Cat Quotes · Page 43

Again I must remind you that a dog's a dog-a cat's a cat.

— T. S. Eliot

Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow.

— George F. Kennan

Are cats strange animals or do they so resemble us that we find them curious as we do monkeys?

— John Steinbeck

People don't choose or own cats. Cats choose the people they want to own.

— Warren Eckstein

My wife calls me grumpy cat. I'm normally a very pleasant person to be around.

— Jonathan Tucker

Everybody started saying, well, this cat's not as dumb as people think he is.

— David Allan Coe

I do not believe that it is possible to teach a cat to obey; that is contrary to his nature.

— Patricia Moyes

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

— Anonymous

Judiciously show a cat milk, if you wish her to thirst for it. Judiciously show a dog his natural prey, if you…

— Charles Dickens

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.

— E. B. White

I can never pass a cat in the street without greeting it and exchanging a few words, and the cat invariably replies.

— Patricia Moyes

One can choose to obsess over prescriptive rules, but they have no more to do with human language than the criteria for…

— Steven Pinker

Human beings are drawn to cats because they are all we are not — self-contained, elegant in everything they do, relaxed, assured,…

— Pam Brown

I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. CATS, he…

— Terry Pratchett

The cat and mouse game is smart, but people want to see fighters who come to win, or do not wait to…

— Evander Holyfield

The cat looked as if it were about to say something sarcastic. Then it flicked its whiskers and said, "Challenge her. There's…

— Neil Gaiman

If you want to freak your cat out, stare at your cat. If you want to reassure your cat, stare at your…

— Walter Murch

I gave my players a version of the same message at ten-to-three every Saturday: 'I would shoot my granny right now for…

— Brian Clough

“And there’s nothing wrong with spinsters, anyway. They have nice cats and little bowls full of candy. Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Newitz…

— Catherynne M. Valente

If you could have the arms of Hercules, legs as swift as the wind. If you could leap shoulder high above the…

— Andrea Bocelli

There's a lot of levels of metanarrative that I like to play with. That's why I like the Ghostfacers, because we actually…

— Ben Edlund

Holding this soft, small living creature in my lap this way, though, and seeing how it slept with complete trust in me,…

— Haruki Murakami

“He's crazy," Bruno said, twirling a finger in circles around the side of his head and whistling to indicate just how crazy…

— John Boyne

For clothes, I like Anna on Regent's Park Road. Anna Park, who owns it, has an amazing eye for fresh, exciting clothes.…

— Sophie Winkleman

I'm fascinated by Greta Garbo. My cat's named Greta, and I have a framed photograph of her from 1949.

— Jane Lynch

That's what the cat said to the canary when he swallowed him - 'You'll be all right.

— Alvah Bessie

How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.

— Robert A. Heinlein

If you've got a cat and a leg, you've got a happy cat. If you've got a cat and two legs, you've…

— George Carlin

Your dog thinks you're a god. Your cat thinks the dog's an asshole.

— George Carlin

I know all the new phrases: 'cowabunga,' 'radical,' cat's pajamas,' 'duh,' and 'hey, homie don't play that.

— Si Robertson

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat.

— Holly Black

A man who was loved by 300 woman singled me out to live with him. Why? I was the only one without…

— Elayne Boosler

I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside of tinned ravioli?

— Douglas Coupland

Women can't have an honest exchange in front of men without having it called a cat fight.

— Clare Boothe Luce

Dogs believe every stranger is a friend they haven't met yet. Cats wait for a proper invitation.

— Vicki Brown

'Tell Suzie she's a lucky cat.' Have sexier words ever been spoken?

— Ally Carter

There is always something else to do. A gardener should have nine times as many lives as a cat.

— Vita Sackville-West

Bathsheba! to whom none ever said scat- No worthier cat Ever sat on a mat, Or caught a rat. Requiescat!

— John Greenleaf Whittier

You may not, cannot, appropriate beauty. It is the wealth of the eye, and a cat may gaze upon a king.

— Theodore Parker

I love both the way a dog looks up to me and a cat condescends to me.

— Gladys Taber