Quirky Quotes
"Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." ~Joseph Wood Krutch
"A middle-aged cat will often play as unreservedly as a kitten, though he knows perfectly well it is only a game." ~William Lyon Phelps
"The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his master, is confused in his mind." ~H. G. Wells
"Cats do not keep the mice away; it is my belief that they preserve them for the chase." ~Oswald Barron
"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want." ~Joseph Wood Krutch
"Confront a cat with something he has never seen before and his reaction will almost invariably be one not of fear but of curiosity." ~Michael Joseph
"If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but deteriorate the cat." ~Mark Twain
"Most cats, when they are Out want to be In, and vica versa, and often simultaneously." ~Louis J. Camuti and Lloyd Alexander
"The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment." ~Arthur Schopenhauer
"A tail held straight out behind a cat means that the cat is about to attack, say the experts. If it is expressing itself loudly in cat language at the same time, it means you have shut its tail in the door." John Tickner
"The more you rub a cat on the rump, the higher she sets her tail." ~John Ray
"A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings." ~William Ralph Inge
"The cat pretends to sleep that it may see the more clearly." ~François-René de Chateaubrian
"No cat purrs unless someone is around to listen." ~Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
"Cats virtually always underestimate human intelligence just as we, perhaps, underestimate theirs." ~Roger Caras
"God made the cat to give man the pleasure of stroking a tiger." ~François Joseph Méry
"I have noticed that what cats appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food which they taker for granted- but his or her entertainment value." ~Geoffrey Household
"The lack of imagination or invention most people display in naming pussies is almost beyond credence." ~Carl Van Vechten
"Cats have always refused to share the human failing of having a conscience." ~John Tickner
"A home without a cat, and a well-fed, well-petted, and properly revered cat, may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove its title?" ~Mark Twain
"With one of the most bewitching sounds in the world, its purr, the cat persuades us that it thinks we're wonderful." ~Akif Pirinçci and Rolf Degen
"A cat has to be in a very bad mood if a human cannot coax him to purr." ~Derek Tangye
"We are often more merciful to our animals [cats] than we are to each other." ~P. D. James
"In truth, most of us don't know our cats." ~Elizabeth Marshal Thomas
"The phrase 'domesticated cat' is an oxymoron." ~George F. Will
"Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reason." ~Robertson Davies
"It is a curious truth that many cats enjoy warmer, more convivial, even affectionate relationships with humans than they could ever do with fellow felines." ~Bruce Fogle
"If we treated everyone with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr." ~Martin Buxbaum
"The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat." ~Jules Reynard
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." ~Anonymous
"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshiped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." ~Anonymous
"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow." ~Jeff Valdez
"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat." ~Ellen Perry Berkeley
"People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life." ~Faith Resnick
"There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats." ~Anonymous
"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." ~Hippolyte Taine
"No heaven will not ever Heaven be; Unless my cats are there to welcome me." ~Unknown
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." ~Albert Schweitzer
"Time spent with cats is never wasted." ~Colette
"You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats." ~Colonial American proverb
"Man has been worshiping [the] cat for centuries and [the] cat has every intention of keeping it that way." ~John Tickner
"The cat does more for the war effort than you do. He acts as a hot-water bottle and saves fuel and power." ~Winston Churchill
"How do you summon up courage to dismiss a cat who is paying you a compliment of sitting on your lap?" ~Derek Tangye
"Why cat were given such terrific peripheral vision when they spend so much time looking down their noses is difficult to understand." ~Roger Caras
"Cat are to be loved because they are cats, and for no other reason." ~The Spectator
"Wherever a cat sits, there shall happiness be found." ~Stanley Spencer
"A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in a garden." ~Robert Southey
"There's a good reason catas say me-ow rather than we-ow or you-ow." ~David Fisher
"Cats are poetry in motion. Dogs are gibberish in neutral." ~Jim Davis
"There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat." ~Tay Hohoff
"What greater gift than the love of a cat?" ~Charles Dickens
"Cat's instinctively know the precise moment their owners will awaken... then they awaken them ten minutes sooner." ~Jim Davis
"Happy is the home with at least one cat." ~Italian proverb
"A home without a cat, and a well-fed, well-petted, and properly revered cat, may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove its title?" ~Mark Twain
"Dogs eat. Cats dine." ~Ann Taylor
"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow." ~Jeff Valdez
"If you want to know the character of a man, find out what his cat thinks of him." ~Anonymous
"Never underestimate the power of a purr." ~Anonymous
"Cats are always elegant." ~John Weitz
"A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem." ~Jean Burden
"A middle-aged cat will often play as unreservedly as a kitten, though he knows perfectly well it is only a game." ~William Lyon Phelps
"The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his master, is confused in his mind." ~H. G. Wells
"Cats do not keep the mice away; it is my belief that they preserve them for the chase." ~Oswald Barron
"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want." ~Joseph Wood Krutch
"Confront a cat with something he has never seen before and his reaction will almost invariably be one not of fear but of curiosity." ~Michael Joseph
"If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but deteriorate the cat." ~Mark Twain
"Most cats, when they are Out want to be In, and vica versa, and often simultaneously." ~Louis J. Camuti and Lloyd Alexander
"The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment." ~Arthur Schopenhauer
"A tail held straight out behind a cat means that the cat is about to attack, say the experts. If it is expressing itself loudly in cat language at the same time, it means you have shut its tail in the door." John Tickner
"The more you rub a cat on the rump, the higher she sets her tail." ~John Ray
"A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings." ~William Ralph Inge
"The cat pretends to sleep that it may see the more clearly." ~François-René de Chateaubrian
"No cat purrs unless someone is around to listen." ~Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
"Cats virtually always underestimate human intelligence just as we, perhaps, underestimate theirs." ~Roger Caras
"God made the cat to give man the pleasure of stroking a tiger." ~François Joseph Méry
"I have noticed that what cats appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food which they taker for granted- but his or her entertainment value." ~Geoffrey Household
"The lack of imagination or invention most people display in naming pussies is almost beyond credence." ~Carl Van Vechten
"Cats have always refused to share the human failing of having a conscience." ~John Tickner
"A home without a cat, and a well-fed, well-petted, and properly revered cat, may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove its title?" ~Mark Twain
"With one of the most bewitching sounds in the world, its purr, the cat persuades us that it thinks we're wonderful." ~Akif Pirinçci and Rolf Degen
"A cat has to be in a very bad mood if a human cannot coax him to purr." ~Derek Tangye
"We are often more merciful to our animals [cats] than we are to each other." ~P. D. James
"In truth, most of us don't know our cats." ~Elizabeth Marshal Thomas
"The phrase 'domesticated cat' is an oxymoron." ~George F. Will
"Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reason." ~Robertson Davies
"It is a curious truth that many cats enjoy warmer, more convivial, even affectionate relationships with humans than they could ever do with fellow felines." ~Bruce Fogle
"If we treated everyone with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr." ~Martin Buxbaum
"The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat." ~Jules Reynard
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." ~Anonymous
"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshiped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." ~Anonymous
"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow." ~Jeff Valdez
"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat." ~Ellen Perry Berkeley
"People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life." ~Faith Resnick
"There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats." ~Anonymous
"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." ~Hippolyte Taine
"No heaven will not ever Heaven be; Unless my cats are there to welcome me." ~Unknown
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." ~Albert Schweitzer
"Time spent with cats is never wasted." ~Colette
"You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats." ~Colonial American proverb
"Man has been worshiping [the] cat for centuries and [the] cat has every intention of keeping it that way." ~John Tickner
"The cat does more for the war effort than you do. He acts as a hot-water bottle and saves fuel and power." ~Winston Churchill
"How do you summon up courage to dismiss a cat who is paying you a compliment of sitting on your lap?" ~Derek Tangye
"Why cat were given such terrific peripheral vision when they spend so much time looking down their noses is difficult to understand." ~Roger Caras
"Cat are to be loved because they are cats, and for no other reason." ~The Spectator
"Wherever a cat sits, there shall happiness be found." ~Stanley Spencer
"A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in a garden." ~Robert Southey
"There's a good reason catas say me-ow rather than we-ow or you-ow." ~David Fisher
"Cats are poetry in motion. Dogs are gibberish in neutral." ~Jim Davis
"There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat." ~Tay Hohoff
"What greater gift than the love of a cat?" ~Charles Dickens
"Cat's instinctively know the precise moment their owners will awaken... then they awaken them ten minutes sooner." ~Jim Davis
"Happy is the home with at least one cat." ~Italian proverb
"A home without a cat, and a well-fed, well-petted, and properly revered cat, may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove its title?" ~Mark Twain
"Dogs eat. Cats dine." ~Ann Taylor
"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow." ~Jeff Valdez
"If you want to know the character of a man, find out what his cat thinks of him." ~Anonymous
"Never underestimate the power of a purr." ~Anonymous
"Cats are always elegant." ~John Weitz
"A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem." ~Jean Burden
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