Cat Quotes

@ElicBxn (64169)
United States
April 30, 2007 5:49pm CST
Many are familure, but there are a few I haven't seen before: No matter how much cats fight, there always seems to be plenty of kittens.-- Abraham Lincoln Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat. -- Mark Twain The smallest feline is a masterpiece. -- Leonardo DA Vinci With Their qualities of cleanliness,discretion, affection, patience, dignity, and courage, how many of us, I ask you, would be capable of becoming cats? -- Fernand Mery I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. -- Hippolyte Taine When I play with my cat, how do I know that she is not passing time with me rather than I with her? -- Montaigne After scolding one's cat, one looks into his face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that he understood every word and has filed it for reference. -- Charlotte Gray A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat. -- George Mikes You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.-- George Mikes Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this. -- unknown A cat sees no good reason why it should obey another animal, even if it does stand on two legs. -- Sarah Thompson Cats are kindly masters, just so long as you remember your place. -- Paul Gray There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life. Music and cats. -- Albert Schweitzer If a dog jumps into your lap it is because he is fond of you, but if a cat does the same thing it's because your lap is warmer. -- A. N. Whitehead No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. -- Leo Dworken Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow. -- George F. Will Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this by all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren't like this. A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll in a dead fish. -- James Gorman Cats always know whether people like or dislike them. But they don't always care enough to do anything about it. -- Winifred Carriere Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds. -- Jean Burden The mathematical probability of a common cat doing exactly as it pleases is the one scientific absolute in the world. -- Lynn M. Osband As anyone who has ever been around a Cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind. -- Cleveland Amor. A cat has absolute emotional honesty. Human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. - Ernest Hemingway You can't own a cat. The best you can do is be partners. -- Sir Harry Swans
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
4 May 07
I love all of these ElicBxn! It seems an awful lot of people had good things to say about cats...more than dogs I think... I like "After scolding one's cats, one looks into his face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that he understood every word..." OMG is this true..I swear I get a nasty indignant look if I scold one of my cats--and the idea that cats were once worshiped and never forgot..yes, I think they remind us of that fact. And as far as Cats knowing whether a person likes them or not --my cats have a habit of running away and hiding when someone comes in and they know and sense they aren't cat lovers..but will come out when they so sense a cat lover. And yes, cats must have an awful lot of patience with us silly humans.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
4 May 07
Running away from non-cat lovers, not my kids. They know & are even more attacted to them. My mom had a friend who OBVIOUSLY didn't like cats. Cat would cozy up next to her & lean on her cat fur free clothes while Suky - who hated everybody - would come up behind her & rub on her back! My cats know cat haters & cat allergic people & they are like a magenet to them, the quickest attractor in the house.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
4 May 07
LOL--talk about revenge!
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@yanstill (1490)
• China
17 May 07
oh,so many quotes about cats!!! i just know one,cats have nine lives.i can't remember how it is said.i think cats have a special meaning in western world,coz so many phrases and idioms are about cats.i see many families have cats as a companion,do you have one?
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
17 May 07
cats - catnip moment
Have one? I have a few - quite a few....
@yanstill (1490)
• China
17 May 07
oh lol,you have many. and yes,i remember that before i have one cat at home,and several days ago when i went home,it had 4 baby cats.they are so little and cute.my dad didn't allow me to touch those little cats.
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@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
1 May 07
I love those. And they are all very very true. I especially got a kick out of the one about the cats being worshipped as gods, and the one having to do with duct tape and cat fur. I honestly think my cats can shed at will, and they wait until I have on nice black pants to do it! LOL
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
1 May 07
Ain't it the truth! My fav quote is the one about the best we can do is be partners. I think I'm tired, the first 2 times I read your response I saw shred rather then shed!
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@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
1 May 07
LOL! We both must be tired, then, because I had to look to make sure I didn't actually type 'shred'! I don't know though.....the way my white cat pulls her fur out sometimes, I guess it could be called shredding. It looks painful when she does it, too. LOL
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• Turkey
1 May 07
Thanks for these quotes they're great!, I know for a fact that my cats know that their ancestors were worshipped as gods, as they demand my attention to wait on them day and night!!!
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
2 May 07
Well, most cats know it. Scamp just thinks he should've been a man so he could love me the way he seems to want to. And when he's had enough of the other cats getting in his face, he's starting to dominate (mount) them!
• United States
3 May 07
Those are neat quotes. Where did you find those?
@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
4 May 07
I'm in a few non-pay groups & someone posted these to one of them. I figured since she wasn't in this group it wouldn't hurt to share them with y'all.
@Woodpigeon (3710)
• Ireland
3 May 07
I love this one! "No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch." -- Leo Dworken I wonder, have you ever heard the second part of this? I have no idea who came up with it, although I think it might have been Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Curiosity killed the cat...but satisfaction brought it back.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
4 May 07
An oldie but a goodie. No, that was always the second half of the quote, just most people don't know it. I've heard it since the '60's & I wasn't really around & aware of much before then so....
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@gberlin (3836)
1 May 07
These are great quotes and so true!
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
17 May 07
These are some really cute cats. Cats have always been my favorite animal.
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17 May 07
That is great hun, wonderful to read through and several of those quotes have given me a good giggle this morning. Thanks
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