#dogs

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

The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#dog

You can say any fool thing to a dog and the dog will just give you this look that says, 'My GOSH, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that! ↗

— Dave Barry

#dog

A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness. There was a hint in it of laughter, but of laughter more terrible than any sadness-a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the Sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility. It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. It was the Wild, the savage, frozen-hearted Northland Wild. ↗

— Jack London

#wolves #life

The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them. ↗

— Stanley Coren

#dogs-loyalty #fear #loyalty

What kind of a world do we live in that has room for dog yoga but not for Esperanto! ↗

— Arika Okrent

#esperanto #injustice #yoga-practice #yoga

I don't think twice about picking up my dog's poop, but if another dog's poop is next to it, I think, 'Eww, dog poop! ↗

— Jonah Goldberg

#feces #twitter #twitter

Owning a dog is slightly less expensive than being addicted to crack. ↗