A Quote by George Herbert

An old dog barks not in vain.

George Herbert

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George Herbert
British - Poet
April 3, 1593 - March 1, 1633

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!

David Starr Jordan

Many dogs can understand almost every word humans say, while humans seldom learn to recognize more than half a dozen barks, if that. And barks are only a small part of the dog language. A wagging tail can mean so many things. Humans know that it means a dog is pleased, but not what a dog is saying about his pleasedness.

Dodie Smith

If the old dog barke he gives counsell. [If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.]

George Herbert

Oh, that dog! Ever hear of a German Shepherd that bites its nails? Barks with a lisp? You say, "Attack!" And he has one. All he does is piddle. He's nothing but a fur-covered kidney that barks.

Phyllis Diller

The old dog barks backward without getting up I can remember when he was a pup.

Robert Frost

My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have not told you the type of dog which I have. Perhaps you even picture Toto, from The Wizard of Oz. But I can tell you, my dog is always with me. WOOF!

Jack Nance

A foolish dog barks at a flying bird

Bob Marley

Each dog barks in his own yard!

Rudyard Kipling

Like the dog who barks at the train, I bark not because I expect the train to stop, but because I am a dog.

Dwight Longenecker

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Winston Churchill

Wanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Three things know a secret- First; the lady in a dream, The dog that barks no warning, And a maid that does not scream.

Mercedes Lackey

A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. Curtius Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet

Quintus Curtius Rufus

You will never reach your destination if you stop & throw stones at every dog that barks...Better keep biscuits & Move on.

Dhirubhai Ambani

With the "old dog" stuff, maybe the term "old" is in there, but I'm 26. I'm not that old. It's mostly like, "Ah, you dirty old dog!" I'm saying it more like that. I'm still ripping. I'm ready to rip. I'll make a bunch more records and have a nice time. We'll see what happens.