The cat, of course, never breaks a rule. If it does not follow precedent, that simply means
it has created a new rule and it is up to you to learn it quickly if you want the game to continue. (Sidney Denham)
Quotes and thoughts about cats and kittens.
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Although all cat games have their rules and rituals,
these vary with the individual player. The cat, of course, never breaks a rule. If it does not follow precedent, that simply means it has created a new rule and it is up to you to learn it quickly if you want the game to continue. (Sidney Denham) |
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I suspect that many an ailurophobe (a person who fears
or hates cats) hates cats only because he feels they are better people than he is -- more
honest, more secure, more loved, more whatever he is not. (Winifred Carriere) |
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Anyone who claims that a cat cannot give a dirty look
either has never kept a cat or is singularly unobservant. (Maurice Burton) |
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No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat,
and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. (Leo
Dworken) |
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I allow my cats to express themselves, never interfere
with their romances, and raise them with dogs to broaden their outlook. (Murray
Robinson) |
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Cats are love on four legs. (Richard Torregrossa) |
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God made the cat in order to give man the pleasure of
petting the tiger. (Anonymous) |
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Cats seem to go on the principal that it never does any
harm to ask for what you want. (Joseph Wood Krutch) |
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A cat's a cat and that's that. (African Proverb) |
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He who denies the cat skimmed milk must give the mouse
cream. (Cat Proverb) |
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A cat pent up becomes a lion. (Cat Proverb) |
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The cat loves fish but does not wish to wet its feet.
(Cat Proverb) |
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To respect a cat is the beginning of the aesthetic
sense. (Erasmus Darwin) |
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There is no more intrepid explorer than a kitten.
(Champfleury) |
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Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any
harm to ask for what you want. (Joseph Wood Krutch) |
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Cats, no less liquid than their shadows, offer no
angles to the wind. They slip, diminished, neat, through loopholes less than
themselves. (A.S.J. Tessimond) |
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Cats don't have to be put on pedestals - they put
themselves there. (Anonymous) |
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Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be
made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with
the cat, it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. (Mark Twain) |
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For he purrs in thankfulness when God tells him he is a
good cat. (Christopher Smart) |
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Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any
harm to ask for what you want. (Joseph Wood Krutch) |
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The smallest feline is a masterpiece. (Leonardo
da Vinci) |
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Dogs come when they are called; cats take a
message and get back to you. (Mary Bly) |
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In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats.
(English Proverb) |
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Cats, no less liquid than their shadows, offer no
angles to the wind. They slip, diminished, neat, through loopholes less than
themselves. (A.S.J. Tessimond) |
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Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless,
seems to flow. (George Will) |
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The cat has nine lives: three for playing, three
for straying, three for staying. (English Proverb) |
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There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man
could not emulate to his advantage. (Carl Van Vechten) |
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The only mystery about the cat is why it ever decided
to become a domestic animal. (Sir Compton Mackenzie) |
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Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot
be made the slave of the lash. that one is the cat. If man could be crossed
with the cat, it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. (Mark Twain) |
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Once cats were all wild, but afterward they retired to
houses. (Edward Topsell) |
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I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of
cats is infinitely superior. (Hippolyte Taine) |
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Our character is what God and cats know of us.
(Inspired by Thomas Paine) |
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Cats don't have to be put on pedestals -- they put
themselves there. (Anonymous) |
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A world without cats...I dare not think of it.
(Anonymous) |
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My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he
should impress. Merely living his life, doing what pleases him, and making me
smile. (Anonymous) |
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A cat makes coming home something to look forward to. |
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A cat's camaraderie is something to be earned, like
trust and respect. |
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When the owner's away, the cat will play! |
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The cat pretends to sleep, the better to see.
(Francois-Auguste Rene de Chateaubriand) |
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One of the most striking differences between a cat and
a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. (Mark Twain) |
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The only thing better than getting a cat
is already having gotten one! (From a plaque hanging on
the Smith's front door) |
Give thanks to God, who gave us cats.