Subject: Animals » Cats

Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you.

(1962 – ) American English professor & writer under pen name Eloisa James

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look whether they’ve seen a moth or an ax murder.

(1959 – ) American comedian

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

(1907 – 1988) science fiction author

My Big Book of Pretty Pussies

Cat: A soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

My sister wanted a cat for a pet… I wanted a dog, so they bought a cat and taught it to bark.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

(1893 – 1970) American writer, critic & naturalist

It was raining cats and dogs, and I fell in a poodle.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

The cat could very well be man’s best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

All dogs look up to you; all cats look down to you… only the pig looks at you as an equal.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

Cat: A lap warmer with a built-in buzzer.

You've never seen a cat have sex… nobody has; the Discovery Channel hasn't caught that.

American comedian & television host

How long do cats live? Like assuming you don’t throw ‘em under a bus or something?

(1969 – ) American actress, film director & producer

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.

(1917 – 1998) author, critic, animal rights activist

Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer.


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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You

To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction – and a cat; the last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.


Kittens play with yarn, they bat it around. What they’re really doing is saying, “I can’t knit, get this away from me!”

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian