As a career, the business of an orthodox preacher is about as successful as that of a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
You kin tame a bear. You kin tame a wild-cat and you kin tame a panther. ... You kin tame arything, son,… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
Yes?" said Clary, her voiced sharply edged. "Since I found out what? That he's a killer transvestite who molests cats?" "No wonder… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on… — Osbert Sitwell Copy Share Image
I hate cats." Death's face became a little stiffer, if that were possible. The blue glow in his eye sockets flickered red… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I have a dog as well, and I'm not a vegan or anything. But I needlepoint and I have a cat, so… — Emmy Rossum Copy Share Image
How many days have I spent alone with my cat... and when I say alone, I mean without a material being, for… — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
The worthy administrators of justice are like a cat set to take care of a cheese, lest it should be gnawed by… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“You're not paying attention to me, are you?" "Eh? What's that? Sorry, love, I didn't hear you. Wasn't paying attention. I had… — Judith James Copy Share Image
[Not parroting.] My old Master used to say, "It is all very good to teach the parrot to say, 'Lord, Lord, Lord'… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Cats are oppressed, dogs terrify them, landladies starve them, boys stone them, everybody speaks of them with contempt. If they were human… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Cat's are unpredictable. It is a fine line between the cure, inquisitive and innocent creature resting on our lap and the hissing,… — George Takei Copy Share Image
The reason some crime writers have a chip on their shoulder about the label is because their good books are shelved beside… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
Right and responsibility go hand in hand. You can't give rights to those who are not responsible. If you want to let… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
The search for truth can be compared to a cat chasing her tail: frantic in her pursuit, her quarry nevetheless eludes her;… — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
I think that I am the luckiest cat on the planet and I'm living out my own dreams and fantasies and have… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I love animals. All animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog — or a chicken, or a cow. And I… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
Like those great sphinxes lounging through eternity in noble attitudes upon the desert sand, they gaze incuriously at nothing, calm and wise. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
she was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off. The… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“There wasn't a human being for several kilometers around, not a news-stand, not a shop, not a café, not a school. Not… — Jean-Philippe Toussaint Copy Share Image
Tybalt’s what we call ‘Cait Sidhe’— the fairy cats. Which explains the attitude. And the eyes.” “Meow,” said Tybalt, deadpan. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?' responded… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
In debating the respective merits of dogs and cats, not having to walk a cat when it's 20 below zero deserves consideration. — Doug Larson Copy Share Image
If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . . — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
Knowing cats, a lifetime of cats, what is left is a sediment of sorrow quite different from that due to humans: compounded… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“You’re not going to let her do this, are you?” Bones snorted. “Let her? Mate, if you think you can control a… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
He seems the incarnation of everything soft and silky and velvety, without a sharp edge in his composition, a dreamer whose philosophy… — Hector Hugh Munro Copy Share Image
I never minded flying cheap. I always said to myself, 'Taking this flight saves enough money to rescue four dogs, or six… — Elayne Boosler Copy Share Image
Four years ago nobody but nuclear physicists had ever heard of the Internet. Today even my cat, Socks, has his own web… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Cats are unpredictable because they're wild and domestic at the same time. Watching a cat's behavior is like a small window into… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
People rarely speak of children; you hear of 'cohort groups' and 'standard variations,' but you don't hear much of boys who miss… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
The Chairman likes you.” “Is that good?” “I never date anyone my cat doesn’t like,” Magnus said easily, and stood up. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
There are a shitload of songs about being in love with someone who doesn't love you back and I talk about weed… — Bethany Cosentino Copy Share Image
When I do a film that has nothing to do with Kurt Weill, then I am happy, I am on my own.… — Lotte Lenya Copy Share Image
There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat… — Irena Chalmers Copy Share Image
We were alone in a strange mansion with a baboon, a crocodile, and a weird cat. And apparently, the entire world was… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
What I gotta do? Cats don't even have a clue Can't stand to see Me kick a flow so unbelievably And never… — Eamon Copy Share Image
There is something going on now in Mexico that I happen to think is cruelty to animals. What I'm talking about, of… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I would love to adopt a child too but my cat might get jealous. I don't want to see a cat and… — Susan Boyle Copy Share Image