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Well, actually these aren't things Dogs say, but rather things humans say about Dogs!!

Do you have a quote about Dogs not listed here? Please share it with us! Our list falls into two categories, inspiring and funny. Scroll on down the page to see the Humorous section.

Inspirational

"Every dog should have a person of his own. There is nothing like a well-behaved person around the house to spread the dog's blanket for him or bring him his supper when he comes home dog tired at night." -- Corey Ford

"Without our dogs to walk, how empty our mornings, our evenings--our lives--would be." -- Eric Rickstad

"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies." -- Gene Hill"

No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich." -- Louis Sabin

"Of all the things I miss from veterinary practice, puppy breath is one of the most fond memories!" -- Dr. Tom Catt

"Every dog must have his day." -- Jonathan Swift

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." -- Unknown

"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

"No man can be condemned for owning a dog. As long as he has a dog, he has a friend; and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has." -- Will Rogers

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." -- Roger Caras

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." -- Unknown

"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." -- Ben Williams

"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

"The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic." -- Henry Ward Beecher

"My little dog---a heartbeat at my feet." -- Edith Wharton

"Let sleeping dogs lie." -- 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 'Old Dogs, Old Friends'

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

"It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks." -- Unknown

Humorous

"The more people I meet the more I like my dog." -- Unknown

"In dog years I'm dead." -- Unknown

"When you feel dog tired at night, it may be because you've growled all day long." -- Unknown

"You do not own a dog, the dog owns you." -- Unknown

"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does." -- Christopher Morley

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man." -- Mark Twain

"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." -- Dave Barry

"I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons." -- Will Rogers

"My goal in life is to become as wonderful as my dog thinks I am."

"Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job." -- Franklin P. Jones

"Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend, and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -- Groucho Marx.

"You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us." -- Robert Louis Stevenson

"Life is like a dog sled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes." -- Lewis Grizzard

"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult." -- Rita Rudner

"A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such." -- John Holmes

"One reason a dog is such a lovable creature is his tail wags instead of his tongue."

"In a dog-eat-dog world, it is the dogmatic domain of dog lovers to offer dogdom a dog's chance to rise above the dog days for a doggone good time." -- AKC Gazette August 1991

"To err is human, to forgive, canine." -- Unknown

"If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around." -- cowboy wisdom

"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater ... suggest that he wear a tail." -- Fran Lebowitz

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

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." -- Andrew A. Rooney

"Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of ther 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." -- Roger Caras

"One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him." -- Chinese Proverb

"To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs." -- Aldous Huxley

"If you wish the dog to follow you, feed him." -- Unknown

"Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he sticks his head out when you're coming home his face might burn up." -- * DEEP THOUGHTS * by Jack Handy

"I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better." -- George Bird Evans, "Troubles with Bird Dogs"

"My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpets or ruin our lives. -- Rita Rudner

"You may have a dog that won't sit up, roll over or even cook breakfast, not because she's too stupid to learn how but because she's too smart to bother." -- Rick Horowitz, Chicago Tribune

"Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads." -- Harry S. Truman

"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." -- Snoopy

"How's it going Mr. Peterson?" -- Woody
"It's a dog eat dog world, Woody, and I'm wearing milk bone underwear." -- Norm from Cheers

"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

"If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one." -- Andy Rooney


Last Updated October 26, 2003