Purr Quotes

40 quotes by 38 authors

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings. — William Ralph Inge
Sleep sweetly in the fields of asphodel, and waken, as of old, to stretch thy languid length, and purr thy soft contentment to the skies. — Agnes Repplier
A computer and a cat are somewhat alike - they both purr, and like to be stroked, and spend a lot of the day motionless.… — John Updike
Consider the situation. There you are, forehead like a set of balconies, worrying about the long-term effects of all this new 'fire' stuff on the… — Terry Pratchett
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
When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales. I scratch… — Mark Twain
If you, Like me, Were made of fur, And sun warmed you, Like me, You'd purr. — Karla Kuskin
Slowly, with a look of intense concentration, he got up and advanced on me ... put out a front paw, and stroked my cheek as… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
With one of the most bewitching sounds in the world, its purr, the cat persuades us that it thinks we are wonderful. — Akif Pirincci
A cat has to be in a very bad mood if a human cannot coax him to purr. — Derek Tangye
Could the purr be anything but contemplative? — Irving Townsend
No one shall deny me my own conclusions, nor my cat her reflective purr. — Irving Townsend
I could hear the knock and whistle of the water pipes, the purr of the calico cat. And at that moment a happiness filled me… — David Leavitt
When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten. — Buddy Rice
All sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better. At night I hear more distinctly the steady roar of the North Mountain. In summer… — John Burroughs
I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental… — Vince Cable
I make a pussy purr with the stroke of my hand. — Ted Nugent
Purring is not so different from praying. To a tree, a cat's purr is one of the purest of all prayers, for in it lies… — Kathi Appelt
Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug,' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor. — Barbara Mertz
It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that whatever you say to them, they always purr. — Lewis Carroll

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