Most everyone has an opinion about dogs, but some have had their thoughts recorded for posterity...

"Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." - Mark Twain

"Man is a dog's idea of what God should be." - Holbrook Jackson

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." - Andrew A. Rooney

"If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons." - James Thurber

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"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend: and inside a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx

"A dog is not "almost human," and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such." - John Holmes

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

"The great 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

"Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure loveand always have to mix love and hate."
- Sigmund Freud

"No man can be condemed for owning a dog. As long as he has a dog, he has a friend;and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."  - Will Rogers

"If you can't decide between a Shepherd, a Setter or a Poodle, get them all ... adopt a mutt!" - ASPCA