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Jean Little's quote is my favourite from this page of dog quotes.

"While he has not, in my hearing, spoken the English language, he makes it perfectly plain that he understands it. And he uses his ears, tail, eyebrows, various rumbles and grunts, the slant of his great cold nose or a succession of heartrending sighs to get his meaning across."

Dancer used to become quite insistent when he was hungry. He'd get up and walk over to his bowl. If it was empty, he'd turn his head and look at me, then turn back to his bowl. If I didn't respond, he'd look at me again, then back at his bowl.

If there was still no response, he'd start to "talk" to me in a low voice. It wasn't a growl, but he was definitely trying to get my attention. Finally, if that didn't work, he'd come over, stand right in front of me, and talk again.

At that point, I'd either clue in and feed him, or stop my covert observations and feed him.

Dog Quotes For You To Enjoy


These 23 dog quotes are by authors with surnames beginning with "L". Click on the Previous link at the bottom to see the rest of the "L" quotes.



I've been on so many blind dates I should get a free dog.


My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father.

Wendy Liebman




I was like, what the hell is my life coming to? I'm a trained actor! I've done Shakespeare and here I am having farting contests with an imaginary dog!

Matthew Lillard




I have consolidated all the Abraham Lincoln dog quotes onto one page.




I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me.

Art Linkletter




Mutts are often better to work with. Sometimes, some of the breed dogs get hyper and have lots of health problems. Mutts are just great!

Betty Linn, animal trainer, referring to the collie mix Maui, who played Murray on the television show Mad About You




The only food he has ever stolen has been down on a coffee table. He claims that he genuinely believed it to be a table meant for dogs.


While he has not, in my hearing, spoken the English language, he makes it perfectly plain that he understands it. And he uses his ears, tail, eyebrows, various rumbles and grunts, the slant of his great cold nose or a succession of heartrending sighs to get his meaning across.

Jean Little




A politician's record is like a tin kettle to a dog's tale — it's a noisy appendage, wich makes the dog conspicuous and invites everybody to shy a brick at him.

David Ross Locke ("tail" and "which" were spelled differently in Locke's day)




I'm an equestrian, so I like to ride. Ride horses, I love to hike with my dog, love to travel. Most recently I went to Costa Rica, which I loved.

Kristanna Loken




A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.


And not only did he learn by experience, but instincts long dead became alive again. The domesticated generations fell from him. In vague ways he remembered back to the youth of the breed, to the time the wild dogs ranged in packs through the primeval forest and killed their meat as they ran it down.


His puppyhood was a period of foolish rebellion. He was always worsted, but he fought back because it was his nature to fight back. And he was unconquerable.


It all started when my dog began getting free roll over minutes.

Jay London




Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.


It ought to be realized by all dog owners that obesity shortens a dog's life quite considerably, a life which is much too short anyhow.


There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog.

Konrad Lorenz




The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be.

Konrad Lorenz, Man Meets Dog




I like dogs better [than people]. They give you unconditional love. They either lick your face or bite you, but you always know where they're coming from. With people, you never know which ones will bite. The difference between dogs and men is that you know where dogs sleep at night.

Greg Louganis




Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.

Malcolm Lowry




What kind of life a dog... acquires, I have sometimes tried to imagine by kneeling or lying full length on the ground and looking up. The world then becomes strangely incomplete: one sees little but legs.

E.V. Lucas




Be comforted, little dog, thou too in the Resurrection shall have a tail of gold.


The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made his greatest gift the commonest.

Martin Luther




Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.

Martin Luther, on his dog Toelpel



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