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

When your cat rubs the side of its face along your leg, it's affectionately marking you with its scent, identifying you as its private property, saying, in effect, "You belong to me". -Susan McDonough

Your cat will never threaten your popularity by barking at three in the morning. He won't attack the mailman or eat the drapes, although he may climb the drapes to see how the room looks from the ceiling. -Helen Powers

Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely? -Karen Brademeyer

If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it? -Stephen Wright

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, "I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?" -Bette Midler

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

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

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even. -Percy Bysshe Shelley

Cats are mysterious kind of folk - there is more passing in their minds than we are aware of. -Sir Walter Scott

To err is human, to purr is feline. -Robert Byrne

If cats could talk, they wouldn't. -Nan Porter

It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens...that, whatever you say to them, they always purr. -Lewis Carroll

The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat. -Ogden Nash

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seems to be plenty of kittens. -Abraham Lincoln

Dogs come when they are called; cats take a message and get back to you later. -Mary Bly

The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it. -Doug Larson

Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel.  True, and they have many other fine qualities as well. -Missy Dizick

I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed.  These things to me, are expressions of love. -James Herriot

Cats aren't clean, they're just covered with cat spit. -John S. Nichols

Are cats lazy?  Well, more power to them if they are.  Which one of us has not entertained the dream of doing just as he likes, when and how he likes, and as much as he likes? -Fernand Mery

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

Those who will play with cats must expect to be scratched. -Cervantes

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

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 Caras

A meow massages the heart. -Stuart McMillan

Kittens are born with their eyes shut.  They open them in about six days, take a look around, then close them again for the better part of their lives. -Stephen Baker

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia. -Joseph Wood Krutch

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

One cat just leads to another. - Ernest Hemingway

If a dog jumps in 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. - Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)

Cats regard people as warm-blooded furniture. - Jacquelyn Mitchard

Cats are smarter than dogs.  You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. - Jeff Valdez

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

In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats. -English proverb

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.

Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.

The cutest kittens have the sharpest claws.

Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.

In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.