The domestic cat - a glorious creature that will take control
of a household, not by force, but by simply being in charge. And
yet such a magnanimous leader - as long as he gets his dinner or
she gets the respect she deserves, they will let their humans get
on with their lives without interfering. Here are some comments
on how they ignore us and other attitudes they strike.
A cat sees no good reason why it should obey another animal, even if
it does stand on two legs.
- Sarah Thompson
One reason we admire cats is for their proficiency in one-upmanship.
They always seem to come out on top, no matter what they are doing, or
pretend they do.
- Barbara Webster
A cat can purr its way out of anything.
- Donna McCrohan
A cat is always at the wrong side of the door.
- Anonymous
A cat is there when you call her - if she doesn't have anything better
to do.
- Bill Adler
Anyone who claims that a cat cannot give a dirty look either has never
kept a cat or is singularly unobservant.
- Maurice Burton
Cats always know whether people like or dislike them. They do not always
care enough to do anything about it.
- Winifred Carriere
Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is
the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible.
- Roger A. Caras
Cats don't like change without their consent.
- Roger A. Caras
Cats hate water only when it is dumped on them, as who wouldn't? Given
the opportunity, they will fish diligently in the neighborhood fish ponds.
- Eric Temple Bell
Cats have amazingly keen hearing but go conveniently deaf when you call.
- Anonymous
Cats' hearing apparatus is built to allow the human voice to easily go
in one ear and out the other.
- Stephen Baker
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for
what you want.
- Joseph Wood Krutch
Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss
on your computer.
- Bruce Graham
Essentially, you do not so much teach your cat as bribe him.
- Lynn Hollyn
Happiness does not light gently on my shoulder like a butterfly. She
pounces on my lap, demanding that I scratch behind her ears.
- Anonymous
How shall I ignore thee? Let me count the ways.
- David Caldwell
I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not
the ability to produce food which they take for granted--but his or her
entertainment value.
- Geoffrey Household
Nothing's more playful than a young cat, nor more grave than an old one.
- Thomas Fuller
If a cat can detect no self-advantage in what it is being told to do,
it says the hell with it, and, if pressure is brought to bear, it will
grow increasingly surly and irritable to the point where it is hopeless
to continue.
- John D. MacDonald
If a cat did not put a firm paw down now and then, how could his human
remain possessed.
- Winifred Carriere
Most cats, when they are Out want to be In, and vice versa, and often
simultaneously.
- Dr. Louis J. Camuti
The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to
admitting it.
- Doug Larson
The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends.
- Saki (H. H. Munro)
The cat lives alone. He has no need of society. He obeys only when he
wishes, he pretends to sleep the better to see, and scratches everything
he can scratch.
- Chateaubriand
The cat: an animal that's so unpredictable, you can never tell in advance
how it will ignore you the next time.
- Evan Esar
The mathematical probability of a common cat doing exactly as it pleases
is the one scientific absolute in the world.
- Lynn M. Osband
The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact.
- P. G. Wodehouse
Cats are notoriously sore losers. Coming in second best, especially to
someone as poorly coordinated as a human being, grates their sensibility.
- Stephen Baker
The reason cats climb is so that they can look down on almost every other
animal...its also the reason they hate birds.
- K. C. Buffington
When you are looking, a cat acts like a princess, but the minute they
think you are not looking, a cat acts like a fool.
- K. C. Buffington
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