The best Quotes by John Grogan

A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.

When I wrote "Marley & Me", I had a clear audience in mind. And it did not include children. I wrote my book for adults and assumed only adults, and possibly teenagers, would be drawn to it.

Cats will outsmart dogs every time.

Animal lovers are a special breed of humans, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as big as a cloudless sky.

A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his.

Owning a dog always ended with this sadness because dogs just don't live as long as people do.

There's no such thing as a bad dog, just a bad owner.

He taught us the art of unqualified love. How to give it, how to accept it. Where there is that, most other pieces fall into place.

Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.

If you still think you're a young pup then you are, no matter what the calendar says.

A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water logged stick will do just fine. A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel extraordinary?

Jenny: "You're part of the plan."
John: "Oh yeah?"
Jenny: "My plan - step 1: meet an incredibly sweet, smart, sexy man."
John: "Done. Step 2?"
Jenny: "Marry you instead."

Arnie Klein: "Listen, take a vacation. Go away for a couple of weeks. Take a month off."
John: "Go where?"
Arnie Klein: "I dunno."
John: "I live in a vacation spot."
Arnie Klein: "Then go to someplace where it's painful and sad."

You can leave Detroit, but it will never leave you.

There's cities that get by on their good looks. Detroit has to work for a living.

Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell.

Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile.

I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

I am NOT telling you to be aggressive! I am telling you to stay in control. Be calm and assertive!

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.

Happiness starts with a wet nose and ends with a tail.

Giving a child an education is by far one of the most important investments we can make.

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.

Who feeds a hungry animal, feeds his own soul.

It takes much more courage to be in love than it does for war.

I once considered keeping some pets in my office, but soon gave up on the idea. It's just not right to keep small animals where they won't be able to see the sun.

All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.

Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.