Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Cat quotes, sayings and other funny comments about cats

"The cat is nature's beauty." --French proverb
"Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a great many different ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." --Joseph Wood Krutch
"His amiable amber eyesAre very friendly, very wise;Like Buddha, grave and fat,He sits, regardless of applause,And thinking, as he kneads his paws,What fun to be a cat!" --Christopher Morley
"If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air." --Doris Lessing
"A cat will be your friend, but never your slave." --Theophile Gautier
"I love cats because I love my home and little by little they become its visible soul." --Jean Cocteau
"Dogs come when they are called; cats take a message and get back to you." --Mary Bly
"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet." --Colette
"There are people who reshape the world by force or argument but the cat just lies there, dozing, and the world quietly reshapes itself to suit his comfort and convenience." --Alan and Ivy Dodd
"If you, like me, were made of fur and sun warmed you, like me, you'd purr." --Karla Kuskin
"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want." --Joseph Wood Krutch
"God made the cat in order that man might have the pleasure of caressing the lion." --Fernand Mery
"Cats are living adornments." --Edwin Lent
"The Cat goes outAnd the cat comes backAnd no one can followUpon her track.She knows where she's goingShe knows where she's been, all we can doIs to let her in." --Marchette Chute
"Who could believe such pleasure from a wee ball o' fur?" --Irish saying
"A Cat sleeps fat, yet walks thin." --Fred Schwab
"The last thing I would accuse a cat of is innocence." --Edward Palley
"There are no ordinary cats." --Colette
"A sleeping cat is ever alert." --Fred Schwab
"No heaven will not ever Heaven beUnless my cats are there to welcome me." --Epitaph in a pet cemetery
More Cat Quotes

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Thank you, Tiffany. cats are such interesting creatures! I've learned a lot about "life" since I've been serving my master, Alex.

Bobby D. said...

great quotes! I love the one by Collette, esp.