Quotes

"Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat."

"In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats."

"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through the snow."

"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat."

"A cat is an example of sophistication minus civilization."

"There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat."

"If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love."

"A cat improves the garden wall in sunshine, and the hearth in foul weather. "

"Cats come and go without ever leaving."

"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. "

"The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity."

"In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this."

"People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life. "

"Most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the company of any cat that walked about the house with a saintly expression."

"You own a dog but you feed a cat."

"A cat isn't fussy - just so long as you remember he likes his milk in the shallow, rose-patterned saucer and his fish on the blue plate. From which he will take it, and eat it off the floor."

"The cat is the animal to whom the Creator gave the biggest eye, the softest fur, the most supremely delicate nostrils, a mobile ear, an unrivaled paw and a curved claw borrowed from the rose-tree. "

"Cats conspire to keep us at arm's length."

"Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds."

"Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible."

"Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan."

"I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul."

"You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals."

"Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds of figures performing complex dramas, with tragic and comic issues, long conversations, many characters, many ups and downs of fate."

"Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren't like this. A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll on a dead fish."

"Of all the toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a sound when you jump on it."

"Cats never strike a pose that isn't photogenic."

"If I called her she would pretend not to hear, but would come a few moments later when it could appear that she had thought of doing so first."