“Every dog has its day, dog
And today, dog, just ain't yours.”
Toby Keith (1961) American country music singer and actor
Every Dog Has Its Day, written with Bobby Pinson and John Waples.
Song lyrics, American Ride (2009)
[Wise, Mike, http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/11/sports/pro-basketball-tension-between-o-neal-and-bryant-is-rising-every-day.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm, PRO BASKETBALL; Tension Between O'Neal and Bryant Is Rising Every Day, January 11, 2001, The News York Times]
O'Neal implying his level of defensive play would drop if he were not the team's featured option on offense.
“Every dog has its day, dog
And today, dog, just ain't yours.”
Toby Keith (1961) American country music singer and actor
Every Dog Has Its Day, written with Bobby Pinson and John Waples.
Song lyrics, American Ride (2009)
“You see, dogs like us, we ain't such dogs as we think we are.”
Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981) American playwright, screenwriter and novelist
Marty Pilletti.
Marty (1955)
Context: I used to adore my old man because he was always so kind. That's one of the most beautiful things I have in my life — the way my father and mother were. And my father was a real ugly man. So it doesn't matter if you look like a gorilla. You see, dogs like us, we ain't such dogs as we think we are.
“If there are junk yards in hell, love is the dog that guards the gates.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“The dog won't bite if you beat Him with a bone”
Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor
"Lowside of the Road", Mule Variations (1999).