Cat Quotes

2174 Cat quotes by 1209 unique authors

With the certitude of a true believer, Vellya Paapen had assured the twins that there was no such thing in the world as a black… — Arundhati Roy
He's picked clean! Eaten by cats! — Lynda Barry
Meow” means “woof” in cat. — George Carlin
Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most apparent in my… — Connie Willis
If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember. — Terry Pratchett
If I had five million pounds I'd start a radio station because something needs to be done. It would be nice to turn on the… — Joe Strummer
Now I have a cat. Well, that's not quite accurate. A cat and I have each other. — Kinky Friedman
The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story. — John le Carre
Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There was something athletic about it. You flexed your face into a smile and let it hover there… — Lorrie Moore
She had witnessed the world's most beautiful things, and allowed herself to grow old and unlovely. She had felt the heat of a leviathan's roar,… — Sonya Hartnett
Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that… — Mark Twain
If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat… — Steven Wright
Women intrinsically understand human dynamics, and that makes them unstoppable. Unfortunately, the average man is less adroit at fostering such rivalries, which is why most… — Chuck Klosterman
and now sometimes I'm interviewed, they want to hear about life and literature and I get drunk and hold up my cross-eyed, shot, runover de-tailed… — Charles Bukowski
You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. . . . Dogs do not ritually urinate in… — Aldous Huxley
There is no such thing as "Just a cat. — Robert A. Heinlein
I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS… — Terry Pratchett
Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable. Aly rolled her eyes. Why did everyone say that to her? “People always forget the… — Tamora Pierce
Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be… — Mark Twain
The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself… — Barbara Mertz
I gave my cat a bath the other day...they love it. He sat there, he enjoyed it, it was fun for me. The fur would… — Steve Martin
Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience. — Pam Brown
Alas," said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept… — Franz Kafka
If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats. — Daniel Handler
Words were all he knew; they possessed and overwhelmed him, as if they were a thousand white cats with whom he shared a one-room apartment. — Mark Helprin

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