Quotations resonate with us because they can express the essence of a subject with a few, well-chosen words. They may instruct us something new. and they can make us smile.
Not surprisingly, I love these literary tidbits. here are some of my favorites:
I love cats because I love my home and little by little they become its visible soul. – Jean Cocteau
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 want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is own a pair of cats. — Aldous Huxley
Never ask a hungry cat whether he loves you for yourself alone. — Dr. Louis J. Camuti
You can’t look at a sleeping cat and be tense. — Jane Pauley
There are numerous intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats. — Anonymous
If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air. — Doris Lessing
Time spent with cats is never wasted. – Colette
Thousands of years ago, cats were worshiped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this. — Anonymous
After scolding one’s cat, one looks into its face and is seized by the unsightly suspicion that it understood every word and has filed it for reference. — Charlotte Gray
Cats are harmful companions for writers because cat viewing is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance. — Dan Greenburg
Your cat will never threaten your popularity by barking at three in the morning. He won’t attack the mailman or eat the drapes, although he may climb the drapes to see how the room looks from the ceiling. – Helen Powers
I have discovered that what cats many appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for given – but his or her home entertainment value. — Geoffrey Household
Cats are magical. The much more you pet them, the longer you both live. — Anonymous
The sun rose slowly, like a fiery furball coughed up uneasily onto a sky-blue carpet by a huge unseen cat. — Michael McGarel
The mathematical probability of a common cat doing exactly as it pleases is the one scientific absolute in the world. — Lynn M. Osband
As anybody who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have huge patience with the limitations of the human mind. — Cleveland Amory
Cats do care. For example they know instinctively what time we have to be at work in the morning and they wake us up twenty minutes before the alarm goes off. –Michael Nelson
The reason cats climb is so that they can look down on practically every other animal. It’s also the reason they hate birds. — KC Buffington
And one of my all time favorites:
I put down my book, “The implying of Zen,” and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue. Cat, I would lend you this book to study but it appears you have already read it. She looks up and gives me her full gaze. Don’t be ridiculous, she purrs. I wrote it. — Dilys Laing
Do you have a favorite cat quote? Please share it in a comment!
Image: ©Bernadette Kazmarski. See this and more of Bernadette’s stunning cat paintings in her 2012 calendar and gift book, terrific Rescues.
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23 comments on favorite cat quotes
Reneda Baer says:
October 6, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Here are a few of my favorite cat quotes:
A meow massages the heart. – Stuart McMillan
There’s no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat. – Wesley Bates
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.” – may Sarton
“What greater gift than the love of a cat?” – Charles Dickens
“It was not I who was teaching my cat to gather rosebuds, but she who was teaching me.” – Irving Townsend
“A home without a cat, and a well-fed, well-petted and correctly revered cat, may be a ideal home, perhaps; but how can it show its title?” – mark Twain
These next two were apparently written at our house, lol:
“One cat just leads to another.” – Ernest Hemingway
“It’s really the cat’s house–we just pay the mortgage.” – unknown
I don’t know why, but I have always been fascinated w/this one. I can just picture the grim reaper standing there thinking about what really makes life worth living and then giving this answer:
“I meant,” said Ipslore bitterly, “what is there in this world that really makes living worth while?” death thought about it. “Cats,” he said eventually, “Cats are nice.” – Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
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Ingrid says:
October 6, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Reneda, these are terrific – thanks for sharing! I’ve always liked the Terry Pratchett one, too.
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Bernie says:
October 6, 2011 at 3:05 pm
I read all these quotes. Each was just as goodnull