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Cats

Four little Persians, but only one looked in my direction. I extended a tentative finger and two soft paws clung to it. There was a contented sound of purring, I suspect on both our parts. – George Freedley

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there, lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. – Mark Twain

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. – Author Unknown

It is remarkable, in cats, that the outer life they reveal to their masters is one of perpetual boredom. – Robley Wilson, Jr.

If I called her she would pretend not to hear, but would come a few moments later when it could appear that she had thought of doing so first. – Arthur Weigall

I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream. – William Shakespeare, Henry IV

If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr. – Martin Buxbaum

The cat was created when the lion sneezed. – Arabian Proverb

The cat is above all things, a dramatist. – Margaret Benson

If purring could be encapsulated, it would be the most powerful anti-depressant on the market. – Terri Guillemets

Meow is like aloha — it can mean anything. – Hank Ketchum

An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five year old. – Carl Van Vechten

Cats were put into the world to disprove the dogma that all things were created to serve man. – Paul Gray

A cat determined not to be found can fold itself up like a pocket handkerchief if it wants to. – Louis J. Camuti

God made the cat in order that man might have the pleasure of caressing the lion. – Fernand Mery

If only cats grew into kittens. – R. Stern

In a cats eye, all things belong to cats. – English Proverb

Cruel, but composed and bland,
Dumb, inscrutable and grand,
So Tiberius might have sat,
Had Tiberius been a cat. – Matthew Arnold

Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the household, who like them are sensitive to the cold, and sedentary. – Charles Baudelaire

If a cat spoke, it would say things like Hey, I dont see the problem here. – Roy Blount, Jr.