Dogs And Humans Quotes

“A dog only got hurt if its love was repudiated, intentional or not, though it never had long to feel true sorrow in response because it never held its love back, regardless of reciprocation; the dog just tried to love you more. No other distractions such as work, home, friendships, or lovers—just the insistence of undying and unwavering affection in the truest sense of the word—asking for only a fraction of what it gave.”
― Michael A. Ferro, TITLE 13: A Novel

“A dog's love is only second to that of a mother's.”
― Radhika Mundra

“In a society where people are obsessed with personal space, dogs have come to serve as welcome, neo-human mediators of loneliness and solitude.”
― Okey Ndibe, Never Look an American in the Eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American

“The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be.”
― Michael Hingson, Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero

“We call our worst enemies dogs, but they don't deserve it because dogs are the friends of man.”
― Manlio Argueta, One Day of Life

“Heald envied and admired a dog's existence, and it only weighed on him more when he considered the rare and undeniably questionable gift of knowing that he would die— that he was mortal. A dog could only embrace love absolutely, without hesitation, and could devote itself to it with complete and unabashed abandon, for the world was forever.”
― Michael A. Ferro, TITLE 13: A Novel

“I missed Eve so much I couldn't be a human anymore and feel the pain that humans feel. I had to be an animal again.”
― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain

“El café huele a hogar pero sabe a rayos", Cross.”
― Emilio Ortiz, A través de mis pequeños ojos

“Frankly, the only good people who I know are dogs.”
― Fakeer Ishavardas

“Was she happy? I suppose she was happy. She had, after all, fulfilled a dog's most urgent need, she had managed to bestow her heart, and upon steady people whose dull, uneventful lives required the consolation of what she had to give.”
― J.R. Ackerley, My Dog Tulip

“As long as you wag your tail you are a sincere dog, when you bark you are a ferocious dog but the moment you bite you become a mad dog .”
― Amit Abraham

“Unlike man, a dog lives every moment and dies only once.”
― Tapan Ghosh

“Dogs have something of us in them. Something of God.”
― Manlio Argueta, One Day of Life

“Cynophilist: paradoxical being that often despises man and adores the dog, apparently, mainly because of the unconditional love that the latter has for the first.”
― Luigina Sgarro

“You could be Charles Manson, or Hitler, or even a lawyer who advertises on television, and your dog will still think you're the greatest thing ever. This tells you something very important about dogs: They are not very bright.”
― Dave Barry, I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood

“One of the biggest myths debunked by science is that dogs see only in black and white. Contrary to that popular belief, dogs have dichromatic vision, meaning that they can see shades of yellow and blue.”
― Victoria Stilwell

“James would only look for music composed and performed by humans. Nowadays people didn’t feel the need to learn to play musical instruments. And why would they, since the sounds they produced could be perfectly generated digitally. Human voices were sample recorded, then modified and remastered by artificial intelligence. Where did our creativity go?”
― A.V. Osten, The Head Employee Precedent

“As a child I had grown up around individual dogs that belonged to various members of an extended family and friends, as well as around packs of dogs on family's and neighbors' ranches. Growing up in the United States, I had countless encounters with both familiar dogs and strange dogs. Through the many encounters and interactions with many dogs over the course of a lifetime of now 5+ decades, I have learned to read the behavior of dogs quite well, and eventually have come to understand much about dog-psychology, how to behave around them, how to handle them, and how to train them to acceptably behave – all in the most instinctive and natural way possible.”
― Yohai Reuben, Sadie the German Shepherd Dog Puppy: How to House-Train your GSD without a Crate

“And so I learned by observation, interaction, and experience - as well as active study and research - growing up and throughout my life how to understand dog-psychology, how to behave around dogs, and how to physically handle them (without fear or worry of being bitten) if/when necessary. I've had both good and bad experiences with countless dogs thus yielding many lessons learned as well as useful insights which will be shared with you throughout the course of this book.”
― Yohai Reuben, Sadie the German Shepherd Dog Puppy: How to House-Train your GSD without a Crate

“In choosing a dog to share your life, you have an incredible opportunity to form a powerful bond with a member of another species.”
― Cesar Millan, Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding & Correcting Common Dog Problems

“You know, your grandmother once told me something that the Native Americans say about dogs with different-colored eyes: they are extraordinary, for they have the ability to look upon both heaven and hell.”
― Michael A. Ferro, TITLE 13: A Novel

“Heald did not understand cats. All his life he had been a dog person, naturally averse to cats due to his allergies. Many of the women that he knew in the city had cats. It couldn’t be as simple as men being “dog people” and women being “cat people”; he knew that was too one- dimensional. Maybe something about cats’ apprehensive and complicated nature drew women to adore them, sensing a mirrored personality that had to be appreciated, or at the very least, respected. Dogs, with their fanatical, uncomplicated, and singular devotion, were everything a man could ever ask for.”
― Michael A. Ferro, TITLE 13: A Novel

“She’s a mixed-breed and not the least bit aggressive.
She decided long ago she wanted to be a pet dog, not a guard dog. I think that’s another reason why that man wanted to get rid of her. I’ve never understood all this fascination with aggressiveness. It’s like an epidemic. People don’t just want aggressive dogs, they want to be aggressive themselves.”
― Sonal Panse, The Sunshine Time - Season 1 Episode 1

“She’s a mixed-breed and not the least bit aggressive. She decided long ago she wanted to be a pet dog, not a guard dog. I think that’s another reason why that man wanted to get rid of her. I’ve never understood all this fascination with aggressiveness. It’s like an epidemic. People don’t just want aggressive dogs, they want to be aggressive themselves.”
― Sonal Panse, The Sunshine Time - Season 1 Episode 1

“We've done nothing to hurt them," growled Argal. "All we've done is to be their most faithful companions for thousands of years. We protected their children, their homes, their farms. We herded their cattle and sheep. We showed them how to hunt. We fought in their wars. When they were lost, we guided them home. We put food in their mouths when they were hungry, and saved their lives when they were dying. We even wiped out our brothers-the wolves-for the benefit of men and to our shame because men asked us to do it. Now we capture their criminals and sniff for their dangerous explosives and poisonous drugs. The rich use us to make them look even richer, and the beggars use us to help pay for their booze. In their darkest nights we bring them comfort. In their brightest days we bring them joy. We've given the human race more love than any other creature on this earth. They even have the nerve to call us man's best friend,"
He looked about the death house. He looked at Furgal. "And this is our reward,”
― Tim Willocks, Doglands

“Of course her dumb Lab’s going to do whatever it takes to retrieve the ball. What he craves more than freedom is companionship.”
― Shannon M Mullen, See What Flowers

“The problem with love is that there is so much of it to give." King Tommy”
― Monique Golda Nerman, KING TOMMY

“Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can't really be held responsible for what they do. But we can."
--from The Dogs of Bedlam Farm”
― Jon Katz, The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me

“Мисля си: може ли някой тъй силно и тъй предано да обича човека, както кучето обича човека? Аз мисля, че ние можем да мразим човека с омраза, равна на кучешката, със сини пламъци в очите, но да обичаме човек, както кучето го обича – не можем!”
― Yordan Radichkov, Прашка

“It's done now, Tony said. We can't change what's already been decided.
Can't we? I wondered. Even just a little? Can we not will ourselves to achieve the impossible? Can we not use the power of our life force to change something: one small thing, one insignificant moment, one breathe, one gesture? Is there nothing we can do to change what is around us?”
― Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain