Cat Quotes

2174 Cat quotes by 1209 unique authors

There wasn't room to swing a cat there. — Charles Dickens
she was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off. The Cat only grinned… — Lewis Carroll
"All right", said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which… — Lewis Carroll
When there was room on the ledge outside of the pots and boxes for a cat, the cat was there- in sunny weather- stretched at… — Mark Twain
The fog comes on little cat feet. — Carl Sandburg
The Cat on your hearthstone to this day presages, By solemnly sneezing, the coming of rain! — Arthur Guiterman
Cats invented self-esteem. — Erma Bombeck
Anyone who has owned many cats in long succession can define his or her life as a series of furry episodes. — Roger Caras
Sometimes he will sit on the carpet in front of you, looking at you with eyes so melting, so caressing and so human, that they… — Theophile Gautier
The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts. — Agnes Repplier
The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment. — Arthur Schopenhauer
For thirty centuries, from her sacred seat the cat looked down, and crouching at her feet, beheld the race of conquering Pharaohs kneel. — Hippolyte Taine
A cat doesn't linger over making it's desires felt. — Paul Gallico
People meeting for the first time suddenly relax if they find they both have cats. And plunge into anecdote. — Charlotte Gray
If there was any petting to be done...he chose to do it. Often he would sit looking at me, and then, moved by a delicate… — Charles Dudley Warner
A cat is nobody's fool. — Heywood Broun
Nothing's more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof... — Tennessee Williams
Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and smells about, it is not quiet for a moment, it… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Perhaps it is because cats do not live by human patterns, do not fit themselves into prescribed behavior, that they are so united to creative… — Andre Norton
Always the cat remains a little beyond the limits we try to set for him in our blind folly. — Andre Norton

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