Animals Quote by Peter P. Marra

“The only purpose of cats is that they constitute mobile decorative objects, a concept which I find intellectually interesting, but unfortunately our cats have…

— Muriel Barbery

“Cats are opportunistic predators by nature. If given a chance to kill a bird or other small animal, most cats will take it. That…

— Peter P. Marra

“As in the United States, this makes cats the most significant source of direct anthropogenic bird mortality.”

— Peter P. Marra

“She said that cats were more attached to places than to people. And that was why cats are often found in abandoned houses.”

— Kyung-sook Shin

“The house-cat is a four-legged quadruped, the legs as usual being at the corners. It is what is sometimes called a tame animal, though…

— Helen Exley

“Maybe humans need animals to help them understand the world. Certainly it’s hard to see what else cats do for humans, aside from looking…

— Elly Griffiths

The cat is nature's masterpiece.

— Leonardo da Vinci

“Cats, as any rational person knows, are solitary, opportunistic, ambush predators, much like spiders, but with fewer legs and a better fan club.”

— Jonathan L. Howard

It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming.

— Adlai Stevenson I

No tame animal has lost less of its native dignity or maintained more of its ancient reserve. The domestic cat might rebel tomorrow.

— William E. Conway, Jr

The cat is a wild animal that inhabits the homes of humans.

— Konrad Lorenz

“A cat sees no good reason why it should obey another animal, even if it does stand on two legs.”

— Sarah Thompson