God created Dog, for when men forget love, a dog can show them how
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CHRIS MADDEN The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.
HENRY WARD BEECHER The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic.
HENRY WARD BEECHER The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic.
HENRY WARD BEECHER No one can fully understand the meaning of love unless he's owned a dog. A dog can show you more hon...
GENE HILL Our dog sat down at a dog show at a time when the dog was supposed to stand up. That person went to ...
MICHAEL MCCULLOCH I have always thought of a dog lover as a dog that was in love with another dog
JAMES THURBER Usually when we train there are two men and a dog there,
LAWRIE SANCHEZ No matter how you're feeling, a little dog gunna love you.
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME Be like a dog, love like a God, work like a slave and eat like a pauper.
VIKRANT PARSAI I would like to have them show him pictures of the family and pictures of the dogs, especially the t...
DONNA MYERS How does the healthy dog bark? Ruff Ruff.
How does the cold dog bark ? Scarf Scarf.
How...
GROUCHO MARX I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.
WILL ROGERS Dog is God spelled backward.
DUANE CHAPMAN I do forget sometimes how much it means for certain men—for certain people—to be able to provide...
ELIZABETH GILBERT A guilty dog barks first but never forget they run in packs.
FLOWER ROSE My Dog Can beat up Paris Hilton's Dog.
TORI SPELLING Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their live...
SUE MURPHY I'm a huge dog person; I love to hug and kiss them.
DANIELLE DE NIESE We might miss the sign or we may be unable to read the expression, but it is almost a contradiction ...
JEFFREY MOUSSAIEFF MASSON Many people don't realize how far they're going and how much a dog can take.
CHAR QUINN When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem
EDWARD ABBEY Dog rescue remains a gamble, of course. For all the good will, hard work, and noble motivation, nobo...
JON KATZ A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas; a dog hunting does not notice them
PROVERB Dog parks can be a fantastic way to socialize your dog, but it's important for owners to underst...
CESAR MILLAN No two dogs are alike. And yet, all dogs have something in common that makes them dogs, and makes th...
OLIVER MARKUS MALLOY You can say any foolish thing to do to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, y...
DAVE BERRY You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Show a dog a finger, and he wants the whole hand
YIDDISH PROVERB Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.
KINKY FRIEDMAN People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story.
JIM BUTCHER When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU When a dog runs at you, whistle for him
HENRY DAVID THOREAU Slowly, deliberately, the dog turned from the black wolf and walked toward the man. He was a dog, an...
JIM KJELGAARD When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.
EDWARD ABBEY People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, -- that reform consists in taking a bone...
JOHN JAY CHAPMAN People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this; that reform consists in taking a bone fr...
JOHN JAY CHAPMAN I love watching a good dog work.
HOLLIS CRAWFORD You can love any dog out here. You know what I'm saying.
CURTIS BOLDEN You start with just some basic visual kinds of things. You give them a scent article and do a little...
TRICIA HELDMANN The dog is the god of frolic.
HENRY WARD BEECHER When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news.
CHARLES A. DANA Using a dog as a narrator has limitations and it has advantages. The limitations are that a dog cann...
GARTH STEIN When you're dealing with a dog this size, you have to be the alpha dog.
ANDREA JARRELL When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not jud...
ECKHART TOLLE What kind of dog is that?" I would always give the same answer: "She's a brown dog." Similarly, when...
ELIZABETH GILBERT When you are a kid, a wolf is an amazing sight, so sumptuous. I sort of knew these were splendid cre...
SARAH HALL So when two dogs are fighting in the streets,
When a third dog one of the two dogs meets:
With...
HENRY FIELDING American dog say, 'Woof, woof.' Korean dog say, 'Mung, mung.' Polish dog say, 'H...
SEUNG SAHN Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so litt...
CHARLES M. SCHULZ A dog is a dog.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The Dog in the Manger
A dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen fr...
AESOP A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hung...
JACK LONDON A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hun...
JACK LONDON I can't even trust my own imaginary dog. How much lower can a person get?
MEG ROSOFF If puss and dog can get together, why cant we love one another?
BOB MARLEY This book is divided into chapters, though not in the traditional chapter division of subject matter...
YOHAI REUBEN The greatest thing you can do for someone is to love them and show them how to love back.
SADIE CHRISTMAN A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.
JOHN GROGAN I don't treat my dog like that. I buried my dog. You can do everything for other countries but you c...
DANIEL EDWARDS She is the sweetest, dearest dog. This would be a good dog for children.
DEBORAH FRANKLIN Everyone talks to their dog, and then in your mind the dog talks back. A talking dog can provide the...
MIKE MILLS Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
JOHN FLETCHER Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT If you're going to love animals and have a life with them, the odds are you're going to lose...
JON KATZ The loneliest, most down-on-his-luck person can have a dog who adores him. The most bitter, sour per...
W. BRUCE CAMERON The loneliest, most down-on-his-luck person can have a dog who adores him. The most bitter, sour per...
BRUCE CAMERON We're doing a dog-show story in this episode that's a lot of fun.
CHERYL LADD A dog who attends a flea circus most likely will steal the whole show.
UNKNOWN It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.
ERIC HOFFER I guess you hate the people most who make justifiable demands. Because they go to the heart of our p...
MARY CROW DOG I have days when I just feel I look like a dog.
MICHELLE PFEIFFER Who loves me will love my dog
PROVERB How unbearable, for women, is the tenderness which a man can give them without love. For men, how bi...
ALBERT CAMUS A Blue Dog, you know, is the opposite of a yellow dog. And a yellow dog was somebody who was willing...
MIKE THOMPSON Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes for a man.
GEORGE JEAN NATHAN Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes for a man
GEORGE JEAN NATHAN It's the owner who makes a dog mean. But if you teach a dog to be gentle and calm, that's how it wil...
GINNY DEGROFF Even though we're doing the biggest show in the country, she's a dog first.
CONNIE DELANEY Curiosity killed the Cat. Ambitions killed the Dog. Regret killed the Man. And God took pity on them...
J.J. BOWLERS Definitely, dog parks are a fast-growing trend across the country. Many cities view dog parks as ben...
LISA PATTERSON You will never know loneliness when you have a dog, when you lose that dog it will be loneliness lik...
MICHAEL P. NAUGHTON Arguing whether or not God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over ...
ROBERT FULGHUM The dog barks backwards without getting up; I can remember when he was a pup
ROBERT FROST Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There...
CHARLES M. SCHULZ Throughout it all I have to say you have given me a hard time, you animal, but there are days, like ...
MARLENE M. CHAVEZ Dogs wait for us faithfully.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Who loves me loves my dog.
LATIN PROVERB We expressed love for this dog by ... knowing without showing that we cared for him.
MARKUS ZUSAK If you have time to be with a dog, and the dog is smart, you come to understand the dog, and the dog...
BUD GRANT Who loves me will love my dog also.
PROVERB The love of a dog for his master is notorious; as an old writer quaintly says, A dog is the only thi...
DR. LAUDER LINDSAY That whole rush has already happened. Before they came in saying, 'Show me a dog from Louisiana.' We...
COURTNEY FRANK Oh, God, puppy dog eyes. From a six-foot-five ancient Viking vampire.
CHARLAINE HARRIS There's a world of difference between a dog that is off the leash and a dog that is trained to be of...
DON SULLIVAN So, your god is the only god? Okay, but then, so is my dog.
FAKEER ISHAVARDAS A reasonable amount o fleas is good for a dog -- keeps him from brooding over being a dog, maybe.
EDWARD NOYES WESTCOTT A reasonable amount o fleas is good for a dog - keeps him from brooding over being a dog, maybe.
PETER NIVIO ZARLENGA It takes a certain kind of dog to willingly demote himself from alpha dog, and that dog was Carl. Ho...
JOHN SCALZI All dogs go to heaven. They must. Because I can not find it in my heart to believe God would forsake...
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