quotations about cats
Cats invented self-esteem.
ERMA BOMBECK
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attributed, The Cat Fanatic
The moral charm of the cat consists in one's complete inability to fathom their minds and motives. A dog's mind is generally a clear and straightforward affair. You can never discover what strange things are passing in a cat's brain. You know that a dog is looking up to you, following your whims and reflecting your fancies--is, in a word, intellectually dependent upon his master. Not so with a cat. The cat is never the servant of your hand and eye. She may deign to play with you, but it is always with reserves complete enough to save her own individuality and freedom of action. The cat plays with you as much as you with her.
"The Cat in Literature,"
Living Age, vol. 217
We have to afford cats the same sort of dignity we do with a human.
NICK DOUGLAS
"How to Get a Cat to Like You", lifehacker, August 22, 2018
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
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
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
The trouble with a kitten is
That
Eventually it becomes a
Cat.
OGDEN NASH
"The Kitten," The Face Is Familiar
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
The Twelve Seasons
A cat is not merely diverted by everything that moves, but is convinced that all nature is occupied exclusively with catering to her diversion.
FRANÇOIS 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
Confront a cat with something he has never seen before and his first reaction will almost invariably be one not of fear but of curiosity.
MICHAEL JOSEPH
Cat's Company
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
The naming of cats is a difficult matter;
It isn't just one of your holiday games.
You may think at first, I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you a cat must have three different names.
T. S. ELIOT
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Cats are like lesbians. They are creatures of narrow habit about which men can only glimpse the silken machinery of their minds.
KINKY FRIEDMAN
Spanking Watson
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
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
One feels so immensely flattered when chosen by a discriminating cat, for it is an affection which can only be won by merit, and never bought. A dog will love any wreck of humanity who chances to own him, but one needs to be self-respecting to earn the love of a cat. Pussies show their regard in such dignified little ways. When you open the hall door your cat will come half way down stairs to meet you, and will then turn and walk up before you with tail erect, and you feel as heartily welcome as though a dog had jumped all over you and knocked your hat off in the exuberance of his greeting. You notice cats never follow, never even walk by your side--they precede by a sort of divine right.
KATE A. HALL
"Cat Farming in California"
Cats are autocrats of naked self-interest.
CAMILLE PAGLIA
Sexual Personae
Cat said, "I am not a friend, and I am not a servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself."
RUDYARD KIPLING
Just So Stories
If dogs are like high school, cats are like a really tough Ph.D. program.
SIOBHAN ADCOCK
30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30