Quotations About Cats III

Who hath a better friend than a cat? ~William Hardwin


Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton MacKenzie

A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution. ~Hazel Nicholson


Always the cat remains a little beyond the limits we try to set for him in our blind folly. ~Andre Norton


When a cat chooses to be friendly, it's a big deal, because a cat is picky. ~Mike Deupree


He liked companionship, but he wouldn't be petted, or fussed over, or sit in anyone's lap a moment; he always extricated himself from such familiarity with dignity and with no show of temper. If there was any petting to be done, however, he chose to do it. Often he would sit looking at me, and then, moved by a delicate affection, come and pull at my coat and sleeve until he could touch my face with his nose, and then go away contented. ~Charles Dudley Warner


Even overweight, cats instinctively know the cardinal rule: when fat, arrange yourself in slim poses. ~John Weitz


In the middle of a world that had always been a bit mad, the cat walks with confidence. ~Rosanne Amberson


Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. ~Colette


The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing. Like all pure creatures, cats are practical. ~William S. Burroughs


One cat just leads to another. ~Ernest Hemingway


Women, poets, and especially artists, like cats; delicate natures only can realize their sensitive systems. ~Helen M. Winslow

Most beds sleep up to six cats. Ten cats without the owner. ~Stephen Baker


A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb


I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen, and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue. "Cat, I would lend you this book to study but it appears you have already read it." She looks up and gives me her full gaze. "Don't be ridiculous," she purrs, "I wrote it." ~Dilys Laing, "Miao"

Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely? ~Karen Brademeyer
A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous agility and zeal. ~Agnes Repplier

Dogs eat. Cats dine. ~Ann Taylor


Of all the toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a sound when you jump on it. ~Stephen Baker


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


The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb


The cat has always been associated with the moon. Like the moon it comes to life at night, escaping from humanity and wandering over housetops with its eyes beaming out through the darkness. ~Patricia Dale-Green


Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use. ~Mark Twain


Cats never strike a pose that isn't photogenic. ~Lillian Jackson Braun