Quotes of: Cats Keyword

All cat stories start with this statement: "My mother, who was the first cat, told me this...

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Yawn. String-on-a-stick. Fine. I'll come out and chase it to make you happy.

Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku

What do you mean "Ewww"? How is my tuna breath worse than peanut butter?

Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku

War...is ugly and brutalizing, and the nobility is in doing it without becoming ugly and brutalizing.

The Way of the Cat: Nap, Do Nothing, and Stretch Your Way to a Blissful Life

Small birds throw seeds out of the feeder; large birds pick them up off the ground, but the squirrels try to muscle in.

The Cat Who Sang for the Birds

Be careful with this one" said Dina, bending down to greet the cat. "All cats are half jinn, but I think she's three quarters.

Alif the Unseen

Alice: I didn't know that cheshire cats grinned. In fact, I didn't know that cats could grin. Duchess: They can, and most of 'em do.

Alice in Wonderland

Gromit was the name of a cat. When I started modeling the cat I just didn't feel it was quite right, so I made it into a dog because he could have a bigger nose and bigger, longer legs.

Nick Park

Entrepreneurs are like cats, because they are independent and do their own thing. Although organisations say they like cats, what they really want is sheep that they can herd.

Max McKeown

You know what I should do?" Hoshino asked excited. "Of course," the cat said. "What'd I tell you? Cats know everything. Not like dogs.

Kafka on the Shore

Brick Pollitt: What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt: Just staying on it I guess, long as she can.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Coraline Jones: I can see you don't have button eyes, but... if you're the same cat, how can you talk? Cat: I just can.

Coraline

Professor Isak Borg: I have liked having you about the house. Marianne Borg: Like a cat. Professor Isak Borg: A cat, or a human being.

Wild Strawberries

Cheshire Cat: You know? We could make her *really* angry! Shall we try? Alice: Oh, no, no! Cheshire Cat: Oh, but it's loads of fun!

Alice in Wonderland

I’m just too sexy for my cat. If I wasn’t as sexy for my cat, I probably wouldn’t have came back. I’m so sexy, I came back.

Life

They asked the female cat why her kittens were of different colors; she said she is embarrassed to say no.

Tunisian

TESLA’S CAT [Nikola Tesla’s favorite childhood companion] was the family’s black cat, Macak. Macak followed young Nikola everywhere, and they spent many happy hours rolling on the grass. It was Macak the cat who introduced Tesla to electricity ...

Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age

Wyatt should’ve looked ridiculous sitting on the floor, leaning into the crate making kissykiss noises at the cat, but he didn’t. He looked … mouthwatering. “Hey, sweet thing,” he said in a low cajoling voice. “Come on out. I’ll gonna l...

Then Came You

He's our rodent control officer. He doesn't catch mice, he just terrifies them.

The Cat Who Went Up the Creek

Madame Lefoux accepted a cup of tea and sat on another little settee, next to the relocated calico cat. The cat clearly believed Madame Lefoux was there to provide chin scratches. Madame Lefoux provided.

Changeless

This I have known, and these have come again With echoing happiness in heart and brain; Time standing still, surrendering to me Beauty that otherwise would cease to be.

The Cats of Rome: New and Selected Poems