Dog humor, stories, and other anecdotes forum: Dog Proverbs, Quotes, Etc.
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| Dog Proverbs "The silent dog is the first to bite." German Proverb "The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage." Danish Proverb "To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog." German Proverb "Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise." Welsh Proverb "The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread." Portuguese Proverb "The barking of a dog does not disturb the man on a camel." Egyptian Proverb "Children aren't dogs; adults aren't gods." Haitian Proverb "Beware of a silent dog and still water." Latin Proverb "The greater love is a mother's; then comes a dog's; then a sweetheart's." Polish Proverb "One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him." Chinese Proverb "Do not respond to a barking dog." Moroccan Jewish saying "Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun." Indian Proverb "Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas." Italian Proverb "Show a dog a finger, and he wants the whole hand." Yiddish Proverb "If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also." Russian Proverb "A house without either a cat or a dog is the house of a scoundrel." Portuguese Proverb "An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him." Danish Proverb "Every dog is allowed one bite." US Proverb "A good dog deserves a good bone." US Proverb "If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end." Saudi Arabian Proverb Dog does not eat dog. Proverb Why keep a dog and bark yourself? Proverb Please join me at the following Websites: Friendship Corner ~ The Gathering Place ~ Dogs - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know |
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| Dog Quotes "To his dog, every man is King; hence the constant popularity of dogs." Aldous Huxley "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 "Reverence: the spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man." Ambrose Bierce "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 "The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don't know...How, then, can the dog be anything other than a lover of learning since it defines what's its own and what's alien." Plato "When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem." Edward Abbet "The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic." Henry Ward Beecher "A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." Robert Benchley "To err is human:To forgive, canine." "A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself." Josh Billings "The greatest 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." Samuel Butler "Every dog has his day." Miguel de Cervantes "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 The dog is mentioned in the Bible eighteen times - the cat not even once." W. E. Farbstein "To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs." Aldous Huxley "Pet a dog where he can't scratch and he'll always be your friend." Orville Mars "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx "No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as a dog does." Christopher Morley "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." Ben Williams "Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God." "Pet a dog where he can't scratch and he'll always be your friend." Orville Mars Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx "No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as a dog does." Christopher Morley "Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked." "I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult." Rita Rudner "A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." Robert Benchley "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." Ben Williams "If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise." Unknown "Speak softly and own a big, mean Doberman." Dave Miliman "My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can. That's almost $21.00 in dog money." Joe Weinstein "If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them." Phil Pastoret "Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul...They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!" Anne Tyler "Dogs need to sniff the ground; it's how they keep abreast of current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper, containing all kinds of late-breaking dog news items, which, if they are especially urgent, are often continued in the next yard." Dave Barry "Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog." Franklin P. Jones "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of." Ogden Nash "It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?" Eleanor H. Porter "Pollyanna" 1912 "The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs." Jeanne-Marie Roland "If dogs could talk it would take a lot of fun out of owning one." Andy Rooney "The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." Andy Rooney "That indefatigable and unsavory engine of pollution, the dog." John Sparrow "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves." August Strindberg "The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged a dog down to his." James Thurber "You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog." Harry S Truman "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principle difference between a dog and a man." Mark Twain "My little old dog: A heart-beat at my feet." Edith Wharton “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.” Snoopy Please join me at the following Websites: Friendship Corner ~ The Gathering Place ~ Dogs - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know |
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| Buy a Dog Author unknown If you want someone willing to make a fool of himself simply over the joy of seeing you: Buy a Dog If you want someone who will eat whatever you put in front of him and never says its not quite as good as his mother made: Buy a Dog If you want someone always willing to go out, at any hour, for as long and wherever you want: Buy a Dog If you want someone who will never touch the remote, doesn't give a hang about football, and can sit next to you as you watch romantic movies: Buy a Dog If you want someone who is content to get up on your bed, just to warm your feet, and whom you can push off if he snores: Buy a Dog If you want someone who never criticizes what you do, who doesn't care if you are pretty or ugly: Buy a Dog If you want some who doesn't care if you are fat or thin, young or old: Buy a Dog If you want someone who acts as if every word you say is especially worthy of listening to and loves you unconditionally: Buy a Dog But, on the other hand, If you want someone who will never come when you call, ignores you totally when you come home, leaves hair all over the place, walks all over you, runs around all night and only comes home to eat and sleep, and acts as if your entire existence is solely to ensure his happiness Buy a Cat! Please join me at the following Websites: Friendship Corner ~ The Gathering Place ~ Dogs - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know |
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| Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get 8 cats to pull a sled through snow. Did you ever notice, when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you? But....take him for a ride in the car and he will stick his head out the window. I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. If your dogs think you are the best, don't ask for a second opinion. My dog always thinks I look great, no matter what I have on." Beth Fowler "The friendship of a dog is without doubt more intense and more constant than that of man." -Montaigne "One reason a dog is such a lovable creature is his tail wags instead of his tongue." Unknown "No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does." Christopher Morley "The reason that a dog is such a comfort when you are downcast is that she doesn't ask to know why." 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. The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. Ann Landers If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. Will Rogers There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face Ben Williams A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. Josh Billings The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. Andy Rooney We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. In return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made. M. Acklam I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. Rita Rudner A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. Robert Benchley Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. Franklin P. Jones If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise. My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can. That's almost $21.00 in dog money. Joe Weinstein Ever consider what our dogs must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth! Anne Tyler Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. Robert A. Heinlein Speak softly and own a big, mean Doberman. Dave Miliman If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'Wow, you're right! I never would've thought of that!' Dave Barry Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. - Roger Caras If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them. Phil Pastoret My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am. Please join me at the following Websites: Friendship Corner ~ The Gathering Place ~ Dogs - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know |
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| Your Dog 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. Please join me at the following Websites: Friendship Corner ~ The Gathering Place ~ Dogs - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know |
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