Cat Quotes - Page 10

• Cats have a contempt of speech. Why should they talk when they can communicate without words?

  Lilian Jackson Braun

  Speech, Should, Contempt

  Lilian Jackson Braun (2006). “Two Cats, Three Tales”, p.68, Penguin

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• The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.

  François-René de Chateaubriand

  Wisdom, Sleep, Animal

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• Aren't they all heroes-our cats who train us, keep us and put up with us? For these accomplishments alone, they deserve medals.

  Arnold Hano

  Hero, Accomplishment, Medal

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• Meow” means “woof” in cat.

  George Carlin

  Inspirational, Dog, Mean

  George Carlin (2015). “3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, p.197, Hachette UK

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• If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Strong, Animal, Humanity

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• Maurice watched them argue again. Humans, eh? Think they're lords of creation. Not like us cats. We know we are. Ever see a cat feed a human? Case proven.

  Terry Pratchett

  Thinking, Arguing, Creation

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• Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?

  Bette Midler

  Funny, Wise, Nice

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• I write so much because my cat sits on my lap. She purrs so I don't want to get up. She's so much more calming than my husband.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Husband, Writing, Lap

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• A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so easy, he has only to spray and his presence is there for years on rainy days.

  Albert Einstein

  Rainy Day, Men, Years

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• By and large, people who enjoy teaching animals to roll over will find themselves happier with a dog.

  Barbara Holland

  Dog, Teaching, Animal

  Barbara Holland (1994). “Secrets of the Cat: Its Lore, Legend, and Lives”, Ivy Books

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• The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.

  Doug Larson

  Friendship, Animal, Men

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• Cat said, 'I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave.'

  Rudyard Kipling

  Wish, Caves, Said

  Rudyard Kipling (2001). “Animal Stories”, p.7, House of Stratus

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• For me, one of the pleasures of cats company is their devotion to bodily comfort.

  Compton Mackenzie

  Comfort, Devotion, Pleasure

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• Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them.

  Compton Mackenzie

  Animal, Giving, Humanity

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• The only mystery about the cat is why it ever decided to become a domestic animal.

  Compton Mackenzie

  Animal, Mystery, Decided

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• You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.

  Jane Pauley

  Sleep, Animal, Humanity

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• A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double; the hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the fore part plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her till you tread upon it.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Animal, Play, Humanity

  "Selections from the Journals".

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• It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see.

  Eleanor Farjeon

  Nature, Animal, Giving

  Eleanor Farjeon (1963). “Faithful Jenny Dove: And Other Illusions”

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• The naming of cats is a difficult matter. It isn't just one of your holiday games. You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter. When I tell you a cat must have three different names.

  T. S. Eliot

  Holiday, Thinking, Games

  Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats "The Naming of Cats" l. 1 (1939)

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• Always the cat remains a little beyond the limits we try to set for him in our blind folly.

  Andre Norton

  Animal, Humanity, Trying

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• If you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward. You will never get her full confidence again.

  Mark Twain

  Misuse, Reserves, Ifs

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.90, Courier Corporation

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

  Jeff Valdez

  Funny, Dog, Animal

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Even the stupidest cat seems to know more than any dog.

  Eleanor Clark

  Dog, Stupidest, Knows

  Eleanor Clark (1952). “Rome and a Villa”

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• Intelligence in the cat is underrated.

  Louis Wain

  Underrated

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• A little drowsing cat is an image of perfect beatitude.

  Champfleury

  Perfect, Littles, Purring

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