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Dogs10 quotes
You see, Greg, when you yell at a dog, his tail will go between his legs and cover his genitals, his ears will go down. A dog is very easy to break, but cats make you work for their affection. They don't sell out the way dogs do. — Jack Byrnes · 2000If you need a friend, get a dog. — Gordon Gekko · 1987Near 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. — Lord Byron · 1808It's basic dog psychology, if you scare them and get them peeing down their leg, they submit. But if you project weakness, you draw aggression, that's how people get hurt. — Bodhi · 1991Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit. — Sir Walter Scott · 1825Any dog under 50 pounds is a cat, and cats are pointless. — Ron Swanson · 2013All 10 quotes →Man and animals6 quotes
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. — Lord Byron · 1808It's basic dog psychology, if you scare them and get them peeing down their leg, they submit. But if you project weakness, you draw aggression, that's how people get hurt. — Bodhi · 1991Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit. — Sir Walter Scott · 1825The dog... Commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery, and as he is also an item of expense, and commonly serves no industrial purpose, he holds a well-assured place in men's regard as a thing of good repute. — Thorstein Veblen · 1899The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.... When all other friends desert, he remains. — George Graham Vest · 1870Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends. — Alexander Pope · 1709Man's best friend3 quotes
If you need a friend, get a dog. — Gordon Gekko · 1987Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit. — Sir Walter Scott · 1825Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends. — Alexander Pope · 1709Cats2 quotes
You see, Greg, when you yell at a dog, his tail will go between his legs and cover his genitals, his ears will go down. A dog is very easy to break, but cats make you work for their affection. They don't sell out the way dogs do. — Jack Byrnes · 2000Any dog under 50 pounds is a cat, and cats are pointless. — Ron Swanson · 2013Cats and dogs2 quotes
You see, Greg, when you yell at a dog, his tail will go between his legs and cover his genitals, his ears will go down. A dog is very easy to break, but cats make you work for their affection. They don't sell out the way dogs do. — Jack Byrnes · 2000Any dog under 50 pounds is a cat, and cats are pointless. — Ron Swanson · 2013Animals1 quote
If you look at a dog following the advice of his nose, he traverses a patch of land in a completely unplottable manner. And he invariably finds what he's looking for. — W.G. Sebald · 2001Discovery1 quote
If you look at a dog following the advice of his nose, he traverses a patch of land in a completely unplottable manner. And he invariably finds what he's looking for. — W.G. Sebald · 2001Friends1 quote
Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends. — Alexander Pope · 1709Pets1 quote
Any dog under 50 pounds is a cat, and cats are pointless. — Ron Swanson · 2013Power dynamics1 quote
It's basic dog psychology, if you scare them and get them peeing down their leg, they submit. But if you project weakness, you draw aggression, that's how people get hurt. — Bodhi · 1991Submission1 quote
It's basic dog psychology, if you scare them and get them peeing down their leg, they submit. But if you project weakness, you draw aggression, that's how people get hurt. — Bodhi · 1991