Cruel, but composed and bland, Dumb, inscrutable and grand, So Tiberius might have sat, Had Tiberius been a cat. -- Matthew Arnold

Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the household, who like them are sensitive to the cold, and sedentary. -- Charles Baudelaire

One small cat changes [i]coming home to an empty house[/i] to [i]coming home[/i]. -- Pam Brown

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

Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched. -- Cervantes

I said something which gave you to think I hated cats. But gad, sir, I am one of the most fanatical cat lovers in the business. If you hate them, I may learn to hate you. If your allergies hate them, I will tolerate the situation to the best of my ability. -- Raymond Chandler

Take a cat, nourish it well with milk And tender meat, make it a couch of silk, But let it see a mouse along the wall And it abandones milk and meat and all. -- Chaucer

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. -- Sir Winston Churchill

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. -- Winston Churchill

I love my cats because I love my home, and little by little they become its visible soul. -- Jean Cocteau

There are no ordinary cats. -- Colette

Time spent with cats is never wasted. -- Colette

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. -- Robertson Davies

The smallest feline is a masterpiece. -- Leonardo DaVinci

Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly. -- Arnold Edinborough

How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven. -- Robert A. Heinlein

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -- Robert A. Heinlein

Never try to outstubborn a cat. -- Robert A. Heinlein

If you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is keep a pair of cats. -- Aldous Huxley

Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there. -- Henry James

If a cat spoke, it would say things like "Hey, I don't see the problem here." -- Roy Blount, Jr.

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function. -- Garrison Keillor

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function. -- Joseph Wood Krutch

Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an alley. -- Ann Landers

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. -- Abraham Lincoln

It's too dangerous a journey to risk the cat's life. -- Charles A. Lindbergh

Cats regard people as warmblooded furniture. -- Jacquelyn Mitchard

When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her. -- Montaigne

When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime for her more than she is to me? -- Michel de Montaigne

It's easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the same qualities they do. Cats are irresponsible and recognize no authority, yet are completely dependent on others for their material needs. Cats cannot be made to do anything useful. Cats are mean for the fun of it. -- P. J. O'Rourke

It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it? -- Eleanor H. Porter

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 are nice." -- Terry Pratchett

It's better to feed one cat than many mice. -- Norwegian Proverb

In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats. -- English Proverb

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. -- Albert Schweitzer

If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat. -- Mark Twain

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 a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. -- Mark Twain

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. -- Jeff Valdez

The smallest feline is a masterpiece. -- Leonardo Da Vinci

Did St. Francis really preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. -- Rebecca West

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. -- Alfred North Whitehead

Women, poets, and especially artists, like cats; delicate natures only can realize their sensitive nervous systems. -- Helen M. Winslow

The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact. -- P. G. Wodehouse

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