"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)
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. "
Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
"A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down. "
Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. "
August Strindberg (1849 - 1912)
"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
"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. "
Rita Rudner
"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)
"A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog. "
Jack London (1876 - 1916)
"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 (1890 - 1969), speech to the Republican National Committee, January 31, 1958
"When a dog runs at you, whistle for him. "
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
"Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children. "
William Penn (1644 - 1718)
"Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to. "
Joe Gores
