Cat Quotes

2174 Cat quotes by 1209 unique authors

The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away. — E. W. Howe
It is in their eyes that their magic resides. — Arthur Symons
A pharaoh's profile, a Krishna's grace, tail like a question mark. — Louis MacNeice
Like those great sphinxes lounging through eternity in noble attitudes upon the desert sand, they gaze incuriously at nothing, calm and wise. — Charles Baudelaire
I myself think that to have a cat is more important than to have a Bible. — Reginald Horace Blyth
Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of… — Albert Schweitzer
If you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward. You will never get her full confidence again. — Mark Twain
Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some… — Lloyd Alexander
The Cheshire Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great many teeth,… — Lewis Carroll
The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim… — Mark Twain
He [the cat] wound himself around her legs, purring the purr of ardent desire like a kettle coming to a boil and then bubbling very… — May Sarton
And what strange voices they have! Sometimes like the complaining of small children; sometimes like the noise of lambs... — Aldous Huxley
A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion — Samuel Palmer
A middle-aged cat will often play as unreservedly as a kitten, though he knows perfectly well it is only a game. — William Lyon Phelps
The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his master, is confused in his… — H.G. Wells
The more you rub a cat on the rump, the higher she sets her tail. — John Ray
Cats virtually always underestimate human intelligence just as we, perhaps, underestimate theirs. — Roger Caras
We are often more merciful to our animals [cats] than we are to each other. — P.D. James
The cat does more for the war effort than you do. He acts as a hot-water bottle and saves fuel and power. — Winston Churchill
Why cat were given such terrific peripheral vision when they spend so much time looking down their noses is difficult to understand. — Roger Caras
Where the hell are the singing cats? — Paul Newman
Why must I feel like that? Why must I chase the cat? — George Clinton
He had an uncommon fondness for cats. As an old man summering in New Hampshire, Twain even rented kittens from a nearby farm to keep… — Mark Twain
One cat in a house is a sign of loneliness. — Edward Dahlberg
There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can't get it. — Irena Chalmers

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