#dogs

Plus je vois le homes, plus j’admire les chiens” (The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs). ↗

— Marie-Jeanne Roland de la Platière

#dogs #men

It as true that normal people couldn't hear Gaspode speak, because dogs don't speak. It's a well know fact. ... Besides, almost all dogs don't talk. Ones that do are merely a statistical error, and can therefore be ignored. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#men

Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed ancestry had given him a dexterity of jaw that was truly awesome. He somersaulted happily around the floor, making faces like a rubber gargoyle in a washing machine. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#simile #money

The dog’s agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. “I want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with that, kiss you. There are no ulterior motives with a dog, no mind games, no second-guessing, no complicated negotiations or bargains, and no guilt trips or grudges if a request is denied. ↗

— Caroline Knapp

#animals #dogs #simple #motivational

Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen; they keep to the edge of vision and beyond, loping in and out of cover on the plains and highlands. And at night, when the whole world belongs to them, they parley at the river with the dogs, their higher, sharper voices full of authority and rebuke. They are an old council of clowns, and they are listened to. ↗

— N. Scott Momaday

#dogs #nature #night #nature

My name is Two Dogs Wink While Chewing. It’s not an Indian name, nor one that reflects my cat-loving nature. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#dogs #love

If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am. ↗

— Charles Yu

#science

Science has so far been unable to tell us how self-aware dogs are, much less whether they have anything like our conscious thoughts. This is not surprising, since neither scientists nor philosophers can agree about what the consciousness of humans consists of, let alone that of animals. ↗

— John Bradshaw

#dogs #science

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man. ↗

— Mark Twain

#dogs #different

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#constant #dog #dogs #every #every man