"I know that dogs are pack animals, but it's difficult to imagine a pack of standard poodles... and if there was such a thing as a pack of standard poodles, where would they rove to? Bloomingdale's?"     

~Yvonne Clifford

"The pug is living proof that God has a sense of humor."

~Margo Kaufman

"Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other."

~Robert Benchley

"Fox-terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs."

~Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat

"Newfoundland dogs are good to save children from drowning, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will be no profit in boarding a Newfoundland."

~Josh Billings

"Bulldogs are adorable, with faces like toads that have been sat on."

~Colette

"The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go."

~Winston Churchill

"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult."

~Rita Rudner

"Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane."

~Smiley Blanton