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Dog Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Dog - a kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship.
- ZEUS /n./ The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog.
- A subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship . . . . [H]is master works for the means wherewith…
- EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is said to generate the…
- MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.
- PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.
- CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance - against whom or what does not clearly appear; everybody, sooner…
- J, n. A consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel . . . from a Latin verb, "jacere", "to throw," because…
- The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
- ASS, n. A public singer with a good voice but no ear. In Virginia City, Nevada, he is called the Washoe Canary, in Dakota, the…
- DOG, n. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship. This Divine Being in some…
More Dog Quotes
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- Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your… — Francis Bacon
- Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call a cat,… — Antonio Banderas
- If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats are very… — Antonio Banderas
- When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. — Edward Abbey
- We have to convince the people of Bucharest, who are dog lovers, to treat dogs like they treat their children and not… — Brigitte Bardot
- I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known. — Bob Barker
- Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them… — Dave Barry
- There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I… — Drew Barrymore
- Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors? — Saint Basil
- Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme. — Francis Beaumont