I have seen
How the cat trembles
while sleeping
The night runs over him
like dark water
- Pablo Neruda
My cat has got no name
We simply call him Cat;
He doesn't seem to blame
Anyone for that.
For he is not like us
Who often, I'm afraid,
Kick up quite a fuss
If our names are mislaid.
- Vernon Scannell
The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer. - Paula Poundstone
Cats are absolute individuals, with their own ideas about everything, including the people they own. - John Dingman
It is easy to understand why the rabble dislike cats. A cat is beautiful; it suggests ideas of luxury cleanliness, voluptuous pleasures. - Charles Baudelaire
When a Cat adopts you there is nothing to be done about it except to put up with it and wait until the wind changes. - T. S. Eliot
Living with a cat is like being married to a career woman who can take domesticity or let it alone, so you'd better be nice to her. - Margaret Cooper Gay
Cats seldom make mistakes, and they never make the same mistake twice. - Carl Van Vechten
As soon as they're out of your sight, you are out of their mind. - Walter de la Mare
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. - George Orwell
Because his long, white whiskers tickled, I began every day laughing. - Janet F. Faure
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched. - Miguel de Cervantes
Everything that moves serves to interest and amuse a cat. He is convinced that nature is busying herself with his diversion; he can conceive of no other purpose in the universe. - F. A. Paradis de Moncrif
We quickly discovered that two kittens were much more fun than one. - Allen Lucy
Cats are only human, they have their faults. - Kingsley Amis
A sleeping cat is ever alert. - Fred Schwah
A mouse in the paws is worth two in the pantry. - Louis Wain
