Subject: Animals » Cats (Page 2)

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

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.

(1942 – ) humorist & radio broadcaster

Cats don’t belong to people; they belong to places.


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

American comedian & television host

Why don’t they just make mouse-flavored cat food?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

(1969 – ) American actress, film director & producer

How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You

Nature abhors a vacuum… but not as much as cats do.

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

I never married because there was no need: I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband – I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.

(1855 – 1924) English writer

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

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

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

So, You’ve Got a Fat Pussy

When a cat ignores you, you think “that's on you” … when a dog ignores you, you think “you saw into my dark soul.”

(1982 – ) American comedian & actress

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

An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old boy.

(1880 – 1964) American writer & photographer

My dog is so old, she now has a lot of cats.

(1964 – ) American comedian

Cat: A pygmy lion who loathes mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

(1863 – 1935) British-born American writer, artist & illustrator

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws.

(1821 – 1867) French poet, essayist & art critic

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