Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are god.
— Christopher Hitchens on the eternal debate: cats or dogs?
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” ― Will Rogers, author of Never Met a Man I Didn’t Like: The Life and Writings of Will Rogers
“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, author of George Washington: A Life
After a succession of sadly-missed Shepherds and Ridgebacks, I never imagined that I would lose my heart to so tiny a canine person.
— Arthur C. Clarke on his chihuahua, Pepsi
My setter pup, left alone one night, made confetti of about half of my [manuscript] book. Two months work to do over again. It sets me back. There was no other draft. I was pretty mad but the poor little fellow may have been acting critically.
— John Steinbeck on his mischievous Irish setter, Toby, who ate half of the first manuscript of "Of Mice and Men."
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” ― Josh Billings
“Happiness is a warm puppy.” ― Charles M. Schulz, author of Super Box of Snoopy: A PEANUTS Collection
“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, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel
“When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it’s hard to feel sad.” ― Kristan Higgins
“Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.” ― Dean Koontz
“All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog.” ― Charles M. Schulz, author of Super Box of Snoopy: A PEANUTS Collection
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