1,020 Quotes About Dogs

Dogs are owned for their loyalty, but men are owned only because of their stupidity.

-M.F. Moonzajer

The dogs were really keening now, like Irish widows.

-Thomas Keneally

Who knows where a cat goes?" he said philosophically.

-Isobelle Carmody

  • Author N. Scott Momaday
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    Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen; they keep to the edge of vision and beyond, loping in and out of cover on the plains and highlands. And at night, when the whole world belongs to them, they parley at the river with the dogs, their higher, sharper voices full of authority and rebuke. They are an old council of clowns, and they are listened to.

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Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen; they keep to the edge of vision and beyond, loping in and out of cover on the plains and highlands. And at night, when the whole world belongs to them, they parley at the river with the dogs, their higher, sharper voices full of authority and rebuke. They are an old council of clowns, and they are listened to.

-N. Scott Momaday

  • Author Loren Eiseley
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    Though men in the mass forget the origins of their need, they still bring wolfhounds into city apartments, where dog and man both sit brooding in wistful discomfort.The magic that gleams an instant between Argos and Odysseus is both the recognition of diversity and the need for affection across the illusions of form. It is nature's cry to homeless, far-wandering, insatiable man: "Do not forget your brethren, nor the green wood from which you sprang. To do so is to invite disaster.

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Though men in the mass forget the origins of their need, they still bring wolfhounds into city apartments, where dog and man both sit brooding in wistful discomfort.The magic that gleams an instant between Argos and Odysseus is both the recognition of diversity and the need for affection across the illusions of form. It is nature's cry to homeless, far-wandering, insatiable man: "Do not forget your brethren, nor the green wood from which you sprang. To do so is to invite disaster.

-Loren Eiseley

  • Author Jim Nelson
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    Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.” — A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-PoohRene Agredano and Jim Nelson listened. They listened with all their hearts...(As quoted by MUTTS creator Patrick McDonnell in his foreword to "Be More Dog: Learning to Live in the Now")

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Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.” — A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-PoohRene Agredano and Jim Nelson listened. They listened with all their hearts...(As quoted by MUTTS creator Patrick McDonnell in his foreword to "Be More Dog: Learning to Live in the Now")

-Jim Nelson

Nicknamed Wind because no one ever saw him coming, this huge, unsightly dog terrorized everyone. If it weren’t for the twenty-foot chain that kept him anchored to a metal post, there wouldn’t be any children left.

-C.R. Stewart

  • Author Sigrid Nunez
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    If I bring him home though, I swear he’ll spend the rest of his life waiting by the door. And he deserves better than that, don’t you think?’Yes, I think, my heart breaking.You can’t explain death. And love deserves better than that.

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If I bring him home though, I swear he’ll spend the rest of his life waiting by the door. And he deserves better than that, don’t you think?’Yes, I think, my heart breaking.You can’t explain death. And love deserves better than that.

-Sigrid Nunez

But I want to be free, I want to fly away. If that means living outdoors, well, that's fine by me. If it means not having any food, so what? The only sustenance that matters is the love in my dog's eyes and the hope of meeting people who dare to truly live.

-Maude Julien

 

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