55 Cat Quotes To Express Your Love For Your Feline Fellows


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Cats have a whimsical way of sneaking into our lives and making a place in our hearts, don't they? Their playful personalities and quirky antics make them more than just pets; they are family; no less than any other family members. These wonderful fur balls soothe us with their soft, therapeutic purrs and bring laughter with their mischievous antics, filling our lives with joy and warmth. For all the cat lovers out there, we’ve gathered a treasure trove of quotes that capture the whimsy and wonder of our feline friends. Get ready to smile and relate as we celebrate the love we share with these charming companions!

Famous Cat Quotes

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.  Leonardo da Vinci

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

Leonardo da Vinci

There are no ordinary cats.

Colette Sidonie Gabrielle

One must love a cat on its own terms.

Paul Gray

A little drowsing cat is an image of perfect beatitude.

CHAMPFLEURY

If a cat has decided to love you, there's not a great deal you can do about it.

Katrina Smythe

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

Ernest Hemingway

In my house, I’m the boss. My wife is just the decision-maker.

Woody Allen

A meow massages the heart.  Stuart McMillan

A meow massages the heart.

Stuart McMillan

What greater gift than the love of a cat?

Charles Dickens

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Sigmund Freud

Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later.

Mary Bly

One cat just leads to another.

Ernest Hemingway

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

W.L. George

Cats choose us; we don’t own them.

Kristin Cast

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life, music, and cats.

Albert Schweitzer

Cats are a mysterious kind of folk. There is more passing in their minds than we are aware of.

Sir Walter Scott

I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

Hippolyte Taine

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

James Herriot

In ancient times, cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

Terry Pratchett

Inspirational Cat Quotes

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

Robert A. Heinlein

Books. Cats. Life is Good.  Edward Gorey

Books. Cats. Life is Good.

Edward Gorey

I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile? Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.

Terry Pratchett - Sourcery

I went to collect the few personal belongings which... I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.

Colette

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

Edgar Allan Poe

Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.

Neil Gaiman-Stardust

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

Garrison Keillor

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

Mark Twain

If a black cat crosses your path, it signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Groucho Marx

Funny Cat Quotes

I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.

Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Never try to outstubborn a cat.

Robert A. Heinlein -Time Enough for Love

The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.

Confucius

Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience.

Pam Brown

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

You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.

George Mikes

A cat can purr its way out of anything.

Donna McCrohan

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

Louis J. Camuti

I gave my cats a bath the other day … they love it. He sat there, he enjoyed it, it was fun for me. The fur would stick to my tongue, but other than that…

Steve Martin

The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal – or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.

Elizabeth Peters

After scolding one’s cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.

Charlotte Gray

An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.

Carl Van Vechten

I’m a cat whisperer. When I go to people’s houses, their cats always like me better than the owners.

Cory Monteith

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

William Ralph Inge

If only cats grew into kittens.  R. Stern

If only cats grew into kittens.

R. Stern

As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.

Ellen Perry Berkeley

The trouble with sharing one’s bed with cats is that they’d rather sleep on you than beside you.

Pam Brown

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

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

Dogs have owners, cats have slaves.

Amanda Bell

Cats do care. For example, they know instinctively what time we have to be at work in the morning, and they wake us up twenty minutes before the alarm goes off.

Michael Nelson

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

Stephen Baker

Everything I know I learned from my cat: When you’re hungry, eat. When you’re tired, nap in a sunbeam. When you go to the vet’s, pee on your owner.

Gary Smith

Cats have it all – admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.

Rod McKuen

She clawed her way into my heart and wouldn’t let go.

Missy Altijd

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

People who hate cats will come back as mice in their next life.

Faith Resnick

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Erica Jong

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

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