THERE ARE 4,236 SPECIES OF NON-HUMAN MAMMALS AND OUT OF ALL OF THESE, THE DOG HAS BECOME MAN KINDS BEST FRIEND 

"WE PATRONIZE THEM FOR THEIR INCOMPLETENESS, FOR THEIR TRAGIC FATE OF HAVING TAKEN FORM SO FAR BELOW OURSELVES.  AND THEREIN WE ERR, AND GREATLY ERR.   FOR THE DOG SHALL NOT BE MEASURED BY MAN.  IN A WORLD OLDER AND MORE COMPLETE THAN OURS THEY MOVE FINISHED AND COMPLETE, GIFTED WITH EXTENSIONS OF THE SENSES WE HAVE LOST OR NEVER ATTAOMED, LIVING BY VOICES WE SHALL NEVER HEAR.  THEY ARE NOT BRETHREN, THEY ARE NOT UNDERLINGS; THY ARE OTHER NATIONS, CAUGHT WITH OURSELVES IN THE NET OF LIFE AND TIME, FELLOW PRISONERS OF THE SPLENDOUR AND TRAVAIL OF THE EARTH."             HENRY BESTON     CIRCA 1925

PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME ACHIEVING HAPPINESS IN THEIR LIVES. THEY TEND TO GET WRAPPED UP IN THEIR OWN LITTLE WORLD. PEOPLE GET CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY NEED OR WANT, AND THEN DEPRESSION SETS IN. DOGS DO NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT MAKES THEM HAPPY---DOING SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE              JOHN RICHARD STEPHENS

ALL KNOWLEDGE, THE TOTALITY OF ALL QUESTIONS AND ALL ANSWERS IS CONTAINED IN THE DOG         FRANZ KAFKA          

I'VE SEEN A LOOK IN DOGS EYES, A QUICKLY VANISHING LOOK OF AMAZED CONTEMPT, AND I AM CONVINCED THAT DOGS THINK HUMANS ARE NUTS      JOHN STEINBECK

I THINK THAT ANIMAL TESTING IS A TERRIBLE IDEA, THEY GET ALL NERVOUS AND GIVE THE WRONG ANSWERS

YOU CAN SAY ANY FOOL THING TO A DOG, AND THE DOG WILL GIVE YOU THIS LOOK THAT SAYS "MY GOD, YOU'RE RIGHT! I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT!"    DAVE BARRY

PROBABLY NO ONE MAN SHOULD HAVE AS MANY DOGS IN HIS LIFE AS I HAVE HAD  JAMES THURBER        

THE AVERAGE DOG IS NICER THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON

THE BEST WAY TO GET A PUPPY IS TO BEG FOR A BABY BROTHER--AND THEY'LL SETTLE FOR A PUPPY EVERY TIME            WINSTON PENDLETON

DOGS FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THEY SHOULD ALWAYS GO WITH YOU IN THE CAR IN CASE THE NEED SHOULD ARISE FOR THEM TO BARK VIOLENTLY AT NOTHING RIGHT IN YOUR EAR           DAVE BARRY

THE BEST THING ABOUT A MAN IS HIS DOG    

THE BOND WITH A TRUE DOG IS AS LASTING AS THE TIES OF THIS EARTH CAN EVER BE           KONRAD LORENZ

CATS MOTTO: NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE WRONG ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE DOG DID IT                                                

I HAVE CAUGHT MORE ILLS FROM PEOPLE SNEEZING OVER ME AND GIVING ME VIRUS INFECTIONS THAN FROM KISSING DOGS        BARBARA WOODHOUSE

ACQUIRING A DOG MAY BE THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY A HUMAN EVER HAS TO CHOOSE A RELATIVE

DON'T ACCEPT YOUR DOGS ADMIRATION AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT YOU ARE WONDERFUL               ANN LANDERS

THE MISERY OF KEEPING A DOG IS HIS DYING SO SOON. BUT, TO BE SURE, IF HE LIVED FOR FIFTY YEARS AND THEN DIED, WHAT WOULD BECOME OF ME      SIR WALTER SCOTT

HE IS YOUR FRIEND, YOUR PARTNER, YOUR DEFENDER; YOUR DOG. YOU ARE HIS LIFE, HIS LOVE, HIS LEADER. HE WILL BE YOURS FAITHFUL AND TRUE TO THE LAST BEAT OF HIS HEART. YOU OWE IT TO HIM TO BE WORTHY OF SUCH DEVOTION

DOG----A KIND OF ADDITIONAL OR SUBSIDIARY DEITY DESIGNED TO CATCH THE OVERFLOW AND SURPLUS OF THE WORLDS WORSHIP

THE DOG HAS GOT MORE OUT OF MAN THAN MAN HAS GOT OUT OF THE DOG, FOR THE CLEARLY DEMONSTRABLE REASON THAT MAN IS THE MORE LAUGHABLE OF THE TWO ANIMALS       JAMES THURBER

THE PLAIN FACT THAT MY DOG LOVES ME MORE THAN I LOVE HIM IS UNDENIABLE AND ALWAYS FILLS ME WITH A CERTAIN FEELING OF SHAME. THE DOG IS EVER READY TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR ME

THE DOG IS A GENTLEMAN; I HOPE TO GO TO HIS HEAVEN, NOT MANS     MARK TWAIN 

A DOG IS A SMILE AND A WAGGING TAIL. WHAT IS IN BETWEEN DOESN'T MATTER MUCH          CLARA ORTEGA

MY HUSBAND AND I ARE EITHER GOING TO BUY A DOG OR HAVE A CHILD. WE CAN'T DECIDE WHETHER TO RUIN OUR CARPETS OR RUIN OUR LIVES     RITA RUDNER

THE DOG HAS AN ENVIABLE MIND; IT REMEMBERS THE NICE THINGS IN LIFE AND QUICKLY BLOTS OUT THE NASTY

TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE CANINE

IF A DOG WILL NOT COME TO YOU AFTER HE HAS LOOKED YOU IN THE FACE, YOU SHOULD GO HOME AND EXAMINE YOUR CONSCIENCE

A DOG CAN EXPRESS MORE WITH HIS TAIL IN MINUTES THAN HIS OWNER CAN EXPRESS WITH HIS TONGUE IN HOURS

THERE IS NO FAITH WHICH HAS NEVER YET BEEN BROKEN, EXCEPT THAT OF A TRULY FAITHFUL DOG

HISTORIES ARE MORE FULL OF THE FIDELITY OF DOGS THAN OF FRIENDS

THE FIDELITY OF A DOG IS A PRECIOUS GIFT DEMANDING NO LESS BINDING MORAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAN THE FRIENDSHIP OF A HUMAN BEING. THE BOND WITH A TRUE DOG IS AS LASTING AS THE TIES OF THIS EARTH CAN EVER BE.

THE GREAT PLEASURE OF A DOG IS THAT YOU MAY MAKE A FOOL OF YOURSELF WITH HIM AND NOT ONLY WILL HE NOT SCOLD YOU; BUT HE WILL MAKE A FOOL OF HIMSELF TOO

NO ONE APPRECIATES THE VERY SPECIAL GENIUS OF YOUR CONVERSATION AS THE DOG DOES

THE GIFT WHICH I AM SENDING YOU IS CALLED A DOG, AND IS IN FACT THE MOST PRECIOUS AND VALUABLE POSSESSION OF MANKIND       THEODORUS GAZA

WE HAVE NOT TO GAIN HIS CONFIDENCE OR HIS FRIENDSHIP; HE IS BORN OUR FRIEND; WHILE HIS EYES ARE STILL CLOSED ALREADY HE BELIEVES IN US: EVEN BEFORE HIS BIRTH HE HAS GIVEN HIMSELF TO MAN

A DOG IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING REASONS WHY SOME PEOPLE CAN BE PERSUADED TO GO FOR A WALK

ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE COME TO ME HAVE COME THROUGH MY DOG

THE GREATNESS OF A NATION AND ITS MORAL PROGRESS CAN BE JUDGED BY THE WAY ITS ANIMALS ARE TREATED      GANDHI

DOGS THAT FEEL LIKE AN IMPORTANT PART OF A HUMAN FAMILY WILL GUARD AND PROTECT THE FAMILY CHILDREN WITH THE SAME FEARLESSNESS AND VIGILANCE DISPLAYED BY A MOTHER WOLF PROTECTING HER PUPS

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT EVERY HEALTHY, NORMAL BOY SHOULD OWN A DOG AT SOME TIME IN HIS LIFE, PREFERABLY BETWEEN THE AGES OF 45 AND 50

IF THERE IS A HEAVEN, IT IS CERTAIN OUR ANIMALS ARE TO BE THERE

HEAVEN GOES BY FAVOR. IF IT WENT BY MERIT---YOU WOULD STAY OUT AND YOUR DOG WOULD GO IN        MARK TWAIN

NO ANIMAL SHOULD EVER JUMP UP ON THE DINING ROOM FURNITURE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT HE CAN HOLD HIS OWN IN THE CONVERSATION

FOLK WILL KNOW HOW LARGE YOUR SOUL IS BY THE WAY YOU TREAT A DOG

EVERY HUMAN CHILD MUST LEARN THE UNIVERSE FRESH. EVERY STOCK DOG PUP CARRIES THE UNIVERSE WITHIN HIM. HUMANS HAVE EXTERNALIZED THEIR WISDOM----STORED IT IN MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, THE EXPERTISE OF THE LEARNED. DOG WISDOM IS INSIDE THE BLOOD AND BONES

HUMANKIND IS DRAWN TO DOGS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO LIKE OURSELVES---BUMBLING, AFFECTIONATE, CONFUSED, EASILY DISAPPOINTED, EAGER TO BE AMUSED, GRATEFUL FOR KINDNESS AND THE LEAST ATTENTION

I CARE NOT FOR A MANS RELIGION WHOSE DOG AND CAT ARE NOT THE BETTER FOR IT ABRAHAM LINCOLN

IF DOGS COULD TALK, PERHAPS WE WOULD FIND IT AS HARD TO GET ALONG WITH THEM AS WE DO WITH PEOPLE

IF PEOPLE WERE SUPERIOR TO ANIMALS THEY'D TAKE BETTER CARE OF THE WORLD WINNIE THE POOH

IF I HAVE ANY BELIEFS ABOUT IMMORTALITY, IT IS THAT CERTAIN DOGS I HAVE KNOWN WILL GO TO HEAVEN AND VERY, VERY, FEW PERSONS       JAMES THURBER

YOU THINK DOGS WILL NOT BE IN HEAVEN? I TELL YOU, THEY WILL BE THERE LONG BEFORE ANY OF US      ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

TO A MAN THE GREATEST BLESSING IS INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, (WHICH, TO A DOG IS THE LAST WORD IN DESPAIR)      WILLIAM LYON PHELPS

THE REASON A DOG HAS SO MANY FRIENDS IS THAT HE WAGS HIS TAIL INSTEAD OF HIS TONGUE

INTELLIGENT DOGS RARELY WANT TO PLEASE PEOPLE WHOM THEY DO NOT RESPECT

I WOULD RECOMMEND THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE INCLINED TO STAGNATE, WHOSE BLOOD IS BEGINNING TO THICKEN SLUGGISHLY IN THEIR VEINS TO TRY KEEPING FOUR DOGS, TWO OF WHICH ARE PUPPIES

ONCE THEY LOVE, THEY LOVE STEADILY, UNCHANGINGLY, TILL THEIR LAST BREATH. THAT IS HOW I LIKE TO BE LOVED. THERE FORE I WILL WRITE OF DOGS ELIZABETH----ALL THE DOGS OF MY LIFE---1936

BUY A PUP AND YOUR MONEY WILL BUY LOVE UNFLINCHING       KIPLING

A DOG IS THE ONLY THING ON EARTH THAT LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOURSELF

NO MATTER HOW LITTLE MONEY AND HOW FEW POSSESSIONS YOU OWN, HAVING A DOG MAKES YOU RICH

EVERY DOG SHOULD HAVE A MAN OF HIS OWN. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A WELL-BEHAVED PERSON AROUND THE HOUSE TO SPREAD THE DOGS BLANKET FOR HIM, OR BRING HIM HIS SUPPER WHEN HE COMES HOME MAN-TIRED AT NIGHT

THE DOGS MOST IMPORTANT JOB IS STILL AROUND. LIKE THE LEGENDARY CERBERUS, THE DOG STILL KEEPS MANY OF US FROM THE HELL OF LONELINESS

THERE IS NO AGE LIMIT IN THIS MATTER OF LOVING OR BEING LOVED BY A DOG. NO ONE IS TOO YOUNG OR TOO OLD TO LOVE A DOG OR TO BE LOVED BY A DOG

IF THERE ARE NO DOGS IN HEAVEN, THEN WHEN I DIE I WANT TO GO WHERE THEY WENT

MOST DOG OWNERS ARE AT LENGTH ABLE TO TEACH THEMSELVES TO OBEY THEIR DOG ROBERT MORLEY

OLD DOGS, LIKE OLD SHOES, ARE COMFORTABLE. THEY MIGHT BE OUT OF SHAPE AND A LITTLE WORN AROUND THE EDGES, BUT THEY FIT WELL.

BONNIE WILCOX

THERE IS ONLY ONE SMARTEST DOG IN THE WORLD AND EVERY BOY HAS IT

DOG----A KIND OF ADDITIONAL OR SUBSIDIARY DEITY DESIGNED TO CATCH THE OVERFLOW AND SURPLUS OF THE WORLD'S WORSHIP

AMBROSE BIERCE

IF YOU DON'T OWN A DOG, AT LEAST ONE, THERE IS NOT NECESSARILY ANYTHING WRONG WITH YOU, BUT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR LIFE.

LIKE MANY OTHER MUCH-LOVED HUMANS, THEY BELIEVED THAT THEY OWNED THEIR DOGS INSTEAD OF REALIZING THAT THEIR DOGS OWNED THEM

I LOVE THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP DOGS. THEY ARE COWARDS WHO HAVEN'T GOT THE GUTS TO BITE PEOPLE THEMSELVES

MY IDEA OF GOOD POETRY IS ANY DOG DOING ANYTHING

A MOVING TESTAMENT TO A DOGS LOYALTY WAS FOUND IN THE RUINS OF POMPEII: A DOG HAD THROWN HIMSELF OVER HIS YOUNG MASTERS BODY AS THE VOLCANO ERUPTED IN AD 79. ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVERED THE PAIR ALMOST 2000 YEARS LATER

DOGS, BLESS THEM, OPERATE ON THE PREMISE THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE FRAGILE AND REQUIRE INCESSANT APPLICATIONS OF AFFECTION AND REASSURANCE. THE RANDOM LICK OF THE HAND AND THE FURRY CHIN DRAPED OVER THE INSTEP ARE CALCULATED TO LET THE SHAKY OWNER KNOW THAT A FRIEND IS NEARBY

THE DOG IS THE ONLY LIVING BEING THAT HAS FOUND AND RECOGNIZES AN INDUBITABLE, TANGIBLE AND DEFINITE GOD. HE KNOWS TO WHOM ABOVE HIM TO GIVE HIMSELF. HE HAS NOT TO SEEK FOR A SUPERIOR AND INFINITE POWER

SO MANY GET REFORMED THROUGH RELIGION. I GOT REFORMED THROUGH DOGS

OUR GERMAN FOREFATHERS HAD A VERY KIND RELIGION. THEY BELIEVED THAT, AFTER DEATH THEY WOULD MEET AGAIN ALL THE GOOD DOGS THAT HAD BEEN THEIR COMPANIONS IN LIFE. I WISH TO BELIEVE THAT TOO

REVERENCE: THE SPIRITUAL ATTITUDE OF A MAN TO A GOD AND A DOG TO A MAN AMBROSE BIERCE

IN THEIR MYTHOLOGY, THE SHAWNEE PEOPLE CREDIT A MONGREL DOG WITH A CRUCIAL ROLE IN CREATION. EACH DAY, THE FIRST GRANDMOTHER, KUKUMTHENA, LABORS TO WEAVE A HUGE BASKET. IF SHE FINISHES THE JOB, ACCORDING TO THE MYTH, THE WORLD WILL SUDDENLY END. BUT EACH NIGHT HUMANITY IS SAVED BY HER LITTLE MUTT---WHO DILIGENTLY UNRAVELS HER HARD DAYS WORK

THE SMALL PERCENTAGE OF DOGS THAT BITE PEOPLE IS MONUMENTAL PROOF THAT THE DOG IS THE MOST BENIGN, FORGIVING CREATURE ON EARTH

ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SOAP TASTES LIKE NEVER WASHED A DOG

EVERYONE NEEDS A SPIRITUAL GUIDE, A MINISTER, RABBI, COUNSELOR, WISE FRIEND OR THERAPIST. MY OWN WISE FRIEND IS MY DOG. HE HAS DEEP KNOWLEDGE TO IMPART. HE MAKES FRIENDS EASILY AND DOESN'T HOLD A GRUDGE. HE ENJOYS SIMPLE PLEASURES AND TAKES EACH DAY AS IT COMES... BEST OF ALL, HE BEFRIENDS ME WITH AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE THAT HUMAN BEINGS WOULD DO WELL TO IMITATE.

TO CALL HIM A DOG HARDLY SEEMS TO DO HIM JUSTICE, THOUGH INASMUCH AS HE HAD FOUR LEGS, A TAIL, AND BARKED, I ADMIT HE WAS, TO ALL OUTWARD APPEARANCES. BUT TO THOSE OF US WHO KNEW HIM WELL, HE WAS A PERFECT GENTLEMAN HERMIONE GINGOLD

A DOG TEACHES A BOY FIDELITY, PERSEVERANCE, AND TO TURN AROUND 3 TIMESBEFORE LYING DOWN

WHEN A DOTING PERSON GETS DOWN ON ALL FOURS AND PLAYS WITH HIS DOGS RUBBER MOUSE, IT ONLY CONFUSES THE PUPPY AND GIVES HIM A SENSE OF INSECURITY. HE GETS THE IMPRESSION THAT THE WORLD IS UNSTABLE AND WONDERS WHETHER HE IS SUPPOSED TO WALK ON HIS HIND LEGS AND LEARN TO SMOKE CIGARS

WE ARE ALONE, ABSOLUTELY ALONE ON THIS CHANCE PLANET, AND, AMID ALL THE FORMS OF LIFE THAT SURROUND US, NOT ONE, EXCEPTING THE DOG, HAS MADE AN ALLIANCE WITH US

A WELL TRAINED DOG WILL MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO SHARE YOUR LUNCH. HE WILL JUST MAKE YOU FEEL SO GUILTY THAT YOU CANNOT ENJOY IT

THE MOST AFFECTIONATE CREATURE IN THE WORLD IS A WET DOG

DO YOU EVER WALK INTO A ROOM AND FORGET WHY YOU WALKED IN? I THINK THAT IS HOW DOGS SPEND THEIR LIVES

WHEN THE MAN WAKED UP HE SAID "WHAT IS THE 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

I NEVER KNEW A DOG WITH SENSE ENOUGH TO CEASE WORSHIPPING A HUMAN FOOL ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE