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Unknown Author (top)
It's really the cat's house - we just pay the mortgage.
- Unknown Author
Some people own cats and go on to lead normal lives.
- Unknown Author
There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.
- Unknown Author


Stephen Baker (top)
Of all the toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a sound when you jump on it.
- Stephen Baker
To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.
- Stephen Baker


Jean Burden (top)
A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem.
- Jean Burden
Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds.
- Jean Burden


Louis J. Camuti (top)
A cat determined not to be found can fold itself up like a pocket handkerchief if it wants to.
- Louis J. Camuti
There is something about the presence of a cat... that seems to take the bite out of being alone.
- Louis J. Camuti


Colette (top)
Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
- Colette
The cat is the animal to whom the Creator gave the biggest eye, the softest fur, the most supremely delicate nostrils, a mobile ear, an unrivaled paw and a curved claw borrowed from the rose-tree.
- Colette


Leo Durocher (top)
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 Durocher


Paul Gallico (top)
Kittens can happen to anyone.
- Paul Gallico


Joseph Wood Krutch (top)
Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.
- Joseph Wood Krutch


Doug Larson (top)
The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.
- Doug Larson


Abraham Lincoln (top)
No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
- Abraham Lincoln


Michel de Montaigne (top)
When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me?
- Michel de Montaigne


Edgar Allan Poe (top)
I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
- Edgar Allan Poe


Paula Poundstone (top)
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


Albert Schweitzer (top)
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats.
- Albert Schweitzer


Henry David Thoreau (top)
A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double; the hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the forepart plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her until you tread on it.
- Henry David Thoreau


Mark Twain (top)
Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use.
- Mark Twain
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


Arthur Weigall (top)
If I called her she would pretend not to hear, but would come a few moments later when it could appear that she had thought of doing so first.
- Arthur Weigall


Alfred North Whitehead (top)
If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
- Alfred North Whitehead