"A strange black cat on your porch brings prosperity.--Scottish Superstition"

"Cats are connoisseurs of comfort. --James Herriot"

"I have myself found, the result of many years enquiry and study, that all people who keep cats do not suffer from those petty ailments which all flesh is heir to. --Louis Wain"

"Happiness does not light gently on my shoulder like a butterfly. She pounces on my lap, demanding that I scratch behind her ears. --Unknown"

"There is something about the presence of a cat... that seems to take the bite out of being alone. --Louis J. Camuti"

"Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap. --William John Bennett"

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

"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"

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

"The catlike man is one upon whom no tricks can be played with success. --Delphine Gay"

"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath. --W. C. Fields"

"When you come upon your cat, deep in meditation, staring thoughtfully at something that you can't see, just remember that your cat is, in fact, running the universe. --Bonni Elizabeth Hall (and Missycat)"

"They purr to signal a relaxed mood, And their purring may also help relax them and those around them who feel and hear their purring - like getting a nice massage in sound. --Michael W. Fox, DVM"

"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"

"When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales. I scratch my head with the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder. --Mark Twain"

"A cat improves the garden wall in sunshine, and the hearth in foul weather. --Judith Merkle Riley"

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

"I would have in my house - a reasonable woman - a cat moving among the books. --Anonymous"

"Books and cats and fair-haired little girls make the best furnishing for a room.--French Proverb "

"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"

"There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat. --Wesley Bates"

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

"Cats do not have to be shown how to have a good time, for they are unfailing ingenious in that respect. --James Mason"

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

"The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat. --Jules Reynard"

"A cat makes all the difference between coming home to an empty house and coming home. --Unknown"

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

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

"A dog is a man's best friend. A cat is a cat's best friend. --Robert J. Vogel"

"The domestic cat seems to have greater confidence in itself than in anyone else.--Lawrence N. Johnson"

"Happiness is like a cat sleeping on your lap. You can't force it to come to you and you can't force it to stay with you. --Pierre Foglia"

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

"If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich. --Unknown"

"For me, one of the pleasures of cats' company is their devotion to bodily comfort. --Compton Mackenzie"

"Most cats enjoy kneading--digging their claws into rugs, fabrics or human arms or legs. It exercises certain muscles, but I think they do it for fun, too. --Lloyd Alexander"

"I saw the most beautiful cat today. It was sitting by the side of the road, its two front feet neatly and graciously together. Then it gravely swished around its tail to completely and snugly encircle itself. It was so fit and beautifully neat, that gesture, and so self-satisified--so complacent. --Mary Morrow Lindbergh"

"Essentially, you do not so much teach your cat as bribe him. If left to their own devices, felines tend to nap and nibble throughout the day and night, scarcely differentiating between the two. --Lynn Hollyn"

"Since each of us is blessed with only one life, why not live it with a cat? --Robert Stearns"

"I think it would be great to be a cat! You come and go as you please. People always feed and pet you. They don't expect much of you. You can play with them, and when you've had enough, you go away. You can pick and choose who you want to be around. You can't ask for more than that. ----Patricia McPherson"

"Unlike us, cats never outgrow their delight in cat capacities, nor do they settle finally for limitations. Cats, I think, live out their lives fulfilling their expectations. --Irving Townsend"

"There is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest, for there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion. --Christopher Smart"

"Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. --Monica Edwards"

"A cat sneezing is a good omen for everyone who hears it.--Italian Superstition"

"We all have our 'good old days' tucked away inside our hearts, and we return to them in daydreams like cats to favorite armchairs. -~Brian Carter"

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