If I had been a little dog I'd have gone leaping and…

Over the years I knew her she always looked at me like that - as though I was a quite pleasant but amusing object…

— James Herriot

Nobody ever kicked a dog wagging its tail

— Chris Murray

You can’t make a dog happy by forcibly wagging its tail. And you can’t change people’s minds by utterly refuting their arguments.

— Jonathan Haidt

“Diagramming made language seem friendly, like a dog who doesn't bark, but, instead, trots over to greet you, wagging its tail.”

— Kitty Burns Florey

“money could buy you a pretty good dog but not the wagging of its tail.”

— Ashwin Sanghi

“I don't have a command for 'stop wagging your tail'.”

— Elle Saverini

The nice thing about dogs is you can sit them down, you could have a nice long conversation, you could be cross, you could…

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

A dog is a smile and a wagging tail. What is in between doesn't matter much.

— Clara Ortega

I have no dog, but it must be Somewhere there's one belongs to me-- A little chap with wagging tail, And dark brown eyes…

— John Kendrick Bangs

Many dogs can understand almost every word humans say, while humans seldom learn to recognize more than half a dozen barks, if that. And…

— Dodie Smith

One: Don't play leapfrog with elephants. Two: Don't pet a tiger unless his tail is wagging. Three: Never, ever, mess with the Ladies Auxiliary.…

— Lauren Myracle

“I'll take the sound of a full throttle purr over the thump of a wagging tail any day.”

— Arden Moore

The best smiles come easily and often and don't include drool unless there is a tail wagging behind them.

— Rock Cowles

I'm well on my way to becoming one of those grumpy old actresses with faces like crocodile handbags who live out their days surrounded…

— Maureen Lipman

“To imagine that I was pleased would have been an understatement, if I was a dog, my tail would be wagging my arse off.”

— Gary Edward Gedall