A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings. ~William Ralph Inge

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. - Buddha

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. ~Colette

Most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the company of any cat that walked about the house with a saintly expression. ~Beverly Nichols

The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact. - P. G. Wodehouse

I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.
- Jimmy Stewart

Are we really sure the purring is coming from the kitty and not from our very own hearts? ~Terri Guillemets

Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well. ~Missy Dizick

"All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it."
- Samuel Butler

The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude. ~Robert Brault

Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really. ~Agnes Sligh Turnbull

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

The reason cats climb is so that they can look down on almost every other animal - it's also the reason they hate birds. ~K.C. Buffington

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. ~Martin Buber

There is no more intrepid explorer than a kitten. ~Jules Champfleury

A cat is an example of sophistication minus civilization. ~Author Unknown

Many people have sighed for the 'good old days' and regretted the 'passing of the horse,' but today, when only those who like horses own them, it is a far better time for horses. ~C.W. Anderson

"Cats are kindly masters, just so long as you remember your place."- Paul Gray

There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. - Dan Greenberg

All life is an experiment. The more

experiments you make the better.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

A creature that never cries over spilt milk: a cat.

-Evan Esar

The naming of cats is a difficult matter. It isn't just one of your holiday games. You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter. When I tell you a cat must have three different names... - T.S. Eliot

"After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference."

-Charlotte Gray

What I saw today at Value Village.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
- George Eliot

Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow. - George F. Will

When I play with my cat, how do I know that she is not passing time with me rather than I with her? - Montaigne

"The little furry buggers are just deep, deep wells you throw all your emotions into."
- Bruce Schimmel

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. - Jean Cocteau

With their qualities of cleanliness, discretion, affection, patience, dignity, and courage, how many of us, I ask you, would be capable of becoming cats?" -Fernand Mery Her Majesty the Cat

If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat." - Mark Twain