CAT QUOTES II

quotations about cats

Dogs have Masters. Cats have staff.

ANONYMOUS


It had need to be a wiley mouse that should breed in the cats ear.

JOHN HEYWOOD

Proverbs


Nothing's more playful than a young cat, nor more grave than an old one.

THOMAS FULLER

Gnomologia


Dogs love you no matter what, because God made them that way. They are pack animals and will always choose to be with their particular pack of humans no matter how they are treated. Cats are discriminating and hold you to a higher standard. You have to earn their trust and a certain amount of pride can be taken in the achievement.

DEBRA DEBLOCK-HAYFORD

Cold Paws


Cat's are unpredictable. It is a fine line between the cure, inquisitive and innocent creature resting on our lap and the hissing, spitting and deranged banshee it might become at any moment. This is why we're trying always to win their love.

GEORGE TAKEI

Oh Myyy!


Domesticated felines remain "part-kitten" all through their lives, and even though they may be middle-aged in feline terms they still look upon their human owners as their mothers.

DESMOND MORRIS

Catlore


Male or female, a cat will show you how it feels about you. People hide their feelings for various reasons, but cats never do.

LEICESTER HEMINGWAY

My Brother


The trouble with a kitten is
That
Eventually it becomes a
Cat.

OGDEN NASH

"The Kitten," The Face Is Familiar


Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you're feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you'll feel better, because they know that everything is, just as it is. There's nothing to get excited about. They just know. They're saviors. The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you'll live ten times longer than if you have ten. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever. It's truly ridiculous.

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Interview Magazine, Sep. 1987


I think all cats are wild. They only act tame if there's a saucer of milk in it for them.

DOUGLAS ADAMS

Last Chance to See


Tens of millions of people have lived side by side with tens of millions of cats for a very long time--4,000 years is the generally accepted length of time that we can trace our relationship with them. However, cats never became as fully domesticated as dogs, nor did we ever develop a hierarchical relationship where we became the "masters" of cats.... Cats have lived as solitary hunters for most of their ancestry. Early cats in the wild didn't depend on any other creature for their comfort and survival--not their own kind, not humankind. So what we may interpret as "aloofness" or "indifference" is really just self-sufficiency--a self reliance that has been in their genes and stood them in good stead for centuries. Cats are programmed to rely on their own skills and judgment, never depending on a leader or a group to help them make decisions. Cats do not look to us for supervision or permission, they don't turn to us for affirmation, nor do they accept training, by and large.

TRACIE HOTCHNER

The Cat Bible


There is nothing quite like the presence of a cat in the house to make you feel at home, whether it's a mansion or the tiniest inner city apartment, a rustic cabin or royal palace. Cats are like a little bit of heaven on earth, their purring not unlike the stir of angel wings.

THERESA MANCUSO

Cats Do It Better Than People


A cat is not merely diverted by everything that moves, but is convinced that all nature is occupied exclusively with catering to her diversion.

FRANCOIS AUGUSTE PARADIS DE MONCRIF

attributed, The Fireside Sphinx


Cats are like Baptists. You know they raise hell, but you can never catch them at it.

JAMES PATTERSON

Cat & Mouse


Walking is a human habit into which dogs readily fall but it is a distasteful form of exercise to a cat unless he has a purpose in view.

CARL VAN VECHTEN

attributed, Plain and Fancy Cats


Cats are like tiny, judgmental camels. Owing to their super-efficient kidneys, the "treasure" they bury in the litter box has much less water in it than what we flush down the toilet. Their kidneys are so good that a cat can get all the water they need from a hearty meat-based diet. They can even drink seawater and re-hydrate themselves with no ill effects.

BRITTNEY BOROWLEC

Massive Science, July 16, 2019


Cats are like the French: meals are very important to them, and they want to savor the experience without interruptions.

KIM CAMPBELL THORNTON

Your New Cat


Cats kept their secrets; they yielded to no one.

ELIZABETH REDFERN

Music of the Spheres


Men prefer pets they can control, like dogs. They can't handle that "get stuffed" stare from a cat.

CELIA HAMMOND

Evening Standard Magazine, Mar. 26, 1999


Black cat come visit me, I don't care what people say
I saw your hazel eyes, sparkling in the moonlight
Black cat one day things will change, I'm gonna wipe away your bad name
My friend tells me you're no good, and I say hey I'm not afraid

ZIGGY MARLEY

"Black Cat", Love Is My Religion