Animal Quote by Carl Van Vechten

To understand a cat, you must realize that he has has own gifts, his own viewpoint, even his own morality

— Lilian Jackson Braun

A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.

— Mark Twain

A cat is witty, he has nerve, he knows how to do precisely the right thing at the right moment.

— Henri Poincare

Cats don't fight for their rights; they take them for granted. They have a right to be fed, watered, stroked on demand and supplied…

— Lilian Jackson Braun

The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows…

— Anonymous

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of…

— Cleveland Amory

Quite obviously a cat trusts human beings; but she doesn't trust another cat because she knows better than we do.

— Karel Capek

Cat people are different, to the extent that they generally are not conformists. How could they be, with a cat running their lives?

— Anonymous

Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because such a small animal can contain so much independence, dignity, and freedom of spirit.…

— Lloyd Alexander

Cats are independent, by which I mean smart.

— Dave Barry

A cat can never be well-trained because they're too independent.

— Marjane Satrapi

No one ever owns a cat...you share a common habitation on a basis of equal rights and mutual respects...although somehow the cat always comes…

— Anonymous