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Dogs
So I laugh when I hear them make it plain
That dogs and men never meet again.
For all their talk who'd listen to them,
With the soul in the shining eyes of him?
Would God be wasting a dog like Tim?
— W M Letts, Songs of Leinster
At the dog-show held at our local hospital fete, there were many handsome dogs with equally handsome owners. But my attention was drawn to a small mongrel and his owner, a boy of about eleven. For nearly an hour, the boy had been gently grooming and hugging his pet in turn.
When his name was called the boy tenderly took the dog's head into his cupped hands and looked at him with all the love a small boy could show. "Now you mustn't be upset if you don't win a prize," he said, "you see, they don't know you as well as I do." — unknown
The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic. — Henry Ward Beecher
I would rather see a portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. — Samuel Johnson
My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money. — Joe Weinstein
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring—it was peace. — Milan Kundera
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. — Woodrow Wilson
Did you hear about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac who stays up all night wondering if there really is a Dog? — source unknown
When the Man waked up he said,
'What is Wild Dog doing here?'
And the Woman said,
'His name is not Wild Dog any more,
but the First Friend,
because he will be our friend
for always and always and always.' — Rudyard Kipling
My dog is usually pleased with what I do, because she is not infected with the concept of what I 'should' be doing. — Lonzo Idolswine
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog."
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance. — James Thurber
There is an Indian legend which says when a human dies there is a bridge they must cross to enter into heaven. At the head of that bridge waits every animal that human encountered during their lifetime. The animals, based upon what they know of this person, decide which humans may cross the bridge.... and which are turned away..." — Unknown
Lassie looked brilliant, in part because the farm family she lived with was made up of idiots. Remember? One of them was always getting pinned under the tractor, and Lassie was always rushing back to the farmhouse to alert the other ones. She'd whimper and tug at their sleeves, and they'd always waste precious minutes saying things: "Do you think something's wrong? Do you think she wants us to follow her? What is it, girl?", etc., as if this had never happened before, instead of every week. What with all the time these people spent pinned under the tractor, I don't see how they managed to grow any crops whatsoever. They probably got by on federal crop supports, which Lassie filed the applications for." — Dave Barry
Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?" — Edith Sitwell
Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, and all the Virtues of Man without his Vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery, if inscribed over human ashes, is but a Just Tribute to the Memory of BOATSWAIN, a Dog. — Hobhouse - Epitaph, on Lord Byron's dog, Boatswain, at Newstead Abbey