Cat Quotes! 100+ Funny, Famous and Inspirational Cat Sayings
Funny Cat Quotes
“Dogs have owners, cats have staff.” —Unknown
“One cat just leads to another.” —Ernest Hemingway
“The phrase ‘domestic cat’ is an oxymoron.” —George Will
“Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.” —Mason Cooley
“I used to love dogs until I discovered cats.” —Nafisa Joseph
“A cat is an example of sophistication minus civilization.” —Anonymous
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” —Terry Pratchett
“When Rome burned, the emperor’s cats still expected to be fed on time.” —Seanan McGuire
“Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience.” —Pam Brown
“Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later.” —Mary Bly
“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.” —Hippolyte Taine
“The trouble with sharing one’s bed with cats is that they’d rather sleep on you than beside you.” —Pam Brown
“There is, incidentally, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person.” —Dan Greenberg
“The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.” —Paula Poundstone
“I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It’s not. Mine had me trained in two days.” —Bill Dana
“As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the humankind.” —Cleveland Amory
“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
“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 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
“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
Cute Cat Quotes
“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.” —James Herriot
“Just watching my cats can make me happy.” —Paula Cole
“A cat can purr its way out of anything.” —Donna McCrohan
“You can not look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.” —Jane Pauley
“A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.” —Robert Southey
“Cats have it all: admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.” —Rod McKuen
“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” —Jean Cocteau
“I’m not sure why I like cats so much. I mean, they’re really cute obviously. They are both wild and domestic at the same time.” —Michael Showalter
“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
Inspirational Cat Quotes
“Kittens are angels with whiskers.” —Alexis Flora Hope
“The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.” —Jules Renard
“The only thing a cat worries about is what’s happening right now.” —Lloyd Alexander
“How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven.” —Robert A. Heinlein
“Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.” —W.L. George
“Way down deep, we’re all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.” —Jim Davis
“Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.” —Joseph Wood Krutch
“Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because such a small animal can contain so much independence, dignity, and freedom of spirit. Unlike the dog, the cat’s personality is never bet on a human’s. He demands acceptance on his own terms.” —Lloyd Alexander
Quotes about Kittens
“Kittens will make your sad go away.” —David Wong
“A kitten gets himself into every kind of trouble.” —Champfleury
“Just like a kitten that thinks its a tiger.” —Stephenie Meyer
“Kittens believe that all nature is occupied with their diversion.” —F.A. Paradis de Moncrif
“The trouble with a kitten is that it eventually beomes a cat.” —Ogden Nash
“Poems are soft kitten furs. Smoothing out the rough edges of my world.” —Sanober Khan
“No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Kittens are wide-eyed, soft and sweet. With needles in their jaws and feet.” —Pam Brown
“A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.” —Robert Southey
“Even a heart of a kitten is reliable, if you know how to rely on.” —Munia Khan
“No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.” —Abraham Lincoln
“Once you get a kitten, the natural thing you do is take a billion photos.” —Hannah Simone
“It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens.” —Cynthia E. Varnado
“Gather kittens while you may, Time brings only sorrow; And the kittens of today; Will be old cats tomorrow. —Oliver Herford
“A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long a comedy is played out by an incomparable actor.” —Champfleury
“A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there.” —Agnes Repplier
“Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds.” —Jean Burden
“A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.” —Agnes Repplier
“Whiskers and tails and thousands of frails lion like nose with an angelesque pose silky pattern’d fur o’er heart touching purr.” —Terri Guillemets
“One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it- it was the black kitten’s fault entirely.” —Lewis Carroll
“Always enter like a kitten and leave like a lion. But never enter like a lion and leave like a kitten. Always be humble.” —Carlson Gracie
“Kitten, four hours of sleep while holding you is far more beneficial to me than eight hours of endless tossing and turning because you’re not there.” —Jeaniene Frost
“But there was a kitten on my pillow, and it was purring in my face and vibrating gently with every purr, and, very soon, I slept.” —Neil Gaiman
“The only thing a cat worries about is what’s happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.” —Lloyd Alexande
“What feeling is as nice as a child’s hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp.” —Wilson Mizner
“The playful kitten, with its pretty little tigerish gambols, is infinitely more amusing than half the people one is obliged to live with in the world.” —Sydney, Lady Morgan
“Kittens are born with their eyes shut. They open them in about six days, take a look around, and then close them again for the better part of their lives.” —Stephen Baker
“A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double; the hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the forepart plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her until you tread on it.” —Henry David Thoreau
“A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous agility and zeal.” —Agnes Repplier
“Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds of figures performing complex dramas, with tragic and comic issues, long conversations, many characters, and many ups and downs of fate.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Famous Quotes for Kitten
“Kittens are angels with whiskers.” —Alexis Flora Hope
“Beware of people who dislike cats.” —Irish Proverb
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.” —Sigmund Freud
“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” —Leonardo da Vinci
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.” —Charles Dickens
“I used to love dogs until I discovered cats.” —Nafisa Joseph
“You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.” —Jane Pauley
“The last thing I would accuse a cat of is innocence.” —Edward Paley
“How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven.” —Robert A. Heinlein
“People that don’t like cats haven’t met the right one yet.” —Deborah A. Edwards, D.V.M.
“People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life.” —Faye Resnick
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” —Albert Schweitzer
“Once you get a kitten, the natural thing you do is take a billion photos.” —Hannah Simone
“I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that’s living.” —Ursula Andress
“There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat.” —Tay Hohoff
“I love cats because I enjoy my home: and little by little, they become its visible soul.” —Jean Cocteau
“A cat’s purr and a puppy’s wet nose are just two of the things that make my day enjoyable.” —Anthony T. Hincks
“When you invite a kitten into your home, you bring indoors something slightly wild, often unpredictable and always entertaining.” —Barbara L. Diamond
“I regard cats as one of the great joys in the world. I see them as a gift of highest order.” —Trisha McCagh
“If cleanliness is next to godliness, surely our cats must go to heaven and sit on the arm of God’s throne.” —Jerry Clime
Cat Sayings and Quotes
“If cats could talk, they wouldn’t.” —Nan Porter
“All you need is love and a cat.” —Unknown
“In a cat’s eye, all things belong to cats.” —Unknown
“Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.” —William S. Burroughs
“To err is human, to purr is feline.” —Robert Byrne
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.” —Charles Dickens
“A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.” —Theophile Gautier
“No home is complete without the pitter patter of kitty feet.” —Unknown
“As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.” —Ellen Perry Berkeley
“People who don’t like cats were probably mice in an earlier life.” —Unknown
“If cats could write history, their history would be mostly about cats.” —Eugen Weber
“A kitten is, in the animal world, what a rosebud is in the garden.” —Robert Sowthey
“There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat.” —Tay Hohoff
“A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.” —Mason Cooley
“It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.” —Agnes Repplier