CAT QUOTES IV

quotations about cats

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

T. S. ELIOT

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats


Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reason.

ROBERTSON DAVIES

"mehitabel"


Through all this horror my cat stalked unperturbed. Once I saw him monstrously perched atop a mountain of bones, and wondered at the secrets that might lie behind his yellow eyes.

H. P. LOVECRAFT

"The Rats in the Walls"


Man has been worshipping cat for centuries and cat has every intention of keeping it that way.

JOHN TICKNER

Tickner's Cats


Cats are like Baptists. You know they raise hell, but you can never catch them at it.

JAMES PATTERSON

Cat & Mouse


You know what cats are like--fast on their feet and not very grateful.

HELEN MAGEE

What's French for Help


Mystery has always shrouded the feline. The cat is a powerful, agile hunter moving silently through the night, stalking its prey; or a calculating thinker that has incredible patience when setting its trap, yet is impatient with unwanted acts of affection from humans. The cat is a creature of great beauty, defying gravity with athletic feats and supreme acts of grace. From the ancient Egyptians to the Shakespearian era and into modern times legends of the cat have grown into extraordinary myths.

ALEXANDRA POWE ALLRED

Cat's Most Wanted


The sound of the cat mesmerizes, calms the chattering mind, stills the anxious heart.

THERESA MANCUSO

Cats Do It Better Than People


In the night all cats are gray.

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

Don Quixote


Cats invented self-esteem.

ERMA BOMBECK

attributed, The Cat Fanatic


One feels so immensely flattered when chosen by a discriminating cat, for it is an affection which can only be won by merit, and never bought. A dog will love any wreck of humanity who chances to own him, but one needs to be self-respecting to earn the love of a cat. Pussies show their regard in such dignified little ways. When you open the hall door your cat will come half way down stairs to meet you, and will then turn and walk up before you with tail erect, and you feel as heartily welcome as though a dog had jumped all over you and knocked your hat off in the exuberance of his greeting. You notice cats never follow, never even walk by your side--they precede by a sort of divine right.

KATE A. HALL

"Cat Farming in California"


There's nothing like the company of a cat. Your cat is a loyal friend, a warm sleeping-buddy, a playmate, a confidant, a presence.... Cats bring joy and delight to everyday life. Stroking a cat can even lower your blood pressure.

WENDY CHRISTENSEN

The Humane Society of the United States Complete Guide to Cat Care


Cats are like lesbians. They are creatures of narrow habit about which men can only glimpse the silken machinery of their minds.

KINKY FRIEDMAN

Spanking Watson


Finding a cat--or having a cat find you--can change your world as much as marriage, divorce, love, death, or even winning the lottery can, and sometimes more.

KINKY FRIEDMAN

foreword, The Power of Purrs


Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

Don Quixote


Cats are like women: allow them to nurse and attend you when ill, and they are sure to love you.

GORDON STABLES

Cats: Their Points and Characteristics


There are things that outweigh comfort, unless one is an old woman or a cat.

URSULA K. LE GUIN

The Left Hand of Darkness


Cats are like insects. They should be left outside to clean up the garbage.

MICHAEL MEWSHAW

Playing Away


Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cot it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.

MARK TWAIN

notebook, Feb. 1894


The uncertainty of cats has been thrown in their teeth, but to the true cat-lover this uncertainty is a most attractive trait. One may live in a house for six months with a cat and never receive from it a single kindly word or look. It will perhaps sit quietly on your lap as long as you hold it there, for it hates struggling; but the moment your vigilance is relaxed down it jumps, and licks itself carefully, as a sign that your caresses are anything but agreeable. It will purr when you go down on your knees on the hearthrug and rub it under the chin; but it is purring at itself, not you. Your hand is only a stroking machine. It is not in the least afraid of you, but in a hundred ways it shows that it has no use for your caresses, and that it would rather not be encumbered by unasked attention. Yet, suddenly, and without any cause, this very same cat will one day become, for half an hour or an hour, your dearest friend.

"The Cat in Literature,"

Living Age, vol. 217