quotations about cats
Cats invented self-esteem.
ERMA BOMBECK
attributed, The Cat Fanatic
The self-esteem of a cat is extraordinary.
CHRISTIAN MORGENSTERN
Levels
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
The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.
DOUG LARSON
Reader's Digest, vol. 136
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 guests you're never sure of and are always trying to please.
MARY WELLS LAWRENCE
A Big Life in Advertising
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
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
Cats are like Baptists. You know they raise hell, but you can never catch them at it.
JAMES PATTERSON
Cat & Mouse
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH
The Twelve Seasons
Mystery has always shrouded the feline. The cat is a powerful, agile hunter moving silently through the night, stalking its prey; or a calculating thinker that has incredible patience when setting its trap, yet is impatient with unwanted acts of affection from humans. The cat is a creature of great beauty, defying gravity with athletic feats and supreme acts of grace. From the ancient Egyptians to the Shakespearian era and into modern times legends of the cat have grown into extraordinary myths.
ALEXANDRA POWE ALLRED
Cat's Most Wanted
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 like lesbians. They are creatures of narrow habit about which men can only glimpse the silken machinery of their minds.
KINKY FRIEDMAN
Spanking Watson
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
Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reason.
ROBERTSON DAVIES
"mehitabel"
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
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
Cats are like supermodels; they want you to please them.
EMILY YOFFE
What the Dog Did