Do you own a cat? Is a cat a part of your family? Do you find your cat to be just a little bit on an enigma? You are not alone!
Below are a list of bits you should know as a cat owner, they will make your life and your relationship with your cat less of a mystery.
Some quotes state who they are from others do not:
“Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as Gods. Cats have never
forgotten this.”
“Cats are smarter than dogs. You can’t get eight cats to pull a sled
through snow.” - Jeff Valdez
“In a cat’s eye, all things belong to cats.” (that includes your pillow!)
“As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.” (you are the pet)
“One cat just leads to another.”
“Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to
you later.”
“People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life.” (Remember that!)
“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is
infinitely superior” (Not I, someone else - who?)
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and
cats.”
“Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.”
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.” (after all you are in the company of a god!)
A cats worst enemy is a closed door.
"Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement,
and love without penalties." - Walter Lionel George 1882-1926
"Always turn and look when your cat gazes behind you with that intent look in her eyes.
Some day there might actually be something there." - Anonymous
"A cat is an example of sophistication minus civilization." - Anonymous
"There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats."
- Anonymous
"I cannot deny that a cat lover and his cat have a master/slave relationship.
The cat is the master."
- Arthur R. Kassin
"I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worth while?"
Death thought about it. "Cats," he said eventually, "Cats are nice."
- Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
Find your place in the sun.
Especially if it happens to be on that nice pile of warm, clean laundry.
Climb your way to the top.
That's why the drapes are there.
"Don't let anyone tell you loving a cat is silly. Love, in any form, is a precious commodity."
- Barbara L. Diamond
"When a cat chooses to be friendly, it's a big deal, because a cat is picky."
- Mike Deupree
"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."
- Maria Corelli
"A cat has nine lives and nine souls, and it must have nine guardian
angels watching over it. Which would explain why the little fellow is so smug."
- Karen Fields-Hutton
"If you want the best seat in the house, move the cat." - anonymous
"If you gave wings to a cat, it would not condescend to be a bird. It would be an angel."
- Dick Shawn
"With the qualities of cleanliness, affection, patience, dignity, and courage that cats have,
how many of us, I ask you, would be capable of becoming cats?"
- Fernand Mery
"For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit."
- Christopher Smart
"Everything that moves serves to interest and amuse a cat. He is convinced that nature is
busying herself with his diversion; he can conceive of no other purpose in the universe."
- F.A. Paradis de Moncrif
"When a Cat adopts you there is nothing to be done about it except to
put up with it and wait until the wind changes."
- T.S. Eliot
"It is in their eyes that their magic resides." - Arthur Symons
"A sleeping cat is ever alert." - Fred Schwab
"The cat's true function is to sit and be admired." - Georgina Strickland Gates (worshipping )
"A cat sneezing is a good omen for everyone who hears it." - Italian superstition
A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. - Indian Saying
After a time, even the dog begins to compromise with the cat. - Hungarian proverb
