"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
"If cats could talk, they
wouldn't."
-- Nan Porter
"The problem with cats is that they get the same exact
look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer"
-- Paula Poundstone
"People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life."
-- Faith Resnick
"Watch a cat when it
enters a room for the first time. It searches and smells about, it is not
quiet for a moment, it trusts nothing until it has examined and made
acquaintance with everything."
--- Jean Jacques Rousseau
"The little furry buggers are just deep,
deep wells you throw all your emotions into."
-- Bruce Schimmel
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and
cats."
-- Albert Schweitzer
"I am as vigilant as a cat to steal
cream."
-- William Shakespeare, Henry IV
"There is nothing sweeter than his
peace when at rest, for there is nothing brisker than his life when in
motion."
-- Christopher Smart
"A kitten is a
rosebud in the garden of the animal kingdom."
-- Robert Southey
"The dog gives himself the airs of a cat."
--- Sir Richard Steele
"Among animals, cats are the top-hatted, frock-coated statesmen going about
their affairs at their own pace."
--- Robert Sterns
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"I've met many thinkers and many
cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior."
-- Hippolyte Taine
"Balanchine has trained his cat to perform brilliant jetes and tours en
l'air; he says that at last he has a body worth
choreographing for."
--- Bernard Taper
"A cat sees no good reason why it should obey another animal, even if it
does stand on two legs."
-- Sarah Thompson
"A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double;
the hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the forepart
plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her until you tread on
it."
-- Henry David Thoreau
"Unlike us, cats never outgrow
their delight in cat capacities, nor do they settle finally for limitations.
Cats, I think, live out their lives fulfilling their expectations."
-- Irving Townsend
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