Cat Quotes

“A dog will flatter you, but you have to flatter the cat.”
-George Mikes
“Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.”
-Joseph Wood Krutch
“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
“Meow is like aloha – it can mean anything.”
-Hank Ketchum
“Cats are smarter than dogs. You can’t get eight cats to pull a sled through the snow.”
-Jeff Valdez
“Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.”
-W. L. George
“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”
-Ernest Hemingway
“Way down deep, we’re all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.”
-Jim Davis
“A cat is an example of sophistication minus civilization.”
-Author Unknown
“There is no more intrepid explorer than a kitten.”
-Jules Champfleury
“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.”
-Edgar Allan Poe
“Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later.”
-Mary Bly
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
-Terry Pratchett
“If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.”
-Mark Twain
“Cat’s motto: No matter what you’ve done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it.”
-Author Unknown
“Dogs have owners, cats have staff.”
-Author Unknown
“The cat is above all things, a dramatist.”
-Margaret Benson
“I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic.”
-Author Unknown
“Cat people are different, to the extent that they generally are not conformists. How could they be, with a cat running their lives?”
-Louis Camuti
“A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.”
-Groucho Marx
“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 mind.”
-Cleveland Amory
“There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.”
-Unknown
“A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand.”
-Proverb
“Kittens are born with their eyes shut. They open them in about six days, take a look around, then close them again for the better part of their lives. ”
-Stephen Baker
“It’s really the cat’s house – we just pay the mortgage.”
-Author Unknown
“The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an axe murderer.”
-Paula Poundstone
“The cat could very well be man’s best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.”
-Doug Larson
“As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.”
-Ellen Perry Berkeley
“Essentially, you do not so much teach your cat as bribe him.”
-Lynn Hollyn
“Dogs eat. Cats dine. ”
-Ann Taylor