"Cats do not declare their love much; they enact it, by their myriad invocations of our pleasure. --Vicki Hearne"

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

"I've never understood why women love cats. Cats are independent, they don't listen, they don't come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, and when they're home they like to be left alone and sleep. In other words, every quality that women hate in a man, they love in a cat. --Jay Leno"

"There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat. --Tay Hohoff"

"I have found my love of cats most helpful in understanding women. --John Simon"

"Cats whiskers are so sensitive, they can find their way through the narrowest crack in a broken heart. --Anonymous"

"I simply can't resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course. --Mark Twain"

"When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed...she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand. --Leonore Fleisher"

"It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert , gentle, and discriminating little friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more. --Agnes Repplier"

"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"

"Blessed are those who love cats, for they shall never be lonely. --Unknown"

"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"

"To respect the cat is the beginning of the aesthetic sense. --Erasmus Darwin"

"Chances are that a man who can nuzzle a kitten is also open and caring in other facets of his life.--Barbara L. Diamond"

"Bless their little pointed faces and their big, loyal, loving hearts. If a cat did not put a firm paw down now and then, how could his human remain possessed? --Winifred Carriere"

"Cats, like men, are flatters. --William S. Landor"

"A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand.--Vakaoka Genrin"

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

"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. --Sidonie Gabrielle Colette"

"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. --Jean Cocteau"

"No Heaven will ever Heaven be, Unless my cats are there to welcome me. --Anonymous "

"It depends on what is in my house. If there was a cat, and my works, I would save the cat. A cat's life is more important than art. --Alberto Giacometti [when asked which of his sculptures he would rescue from a fire]"

"The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard cats. --Anonymous"

"Apparently, through scientific research, it has been determined that a cat's affection gland is stimulated by snoring, thus explaining my cat's uncontrollable urge to rub against my face at 2 a.m. --Terri L. Haney"

"Loneliness is comforted by the closeness and touch of fur to fur, skin to skin - or skin to fur. --Paul Gallico"

"Owning a cat is a good forerunner of marriage. You learn that you cannot control another living being, or expect him/her to do everything you want. --Unknown"

"What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp. --Marjorie Holmes"

"Cats have incredible vision - but they never see your flaws. --Unknown"

"Cats love one so much--more than they will allow. But they have so much wisdom they keep it to themselves. --Mary E. Wilkins Freeman"

"The cat always leaves a mark on his friend. --Aesop"

"Cats are love on four legs. --Richard Torregrossa "

"It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens. --Cynthia E. Varnado"

"If your cat falls out of a tree, go indoors to laugh. --Patricia Hitchcock"

"A cat refuses to be the object of sentimentality--if she doesn't want to be cuddled, that's it. --Samantha Armstrong"

"A cat does not want all the world to love her--only those she has chosen to love. --Helen Thomson"

"If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend, but never your slave. --Theophile Gautier"

"When I'm in the doghouse, my cats still come to visit. --Unknown"

"Everything a cat is and does physically is to me beautiful, lovely, stimulating, soothing, attractive and an enchantment. --Paul Gallico"

"Nine lives added to my one life makes a perfect 10. --Unknown"

"Never ask a hungry cat whether he loves you for yourself alone. --Louis J. Camuti"

"Only cat lovers know the luxury of fur-coated, musical hot water bottles that never go cold. --Susanne Millen"

"Here lies a pretty cat: Its mistress, who never loved anyone, Loved it madly; Why bother to say so? Everyone can see it. -- Epitaph on tombstone of cat, with full-relief detail of the deceased"

"Outside of a cat, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a cat, it's too dark to read. --Sign at Lilac Hedge Bookshop, Norwich, VT"

"Cats are designated friends. --Norman Corwin"

"The more people I meet, the more I like my cat. --Anonymous"

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