I was green. All I knew was to walk my dog and go to church.

Everything I know, I learned from dogs.

Religious teachings say that animals don’t have souls, but I don’t believe that. Our pets cherish our every move, and wait patiently for us to return home from a day’s work. Our pets would give...

The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can’t be right all the time. He doesn’t bark only when he sees or smells something that’s dangerous....

I think having a dog makes you more compassionate.

I reserve the right to tell shaggy dog stories or even common jokes as part of what I’m doing. I don’t give a damn if half the audience walks out.

A few days later, Tuesday quietly crossed our apartment as I read a book and, after a nudge against my arm, put his head on my lap. As always, I immediately checked my mental state,...

A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes...

‘Never Have Your Dog Stuffed’ is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.

A dog has one aim in life… to bestow his heart.

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Shigure Sohma: So anyway I was wondering if you could stop by the house and take a look at Tohru’s cut. That is if it isn’t a problem.Hatori Sohma: No problem. I’ll stop by the...

Understanding your dog and knowing how to control him, develop his potentials, and resolve behavior problems, emotional conflicts and frustrations are no less essential than love and respect.

Some dog I got too. We call him Egypt. Because in every room he leaves a pyramid.

I wondered if having conversations with your dog was less crazy than babbling to yourself when no one else was around. I guess it depended on whether or not the dog answered.

the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, the first to welcome, the foremost to defend.

You know, a dog can snap you out of any kind of bad mood that you’re in faster than you can think of.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

The dog leash was still tied tight around the oak tree in the back, stretched worn and limp across the green grass as if trying to escape to freedom; and he buried his wife without...

Sometimes when dogs greeted a returning soldier, they’d go over the edge. They would have to take a few moments to run crazily in circles around the human, or around a room or a yard....

A best friend is he who can emulate a dog but still can talk.

In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy…to wit–the wag of a dog’s tail.

A dog can express more with his tail in minutes than an owner can express with his tongue in hours.

Duct tape can’t fix stupid,” Bas growled. “Maybe not,” Red replied, “but it can hold it down and muffled the screams.

My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog.

My pants pant like a dog, and they drool at the zippered mouth. When I go for a walk, they go for a walk. Now, if only they could play fetch.

If given the choice, I’d rather vote for the dog.

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

We are more than the sum of our biochemical functions. Even the tiniest flea is an incredibly complex living creature, with mouth-parts adapted to feeding on the blood of your cat or dog.

What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.

When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.

Be wonderful! Like a dog, love with all of your heart.

I’m a huge dog nut – giant, giant.

If you have a dog, you will most likely outlive it; to get a dog is to open yourself to profound joy and, prospectively, to equally profound sadness.

Hijo de Chihuahua,” said Mary Jo.

[A dog is] a bundle of pure love, gift-wrapped in fur.

Nobody ever kicked a dog wagging its tail

… it looked at me as it passed, smiling in that crazy-happy way that dogs do. And I started laughing. I mean, how can you not laugh at a dog running on the beach? But...

Sure I know where the press room is – I just look for where they throw the dog meat.

No, my dog used to gaze at me,paying me the attention I need,the attention requiredto make a vain person like me understandthat, being a dog, he was wasting time,but, with those eyes so much purer...

I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing...

You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.

Her love stays with me wherever I go. That’s because I have it on a leash, like a dog, and I take it for walks like I do with my pet wheelchair.

The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.

Never mind, said Hachiko each day. Here I wait, for my friend who’s late. I will stay, just to walk beside you for one more day.

To most Americans, a dog is a potential mate. To some Chinese, a dog is potential meat.

For me a house or an apartment becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog.

I walk my dog at dawn because I don’t like people to be around.

But with dogs, we do have “bad dog.” Bad dog exists. “Bad dog! Bad dog! Stole a biscuit, bad dog!” The dog is saying, “Who are you to judge me? You human beings who’ve had...

Everything is inspiration. If you look at the world as the incredible place it is, then each moment is a feast.