If a dog jumps into your lap it is because he is fond of you
But if a cat does the same thing ~ it is because your lap is warmer.
A.N. Whitehead

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat,
And no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch.
Leo Dworken

A meow massages the heart.
Stuart McMillan

Cats always know whether people like or dislike them. They do not always care enough to do anything about it.
Winifred Carriere

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

Cats' hearing apparatus is built to allow the human voice to easily go in one ear and out the other.
Stephen Baker

The mathematical probability of a common cat doing exactly as it pleases is the one scientific absolute in the world.
Lynn M. Osband

Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.
W. L. George

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.
Cleveland Amory

If animals could speak the dog would be a a blundering outspoken fellow, but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.
Mark TwainLeonardo da Vinci

You can't own a cat. The best you can do is be partners.
Sir Harry Swanson

A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.
William Lyon Phelps

Most beds sleep up to six cats. Ten cats without the owner.
Stephen Baker

The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends...
Saki (H. H. Munro)

Most cats, when they are Out want to be In, and vice versa, and often simultaneously.
Louis F. Camuti, DVM

The phrase "domestic cat" is an oxymoron.
George F. Will

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
Jules Verne

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

When it comes to knowing how to relax, cats are the original yoga experts.
Patricia Curtis