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Quotes About Cat

It is easy to make plans in this world; even a cat can do it; and when one is out in those remote oceans it is noticeable that a cat's plans and a man's are worth about the same.
~ Mark Twain
Notwithstanding all this furniture, there was still room to turn around in, but not to swing a cat in, at least with entire security to the cat. However, the room was large, for a ship's stateroom, and was in every way satisfactory.
~ Mark Twain
down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat. "I never did see
~ Mark Twain
a square, flat-roofed hovel, neatly frescoed, with its wall-tops gallantly bastioned and turreted with dried camel-refuse, gives to a landscape a feature that is exceedingly festive and picturesque, especially if one is careful to remember to stick in a cat wherever, about the premises, there is room for a cat to sit.
~ Mark Twain
A home without a cat —and a well-fed, well-petted, and properly revered cat —may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?
~ Mark Twain
Of course curiosity killed the cat, and even if satisfaction supposedly brought it back, there's still that little problem with the man on the radio telling me more and more about some useless information.
~ Mark Z. Danielewski
If you stroke a cat, it will purr; and, as inevitably, if you praise a man, a sweet expression of delight will appear on his face; and even though the praise is a palpable lie, it will be welcome, if the matter is one on which he prides himself.
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
With the certitude of a true believer, Vellya Paapen had assured the twins that there was no such thing in the world as a black cat. He said that there were only black cat chaped holes in the universe.
~ Arundhati Roy
He smiled like a cat with fresh chipmunk blood on his whiskers.
~ Augusten Burroughs
When Cleopatra was nine or ten, a visiting official had accidentally killed a cat, an animal held sacred in Egypt.* A furious mob assembled, with whom Auletes' representative attempted to reason. While this was a crime for an Egyptian, surely a foreigner merited a special exemption? He could not save the visitor from the bloodthirsty crowd.
~ Stacy Schiff
That's alright, said Hugo. I've got some wine Which was about all he seemed to have. He poured out two mugfuls. Very nice, said Adrian, sipping appreciatively. I wonder how they got the cat to sit on the bottle. It's cheap, that's the main thing.
~ Stephen Fry
But still, sometimes, in the heart of winter when the light outside seemed yellow- sleepy, like a cat curled up on a sofa...
~ Stephen King
And didn't they say that, although curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought the beast back?
~ Stephen King
Cat can have kittens in the oven, girl, but that won't ever make em muffins.
~ Stephen King
Curiosity killed the cat, you know, but satisfaction brought him back snap-ass happy.
~ Stephen King
Curiosity improved the cat
~ Brandon Nankivell
What greater gift than the love of a cat.
~ Charles Dickens
People may surprise you with unexpected kindness. Dogs have a depth of loyalty that often we seem unworthy of. But the love of a cat is a blessing, a privilege in this world.
~ Kinky Friedman
He was a hip cat a hep cat a cool cat a bad mad rad cat Oobie-do John the Sax Man Scat Man the long sleek cat man!!
~ Jonathan London
Very nice lady served us drinks in hotel and was followed in by a cat. We all crooned at it. Alan [Rickman] to cat ( very low and meaning it ): 'Fuck off.' The nice lady didn't turn a hair. The cat looked slightly embarrassed but stayed.
~ Emma Thompson
Quand j'ai vu TIti et Grosminet, toute cette violence contre le pauvre chat, j'ai horreur de Titi. Il était à l'aise, lui, il taquinait le chat ; le pauvre minou, lui, ne comprenait rien et en prenait plein la tête. C'est un naïf. Titi est un salopard.
~ Emmanuelle Laborit
Cat lovers can readily be identified. Their clothes always look old and well used. Their sheets look like bath towels and their bath towels look like a collection of knitting mistakes.
~ Eric Gurney
For a dog is not like a cat. Like men, a dog has learnt to fear heights. And yet it was the only way.
~ Eric Knight
I wanted to walk away in denial, watch the news and believe the cat was faking the whole thing for attention.
~ Erika Lopez