Cat Quotes

2174 Cat quotes by 1209 unique authors

Among human beings, a cat is merely a cat; among cats, a cat is a prowling shadow in a jungle. — Karel Capek
But thousands die without or this or that, Die, and endow a college or a cat. — Alexander Pope
Cats must have three names-an everyday name, such as Peter; a more particular, dignified name, such as Quaxo, Bombalurina, or Jellylorum; and, thirdly, the name… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
A dog is like a liberal. He wants to please everybody. A cat really doesn't need to know that everybody loves him. — William Kunstler
Cats are only human, they have their faults. — Kingsley Amis
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

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