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To: TASMANIANRED

Dog Quotes

So I laugh when I hear them make it plain
That dogs and men never meet again.
For all their talk who'd listen to them,
With the soul in the shining eyes of him?
Would God be wasting a dog like Tim?
– W M Letts, Songs of Leinster

At the dog-show held at our local hospital fete, there were many handsome dogs with equally handsome owners. But my attention was drawn to a small mongrel and his owner, a boy of about eleven. For nearly an hour, the boy had been gently grooming and hugging his pet in turn.

When his name was called the boy tenderly took the dog's head into his cupped hands and looked at him with all the love a small boy could show. "Now you mustn't be upset if you don't win a prize," he said, "you see, they don't know you as well as I do." – source unknown


The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic. – Henry Ward Beecher

I would rather see a portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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

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

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

Did you hear about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac who stays up all night wondering if there really is a Dog? – source unknown

When the Man waked up he said,
'What is Wild Dog doing here?'
And the Woman said,
'His name is not Wild Dog any more,
but the First Friend,
because he will be our friend
for always and always and always.' – Rudyard Kipling

My dog is usually pleased with what I do, because she is not infected with the concept of what I 'should' be doing. – Lonzo Idolswine

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

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance. – James Thurber

There is an Indian legend which says when a human dies there is a bridge they must cross to enter into heaven. At the head of that bridge waits every animal that human encountered during their lifetime. The animals, based upon what they know of this person, decide which humans may cross the bridge.... and which are turned away..." – Unknown



Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, and all the Virtues of Man without his Vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery, if inscribed over human ashes, is but a Just Tribute to the Memory of BOATSWAIN, a Dog. – Hobhouse - Epitaph, on Lord Byron's dog, Boatswain, at Newstead Abbey


5 posted on 10/17/2004 12:17:49 PM PDT by Lexington Green (It just ain't right to ask an American soldier to salute John Kerry.)
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To: Lexington Green

Those are all especially nice quotes.

You must love or have loved a very special dog to have collected them.


8 posted on 10/17/2004 12:28:21 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (What did Kerry know and when did he know it?)
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To: Lexington Green

I believe that "bridge" that is referred to is called "Rainbow's Bridge".


13 posted on 10/17/2004 12:44:04 PM PDT by Two Dawgs
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