1.
Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.
Oscar Wilde
Faith is like a sightless individual groping in an ebony chamber for a non-existent black feline and discovering it.
2.
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.'
Al Capone
3.
Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get his paws wet.
Unknown
Do not be akin to the feline who hankered after a fish yet was apprehensive to moisten his claws.
4.
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?
Steven Wright
If toast is ever-predisposed to land butter-side down, and felines inevitably alight on their paws, what will be the result if you affix a piece of toast to a cat's back and fling it?
5.
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.
Maya Angelou
6.
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
"Among God's creatures, the cat is the only one that cannot be restrained by a leash. If man were to be blended with cats, it would enhance humanity; however, it would diminish felines."
7.
The snake, the rat, the cat, the dog...
How you gonna see 'em if you livin' in the fog?
DMX
The serpent, the rodent, the feline, the pooch...
How could you discern them if you exist in obscurity?
8.
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.
Sri Aurobindo
Existence is existence - no distinction between a creature of the land, sea, or air. Any notion of disparity is solely derived from humanity to serve its own interests.
9.
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.
Lester B. Pearson
10.
Time spent with cats is never wasted.
Sigmund Freud
The moments shared with felines are always precious.
11.
I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at me
George Whitefield
I was privileged today with having a few pebbles, soil, spoiled eggs, and fragments of deceased feline hurled at me.
12.
The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.
Confucius
Discovering a needle in a haystack.
13.
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.
Groucho Marx
A black cat traversing your route suggests that the creature is progressing forward.
14.
No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.
Deng Xiaoping
Regardless of color, so long as it can do the job, it is an excellent feline.
15.
Your dog thinks you're a god. Your cat thinks the dog's an asshole.
George Carlin
Your pup worships you. Your feline regards the canine with contempt.
16.
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.
Jeff Cooper
17.
My husband said it was him or the cat. I miss him sometimes.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
My spouse asserted it was either him or the feline. Occasionally, I feel nostalgic for him.
18.
If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.
Albert Einstein
If a man strives for an ethical lifestyle, his first abstention should be from causing harm to creatures.
19.
What greater gift than the love of a cat.
Charles Dickens
The affection of a feline.
20.
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.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
21.
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.
Shigeru Miyamoto
22.
I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.
Young Jeezy
23.
When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my pistol.
Stephen Hawking
24.
A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there.
Charles Darwin
25.
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!
Mikhail Bulgakov
26.
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.
James Franco
27.
The only cats worth anything are the cats that take chances.
Thelonious Monk
28.
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
Jean Cocteau
29.
Look here: "Mo' money, mo' problems," my ass.
You's a naive cat if you still believe that.
Ol' Dirty Bastard
31.
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.
Julio Cortazar
32.
The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.
Paula Poundstone
33.
You can stick a BMW badge on a dead cat - and people would still buy it.
Richard Hammond
34.
It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.
Deng Xiaoping
35.
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.
Joe Strummer
36.
Ever heard the story about a cat that accidentally caught a mouse in his sleep? Me neither
Mike Murdock
37.
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.
Konrad Lorenz
38.
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.
Theresa May
39.
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.
Erica Jong
41.
A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.
Louis Armstrong
42.
A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering.
William S. Burroughs
43.
A cat determined not to be found can fold itself up like a pocket handkerchief if it wants to.
Louis J. Camuti
44.
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.
Tim Minchin
45.
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
Steven Wright
46.
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.
Mark Twain
47.
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.
Beatrix Potter
50.
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.
Vilfredo Pareto