memoirs of a Yorkshire country vet
“Dogs live about twelve years and that’s why they discovered this brilliant philosophy: Because time is limited, there is no time to be unhappy!”
“Dogs live longer than rappers.”
“Dogs live with man as courtiers 'round a monarch, steeped in the flattery of his notice ... to push their favor in this world of pickings and caresses is, perhaps, the business of their lives.”
Source: Memories and Portraits: Stevenson's Vol. 21
“Dogs lounged beneath half the tables, bowls of water set out by the staff as though they were regulars too.”
Source: Stolen
“Dogs love company. They place it first on their short list of needs.”
“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.”
Source: The Diary of Sigmund Freud 1929-1939: A Record of the Final Decade
“Dogs love to go for rides. A dog will happily get into any vehicle going anywhere.”
“Dogs love us not only because we feed them, walk them, or groom them, or protect them, but because we are fun. How astonishing!”
Source: Dogs Never Lie about Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs
“dogs love us unconditionally and cats are big on redemption. Our sins and shortcomings don't bother them as long as we delight in their presence.”
“Dogs love us unconditionally, as God intended. If we look carefully, we can learn from them how to make the world a brighter and better place.”
Source: Pawz and Pray: Finding Joy in the Journey with God, Family, and Furry Friends! 130 Inspiring Stories and Devotions for Dog Lovers
“Dogs make good pets because they are very loyal”
“Dogs make sense. They understand hierarchy and the need to cooperate. They come when you call them. A cat though—a cat will take your number and get back to you. Maybe. If he’s in a good mood.”
Source: Mortal Danger
“Dogs may be a man's best friends, but the proverb says, "Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are.”
“Dogs may be divided into two classes: those who are merely afraid of cattle and those who can't abide them.”
“Dogs may have kept us company on the hunt, but it was the cats who insisted we invent houses and discover fire.”