Cats Quotes

“Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.”
― Sir Walter Scott

“In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Deeds of the Disturber

“Cats randomly refuse to follow orders to prove they can.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Strikes

“There is, incidentally, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person.”
― Dan Greenberg

“I have found it is surprisingly difficult to remain sad when a cat is doing its level best to sandpaper one's cheeks.”
― R. L. LaFevers, Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh

“The cat dropped the rat between its two front paws. "There are those," it said with a sigh, in tones as smooth as oiled silk, "who have suggested that the tendency of a cat to play with its prey is a merciful one - after all, it permits the occasional funny little running snack to escape, from time to time. How often does your dinner get to escape?”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“If a cat spoke, it would say things like 'Hey, I don’t see the problem here.”
― Roy Blount Jr.

“Be careful with this one" said Dina, bending down to greet the cat. "All cats are half jinn, but I think she's three quarters.”
― G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen

“Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds.”
― Jean Burden, Celebration of Cats

“I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance.
”
― James Thurber

“I woke up in bed with a man and a cat. The man was a stranger; the cat was not”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

“Cats like sleeping and resting on intersections. There are many stories about magical animals but really, apart from the dragon, the cat is the only creature which can absorb the force. No one knows why a cat absorbs it and what it does with it...”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Krew elfów

“A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch.”
― Charles M. Blow

“A garden without cats, it will be generally agreed, can scarcely deserve to be called a garden at all...much of the magic of the heather beds would vanish if, as we bent over them, there was no chance that we might hear a faint rustle among the blossoms, and find ourselves staring into a pair of sleepy green eyes.”
― Beverley Nichols, Garden Open Tomorrow

“Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.”
― Jeff Valdez

“Take it from cats

If someone moves to make room for you, take up more room. If someone is looking over there, there’s something to see. If somebody sneezes, run. If someone brings a bag into your home, look inside it. If you don’t want someone to leave, sit on his suitcase. Clean between your toes. Flaunt your full figure. Hide loose change. Even though you can take care of yourself, it’s okay to let someone be nice to you. It’s fine to take a nap on the laundry. If you stand in a kitchen long enough, someone will feed you. If you’re alone in bed, use all the pillows. Just because it’s gorgeous outside doesn’t mean you have to go outside. Just because you can fit into something tight doesn’t mean that you belong in it. If you trust someone, open yourself like a cheap umbrella. If you want to be left alone, park yourself in a closet. If you want to surprise someone, lie in a bathtub and then jerk back the curtain when he sits on the toilet. If you’re not interested, don’t look interested. You don’t have to chase every bird that you see.”
― Helen Ellis, American Housewife

“Lecturing Brooks was as useful as lecturing a cat.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Key to the Golden Firebird

“Snowball?"
It's white."
Meow."
It's so girly."
This from a guy who named his poodle Princess."
his laughter died. "How do you know about Princess?"
Your sister told me.”
― Rachel Gibson, Tangled Up In You

“Kind old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always go to a good man, they say[.]”
― Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room

“Cats will be cats.”
― Morrissey, Autobiography

“Most people, when they move, well they just move depending on whatever's around them. At this very moment, as I am writing, Constitution the cat is going by with her tummy dragging close to the floor. This cat has absolutely nothing constructive to do in life and still she is heading toward something, probably an armchair.”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

“WHAT FOR IS THIS BOX PADDED? IS IT TO BE SAT ON? CAN IT BE THAT IT IS CAT-FLAVOURED?”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

“The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog

“Purr more, hiss less”
― Linda C. Marchman

“Human beings are basically huge monkeys that walked upright, but they can be pretty full of themselves.”
― Hiro Arikawa, The Travelling Cat Chronicles

“Loud ringing noises, I've discovered, upset Mr.Peepers.”
― Meg Cabot, The Boy Next Door

“I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.”
― Ursula Andress

“Roen said, "I can't quit. I have rent, and a cat to support.”
― Wesley Chu, The Lives of Tao

“Who shall tell the lady's grief
When her Cat was past relief?
Who shall number the hot tears
Shed o'er her, beloved for years?
Who shall say the dark dismay
Which her dying caused that day?”
― Christina Rossetti

“Alice: I didn't know that cheshire cats grinned. In fact, I didn't know that cats could grin.

Duchess: They can, and most of 'em do.”
― Rod Espinosa, Alice in Wonderland