Cat Quotes

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there's a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler 'get Capone.'

Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get his paws wet.

If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?

What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’.... And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.

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.

The snake, the rat, the cat, the dog... How you gonna see 'em if you livin' in the fog?

Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.

If a man has an apartment stacked to the ceiling with newspapers, we call him crazy. If a woman has a trailer house full of cats, we call her nuts. But when people pathologically hoard so much cash that they impoverish the entire nation, we put them on the cover of Fortune magazine and pretend that they are role models.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at me

The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.

Your dog thinks you're a god. Your cat thinks the dog's an asshole.

Observe your cat. It is difficult to surprise him. Why? Naturally his superior hearing is part of the answer, but not all of it. He moves well, using his senses fully. He is not preoccupied with irrelevancies. He's not thinking about his job or his image or his income tax. He is putting first things first, principally his physical security. Do likewise.

My husband said it was him or the cat. I miss him sometimes.

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.

What greater gift than the love of a cat.

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

So you know cats are interesting. They are kind of like girls. If they come and talk to you it's great. But if you try to talk to them it doesn't always go so well.

When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my pistol.

I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.

A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there.

Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation. "I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!

Sometimes I get a little sad, and I feel like being alone. Then I talk to my cat about it, and he reminds me I’m James Franco. Then we dance.

The only cats worth anything are the cats that take chances.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

Look here: "Mo' money, mo' problems," my ass. You's a naive cat if you still believe that.

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.

I sometimes longed for someone who, like me, had not adjusted perfectly with his age, and such a person was hard to find; but I soon discovered cats, in which I could imagine a condition like mine, and books, where I found it quite often.

You can stick a BMW badge on a dead cat - and people would still buy it.

The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.

If I had five million pounds I'd start a radio station because something needs to be done. It would be nice to turn on the radio and hear something that didn't make you feel like smashing up the kitchen and strangling the cat.

The appeal of the cat lies in the very fact that she has formed no close bond with [man], that she has the uncompromising independence of a tiger or a leopard while she is hunting in his stables and barns: that she still remains mysterious and remote when she is rubbing herself gently against the legs of her mistress or purring contentedly in front of the fire.

Ever heard the story about a cat that accidentally caught a mouse in his sleep? Me neither

We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering.

A cat determined not to be found can fold itself up like a pocket handkerchief if it wants to.

Respect people with less power then you. I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room, I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful. So there.

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.

Sunday, January 27, 1884. -- There was another story in the paper a week or so since. A gentleman had a favourite cat whom he taught to sit at the dinner table where it behaved very well. He was in the habit of putting any scraps he left onto the cat's plate. One day puss did not take his place punctually, but presently appeared with two mice, one of which it placed on its master's plate, the other on its own.

In a burning building I would save a cat before a Rembrandt.

Cats invented self-esteem.

If you're Noah, and your ark is about to sink, look for the elephants first, because you can throw over a bunch of cats, dogs, squirrels, and everything else that is just a small animal and your ark will keep sinking. But if you can find one elephant to get overboard, you're in much better shape.