Being owned by a cat is a humbling experience.
It forces you to notice at least once a day that,
in the actual scheme of things, we humans are not
the only creatures of distinctive value on the planet.
The thoughts, quips and quotes here attempt to bring
that elusive being known as CAT into focus and to
delight and chuckle over all those things uniquely cat.

A cat stretches from one end of my childhood
to the other.
Blaga Dimitrova
Cats are dogs with a college education.
Grace Hodgson
I gave my cat a bath the other day...he loves it.
He sat there, he enjoyed it, and it was fun for me.
The fur would stick to my tongue, but other than that...
Steve Martin
Friends may come and go,
but cats accumulate.
Bob McMahon
A cat gets into everything...
including your conscience.
Laura Ingineri
I can't decide if I have a cat
or a cat has me.
Esther Marton
You can't own a cat.
The best you can do is be partners.
Sir Harry Swanson
Cats are the Goddess's way of saying,
"Gotcha!"
Anim0n
Don't mess with your cat
when you're stoned.
He'll give you a look like,
"Give it your best shot, man,
I've been doing catnip since
the day I was born!"
Robin Williams

Cats are smarter than dogs.
You can't get eight cats to
pull a sled through snow.
Will Cuppy
In nine lifetimes, you'll never know
as much about your cat
as your cat knows about you.
Michael Zullo
A cat can be trusted to purr
when she is pleased, which
is more than can be said
for human beings.
William Ralph Inge
In my house lives a cat
who is a curmudgeon and
cantankerous, a cat who is
charming and convivial,
and a cat who is combative
and commendable. And yet
I have but one cat.
Dave Edwards
I have an entrepreneurial cat.
He employs kittens to
catch his tail.
E. Weinstein
A cat is a puzzle for which
there is no solution.
Hazel Nicholson
A meow massages the heart.
Stuart McMillan

Cats are endless opportunities
for revelation.
Leslie Kapp
Cats come and go
without ever leaving.
Martha Curtis
Cats know...
even before you do.
Paula Jenks
The mathematical probability
of a common cat doing
exactly as it pleases is the
one scientific absolute in
the world.
Lynn M. Osband
When you consider that the
snow leapard has come to
the brink of extinction while
the Pekingese has doubled its
population this decade, it's
obvious that somebody hasn't
thought this thing through.
A. Whitney Brown
The problem with cats is that
they get the exact same look
on their face whether they see
a moth or an ax-murderer.
Paula Poundstone

If you call a cat and it comes running,
what you have is a dog.
Max Adams
A cat can purr its way
out of anything.
Donna McCrohan
What is unique about cats
is their ability to actually
be themselves.
Alisha Everett
If you don't want a cat
to walk all over you,
sleep standing up!
G. W. Eskow
A walking, prancing,
pouncing, sun-soaking,
sleeping machine.
Thomas Gato
If dogs could dance,
they would be cats.
R. A. Lovka
Cats are femme;
dogs are butch.
Laura Bellotti
All cats are possessed of a
proud spirit, and the surest
way to forfeit the esteen of a cat
is to treat it as an inferior being.
Michael Joseph
Beware: A gift of milk turns
the vagabond cat into a
permanent guest.
Bea Post
Although of alley origin,
my cat friend is of careful manner
and noble spirit.
I believe I have a
"Thomas" cat.
Alvin Olson

Text ©2000 Merritt Malloy
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