Cats Quotes · Page 51

“Thousands of years ago, when kitties first domesticated humans, we did it so that someone would scratch our butts.”

— Didjeradoo Jeremy Greenberg

“moments of perfect peace are rare and to be relished. We sat and savoured. The purring of the cat, th”

— Kerry Greenwood

Anyone who has owned many cats in long succession can define his or her life as a series of furry episodes.

— Roger Caras

“Cruel, Clever Cat. Sally, having swallowed cheese, Directs down holes the scented breeze, Enticing thus with baited breath Nice mice to an…

— Geoffrey Taylor

“I often wonder, in a catfight, when one doesn't want to fight, if the other cat calls it a pussy.”

— Anthony Liccione

Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who…

— Anonymous

“You know your cat is fucking with you when she poops in the litter box and somehow manages to miss the litter.”

— Jordan Krumbine

My cat is older than many fashion models. I won't even discuss the fact that she also weighs more.

— Gina Barreca

“Cats were often familiars to workers of magic because to anyone used to wrestling with self-willed, wayward, devious magic—which was what all…

— Robin McKinley

“He wore the unmistakable look of a man about to be present at a row between women, and only a wet cat…

— P.G. Wodehouse

I was Jenny in 'Jenny and the School for Cats' when I was five years old. That was my first big break.…

— Maya Hawke

“what is it you have, or don't have, that you sit there completely self-contained, that you can sit and know . .…

— William Gaddis

I flung open the door. I got a momentary flash of about a hundred and fifteen cats of all sizes and colours…

— Anonymous

If a dog happens to catch a rabbit or another animal, it can very easily remove the hide. If a cat catches…

— Neal Barnard

It's curious that throughout our history together, with no apparent effort, people have been able to think of the cat simultaneously as…

— Barbara Holland

“One day Mrs. Goodkind said, 'Pickles, you are not a bad cat. You are not a good cat. You are good and…

— Esther Averill

The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't sit…

— Mark Twain

“...Carlina with her cat-like eyes who didn't fit into any category he knew. (Commissario Garini's difficulty with his prime suspect.)”

— Beate Boeker

“I fall short of her standards. She made me buy cat food that hasn't been tested on animals. My cats took one…

— Paula Poundstone

With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails, Like kittens playing with their tails.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You don't take your cat with you to go bird shopping. Not because the cat isn't polite, but because he's a cat.

— Jim Butcher

“If a Manx cat tells you that it is trying to preserve its long, beautiful tail, you don't have to believe it…

— Idries Shah

I communicate much better with cats, usually. I know them and their body language - as my own cats know mine very…

— Marge Piercy

Cats are notoriously fickle. Regular feeding at a different house might be enough to tempt them away, insensitive to your own feelings…

— Susanna Reid

We [journalists] tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat.

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

Cats don't hunt seals. They would if they knew what they were and where to find them. But they don't, so that's…

— Terry Pratchett

“I forgave you because I love you and I hate being without you. I hate it, my cat hates it. And because…

— Cassandra Clare

“Catterton Cats abide by the rules, Either writing or dancing in their afternoons Because that’s how it’s done, that’s all that— That’s…

— Annabelle Nash

“No one had ever accused Koko of being naughty. Perverse, perhaps, or arrogant, or despotic. But naughtiness was beneath his dignity.”

— Lilian Jackson Braun

Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it.

— Richard Petty

Many a cat can only be lured in by switching off all the lights and keeping very still. Until the indignant cry…

— Pam Brown

I am mean as cats' meat about handbags: mine don't ever look chic. I always prefer bags that aren't made of leather.

— Joanna Lumley

“While most people love certain species to pieces (e.g. cats and dogs), others are more loved in pieces (e.g. cows and pigs)”

— Mango Wodzak

“There is a particular disdain with which Siamese cats regard you. Anyone who has walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth…

— Douglas Adams

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?

— Henry David Thoreau

But if you really want to learn about life, get a cat. The way I think people should relate to animals is…

— James Cromwell

When the audition for 'Cats' came up, even though I'd been making pop records, it felt like something I was attracted to.

— Sarah Brightman

I did have a cat once that used to attack an ex-boyfriend's feet every time he slept over. I should've known then…

— Erin Daniels

My cat brought me a toy. I thanked her and threw it. She sat there gave me a look that made me…

— Dan Harmon

“I'm afraid the popularity of the domestic cat would drop very quickly if little kitty could roar its displeasure.”

— Yann Martel