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    November 28

    Some of my favorite quotations

    Over the years there have been a lot of things said about dogs.  Some are more flattering than others, but I thought it would be nice to share a few of my favorites with you here.  You will see a few on the right hand column from time to time, but I didn't want to clog up the place with a long list there so I'm going to show them here.

    "If there is no heaven for dogs, then I want to go where they go when I die."
        -Anonymous
     
    "The greatest 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

    "A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself."
        -Billings

    "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about little puppies."
        -Gene Hill
     
    "No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as much as the dog does."
        -Christopher Morley
     
    "The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."
        -Andrew A.
     
    "If your dog doesn't like someone you probably shouldn't either."
        -Unknown
     
    "Old dogs, like old shoes, are comfortable. They might be a bit out of shape and a little worn around the edges, but they fit well."
        -Bonnie Wilcox
     
    "The more people I meet the more I like my dog"
        -Unknown
     
    "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."
        -Roger Caras
     
    "Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives."
        -Sue Murphy
     
    "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. It is the principal difference between a dog and a man."
        -Mark Twain
     
    "Even the tiniest poodle is lionhearted, ready to do anything to defend home, master, and mistress."
        -Louis Sabin
     
    "A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk."
        -O. A.
     
    "A dog can express more with his tail in minutes than his owner can express with his tongue in hours."
        -Anonymous
     
    "It's no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk."
        -Anonymous
     
    "Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails."
        -Max Eastman
     
    "Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog."
        -The Cockle
     
    "A dog is nothing but a furry person."
        -Anonymous
     
    "A well-trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch. He will just make you feel so guilty that you cannot enjoy it."
        -Helen Thomson
     
    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 (1861 - 1947)
     
    We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.  Anna Sewell (1820 - 1878), Black Beauty, 1877
     
    Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.  Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000), (Snoopy) 
     
    It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?  Eleanor H. Porter (1868 - 1920), Pollyanna, 1912
     
    If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.  Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
     
    No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.  Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
     
    Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.  George Eliot (1819 - 1880), 'Mr. Gilfil's Love Story,' Scenes of Clerical Life, 1857
     
    Cats regard people as warmblooded furniture.  Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Deep End of the Ocean
     
    Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.  Jeff Valdez
     
    Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.  Joe Gores
     
    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.  Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
     
    We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us. Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)
     
    A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.  Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)