Lilian Jackson Braun Quotes
To understand a cat, you must realize that he has has own gifts, his own viewpoint, even his own morality
Dogs have their day but cats have 365.
No one ever owns a cat...you share a common habitation on a basis of equal rights and mutual respects...although somehow the cat always comes out ahead of the deal.
...if you've never been cussed out by a Siamese, you don't know what profanity is all about!
Are those cat hairs on your lapel, or have you been dating a blonde with a crew cut?
The way to test a man's sincerity is to serve him a bad cup of coffee. If he doesn't comment, he is not to be trusted.
At dinner time he would sit in a corner, concentrating; and suddenly they would say, 'Time to feed the cat,' as if it were their idea.
Cats have a contempt of speech. Why should they talk when they can communicate without words?
People who really appreciated animals always asked their names.
Cats hate a closed door, you know, regardless of which side they're on. If they're out, they want to get in, and if they're in, they want to get out.
Cats don't fight for their rights; they take them for granted. They have a right to be fed, watered, stroked on demand and supplied with a lap and a clean commode
Small birds throw seeds out of the feeder; large birds pick them up off the ground, but the squirrels try to muscle in.
The more you talk to cats ... the smarter they become. An occasional 'nice kitty' will have no measurable effect; intelligent conversation is required.
No one had ever accused Koko of being naughty. Perverse, perhaps, or arrogant, or despotic. But naughtiness was beneath his dignity.
that's what i mean about cats. they're always trying to make fools of us humans.