Cat Quotes Cat Quotes Page 14 "Cats look beyond appearances--beyond species entirely, it seems--to peer into the heart." - Barbara L. Diamond "He lives in the halflights in secret places, free and alone - this mysterious little great being whom his mistress calls 'My cat.'" - Margaret Benson "The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity." - Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon "A cat doesn't 'roll' well with a change of someone else's making." - Carole Wilbourn "One cat just leads to another." - Ernest Hemingway "A cat's behavior is a direct reflection of his feelings." - Carole Wilbourn "Kittens believe that all nature is occupied with their diversion." - F.A. Paradis de Moncrif "Cats have intercepted my footsteps at the ankle for so long that my gait, both at home and on tour, has been compared to that of a man wading through low surf." - Roy Blount, Jr. "My husband said it was him or the cat...I miss him sometimes." - Unknown "I cannot deny that a cat lover and his cat have a master/slave relationship. The cat is the master." - Arthur R. Kassin "Cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human mind. They realize...that we have an infuriating inability to understand, let alone follow, even the simplest and most explicit of directions." - Cleveland Amory "To understand a cat, you must realize that he has has own gifts, his own viewpoint, even his own morality." - Lilian Jackson Braun "In my next life, I'd like to come back as a cat." - Patti J. Moran "A cat will do what it wants when it wants, and there's not a thing you can do about it." - Frank Perkins "It isn't always easy being a father to a cat." - B. L. Diamond "A cat with kittens nearly always decides sooner or later to move them." - Sidney Denham "If a dog jumps into 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 "If the claws didn't retract, cats would be like Velcro." - Dr. Bruce Fogle "The purr from cat to man says, 'You bring me happiness; I am at peace with you.'" - Barbara L. Diamond "You have learned enough to see that cats are much like you and me." - T.S. Eliot "I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worth while?" Death thought about it. "Cats," he said eventually, "Cats are nice." - Terry Pratchett, Sourcery "The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned in no other way." - Mark Twain "It doesn't do to be sentimental about cats; the best ones don't respect you for it." - Susan Howatch "The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone; but the dog, like his master, is confused in his mind." - H.G. Wells "Some people own cats and go on to lead normal lives." - Unknown "The cat is mighty dignified until the dog comes by." - Unknown "You never saw such a crazy cat. 'Up the wall' took on a literal meaning." - Arnold Hano "Who needs television when you have cats?" - Lori Spigelmyer "More than likely it was the cat who first coined and put into practice the sage advice: 'If you would have a thing done well, you must do it yourself.'" - Lawrence N. Johnson Cat Quotes Page 15 © 2001 - present. Australian Media Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Please read our Legal Statement and Privacy Policy.