Welcome to my Quotes Page! These are some of my favorite cat quotes. If you know of any others, please email them to me. Purrs!



1. "If you yell at a cat, you're the one who is making a fool of yourself."
-- Unknown

2. "You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense."
-- Jane Pauley

3. "A cat sneezing is a good omen for everyone who hears it."
-- Italian Superstition

4. "The smart cat doesn't let on that he is."
-- H.G. Frommer

5. "Time spent with cats is never wasted."
-- May Sarton

6."A dog is a prose, a cat is a poem."
-- Jean Burden

7. "Way down deep we are all motivated by the same urges, Cats have the courage to live by them."
-- Jim Davis

8. "In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats."
-- English Proverb

9. "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."
-- Robert A. Heinlein

10. "People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life."
-- Faith Resnick

11. "There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats."
-- Anonymous

12. "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast."
-- Unknown

13. "The cat has too much spirit to have no heart."
-- Ernest Menaul

14. "A meow massages the heart."
-- Stuart McMillan

15. "The more people I meet, the more I like my cat."
-- Unknown

16. "Cats rule and dogs drool!"
-- Sassy

17. "CAT (n): 1. Furry keyboard cover 2. Alarm clock"
-- Unknown

18. "Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want"
-- Joseph Wood Krutch

19. "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."
-- Albert Schweitzer

20. "I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior."
-- Hippolyte Taine

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

22. The smallest feline is a masterpiece."
-- Leonardo da Vinci

23. "Heaven will not ever Heaven be unless my cats are there to welcome me."
-- Epitaph in Pet Cemetery

24. "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
-- Gandhi

25. "If a cat washes her face in front of several persons, the first person she looks at will be the first to get married."
-- Early American saying

26. "Which is more beautiful--feline movement or feline stillness?"
-- Elizabeth Hamilton

27. "There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat."
-- Tay Hohoff

28. "Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun."
-- Lloyd Alexander

29. "Who cares well for cats will marry as happily as he or she could ever wish."
-- French proverb

30. "Beware of people who dislike cats."
-- Irish proverb

31. "Cat's Motto: No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it."
-- Unknown

32. "The cat and the love you give away always come back to you."
--Unknown

33. "My dog thinks he's human.. My cat thinks he's GOD!"
-- Unknown

34. "In ancient times cats were worshipped as Gods, they have not forgotten this."
-- Unknown

35. "The cat has too much spirit to have no heart."
-- Ernest Menaul

36. "A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not."
-- Ernest Hemingway

37. "Of all domestic animals the cat is the most expressive. His face is capable of showing a wide range of expressions. His tail is a mirror of his mind. His gracefulness is surpassed only by his agility. And, along with all these, he has a sense of humor."
-- Walter Chandoha

38. "Civilization is defined by the presence of cats."
-- Unknown

39."The way in which she walks, the way in which she stalks, the way in which she "talks," makes even the most ordinary cat extraordinary."
-- Peter Collier

40. "I purr, therefore I am."
-- Anonymous

41. "Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them."
-- Sir Compton MacKenzie

42. "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?"
-- Fernard Mery

43. "To err is human, to purr is feline."
-- Unknown

44. "Rule of Feline Frustration: When your cat has fallen asleep on your lap and looks utterly content and adorable, you will suddenly have to go to the bathroom."
-- Unknown