Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. 19 quotes from Charles de Gaulle

I've got a new invention. It's a revolving bowl for tired goldfish. 2 more thoughts from Lefty Gomez

I've always been mad about cats. 5 thoughts from Vivien Leigh

I heard that Jesus had a pet dinosaur. Evolution must be a myth then. 2 sayings from John Bacon

I got a pet monkey called Charlie Chan. 22 more quotes from Jimi Hendrix

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. 74 more views from Winston Churchill

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. 7 other views from Joseph Wood Krutch

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young. 2 quotes from Konrad Lorenz

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions they pass no criticisms. 52 sayings from George Eliot

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. 19 quotes from Woodrow Wilson

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings. 5 more quotes from Oliver Herford

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. 7 sayings from Max Eastman

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house. 15 other quotes from Moliere

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. 15 quotes from Albert Schweitzer

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat. 19 more quotes from Edgar Allan Poe

People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. 3 other quotes from August Strindberg

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. 19 more quotes from Alfred North Whitehead

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical. 9 other thoughts from William S. Burroughs

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. 3 views from Jules Verne

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. 47 more sayings from Abraham Lincoln

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. 12 wisdom & wit from Thornton Wilder

The smallest feline is a masterpiece. 27 views from Leonardo da Vinci

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened. 20 thoughts from Anatole France

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there. 5 other sayings from Agnes Repplier

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. 42 views from Josh Billings

Time spent with cats is never wasted. 26 quotes from Sigmund Freud

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does. 15 more sayings from Christopher Morley

The dog is the god of frolic. 58 views from Henry Ward Beecher

To his dog, every man is Napoleon hence the constant popularity of dogs. 45 more thoughts from Aldous Huxley

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. 14 other quotes from Robert A. Heinlein

I love cats because I enjoy my home and little by little, they become its visible soul. 24 views from Jean Cocteau

The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat. 14 more thoughts from Ogden Nash

A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden. 3 more thoughts from Robert Southey

No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish. 27 wisdom & wit from Kin Hubbard

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. 10 quotes from Robert Benchley

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort. 4 quotes from James Herriot

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog. 33 more views from Dwight D. Eisenhower