Enlarge Image "Thousands of years ago, cats were worshiped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." Anonymous
"The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals." Anonymous
"A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more than you love yourself." Josh Billings
"Until one has loved an animal,a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Anatole France
"Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!" Theophile Gautier
"Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to." Joe Gores
"There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat." Wesley Bates
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." Immanuel Kant
"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language." Martin Buber
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." Roger Caras
"A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution." Hazel Nicholson
"My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet." Edith Wharton
"A canter is the cure for all evil." Benjamin Disraeli
"Dogs have owners, cats have staff." Anonymous
"I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long." Walt Whitman
"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans." James Herriot
"Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives." Sue Murphy
"In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble, He gave him the cat." Warren Eckstein
"I love cats because I enjoy my home and little by little, they become its visible soul." Jean Cocteau
"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." Ann Landers
"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." Ben Williams
"A dog maybe a man's best friend but a horse made history..." Anonymous
"A house is not a home without a pet." Anonymous
"To err is human, to forgive, canine." Anonymous
"To err is human, to purr, feline." Robert Byrne
"There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before." Robert Lynd
"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!" Dave Barry
"If I have any beliefs about immortality it is that certain dogs I know will go to heaven, and very very few people." James Thurber
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma Gandhi
"Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled." Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it." Samuel Butler
"A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart and wins with his character." Tesio
"The dog was created especially for children. He is the God of frolic." Henry Ward Beecher
"The Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him." Rudyard Kipling
"A dog has lots of friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue." Anonymous
"The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp." John Berry
"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg." Samuel Butler
"A Horse! A Horse! My kingdom for a horse!" Shakespeare
"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
"If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer." Alfred North Whitehead
"When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her." Montaigne
"And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it and created the horse." Bedouin Legend
"I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." Hippolyte Taine
"Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." George Elliot
"Every boy should have two things: a dog and a mother willing to let him have one." Anonymous
"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." Andrew A. Rooney
"... he will be our friend for always and always and always." Rudyard Kipling
"The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much." Thornton Wilder
"The dog represents all that is best in man." Etienne Charlet