Cats Quotes

Then it suddenly and theatrically began to clean itself in the way cats do when they want you to know what a big deal you aren't.

Once when I had remarked on the affection quite often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, "Yes. But I bet no dog would ever confess it to the other dogs.

All cat stories start with this statement: "My mother, who was the first cat, told me this...

He inclined his head ever so slightly, displaying with his bearing the supreme confidence, even arrogance, that is the sole providence of cats, dragons, and certain highborn women.

There is not room to swing a cat.

Even in the best times, managing science has been compared to herding cats; it is not done well, but one is surprised to find it done at all.

Making movies is like herding cats.

Ithink that theworld should be full of cats and full of rain, that's all, justcats andrain, rain and cats, very nice, goodnight.

The coldest depth of Hell is reserved for people who abandon kittens.

Cats tell me without effort all that there is to know.

If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.

The factories, the jails, the drunken days and nights, the hospitals have weakened and shaken me like a mouse in the mouth of a hip-cat: life.- from an Aug. 1965 letter to Jim Roman "On Cats

when I am feelinglowall i have to do iswatch my catsand mycouragereturns

Never try to out-stubborn a cat.

Women are still cats and birds. Or at the best, cows.

I am sad for the dead and I am sad for the livingbut not for my 5 cats

To err is human, to purr is feline.

The cat is the beutiful devil. And here we can use the word, even without the “a.”- from a Dec. 21 1960, a letter to Sheri Martinelli"On Cats

I felt like a still live fish on ice in a butcher’s counter on Friday morning.- On Cats

Surely you're not saying that the life of a human and the life of an animal are of the same value?' he ven

I didn't know you had a cat!' she excl

Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you're feeling bad, just look at the cats, you'll feel better, because they know that everything is, just as it is.

...staring into thin air at thosethings only cats can see (Doctro Sleep)

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

One cat just leads to another."[Letter from Finca Vigia, Cuba, to his first wife, Elizabeth Hadley Richardson (1943).]

Cats have been all over the Internet for many years. This makes total sense, as they seem to spend half their lives trying to stand and sit on the keyboards of our laptops.

It is common knowledge that 87% of the problems of the world are caused by cats. No cats, no problems."Hank the Cowdog

The three months I'd spend with Eddie had taught me many things, and the top two items were (1) A Cat's Purr Makes Everything Okay and (2) The Cat Always Wins.

I like cats as much as the next person, in the right quantity.

Desire, problem solving, and communication are all signs of intelligence and awareness. My cat has these, so it's quite possible he has a soul too.

I already have insurance, a religion, and a newspaper subscription... I'm also... not interested in... aggressive sales of cats...

He is a cat, Miss Lancaster. Asking him such questions is an exercise in futility.

When a single cat let loose a war cry, it was an unsettling sound. When two cats suddenly wailed at each other in a similar fashion, it was downright unne

He had to give humans credit where it was due - they did seem to have a knack for building interesting places for cats to explore.

I just got another kitten, you know. Found another trademark. It's quite embarrassing I misse

If cats could count, they’d start getting nervous around the time they put paid to their fifth life.

Cats, Dog considered, were clearly a lot tougher than lost souls

When you set out, you were four. Six with friends who could not stay behind. Now you are one.

A cat is always on the wrong side of any door.

...after a pointless delay for the humans to collect all their toys and keepsakes, he was able to take his rightful place in Littlemouse's arms and heard them all in the proper direction.

That's because they're people, only smarter. They know us better than we know them, and a lot of them have a sense of humor. They're exactly like us minus our useless mental power and thumbs.

Either you like cats or you don't. Whole nations have been divided on what people thought of an animal that mates openly, walks in silence and keeps its own counsel.

Little cats mean little kids, little kids mean little cats!

This is the story of how I "came down with cat, " even though I had decided I would never, ever, own any pet.

I think I would rather have a cat than a sweetheart, after all. They are less trouble, and even the handsomest sweetheart is sadly lacking in fur.

[Brodsky] loved cats, and sometimes for a greeting would meow.

What do women want?" Sigmund Freud cried. Books and cats are a good start.

I'd found my niche: cat-owning, stalker-y secretary. And I played the same part again and again and again.