Cats

• Perhaps God made cats so that man might have the pleasure of fondling the tiger ... --Robertson Davies , The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks

• "Our character is what God and cats know of us." --Thomas Paine

• "One cat just leads to another." --Ernest Hemingway

Table of contents

1 In praise of cats 2 Cats and Humans 3 Cat elegance 4 Cat Arrogance 5 Cat intelligence 6 Miscellaneous

In praise of cats

• "Cat, I'm a kitty-cat, and I dance, dance, dance, and I dance, dance , dance." -unknown
• "A meow massages the heart." --Stuart McMillan
• "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." --Albert Schweitzer
• "It is widely grokked that cats have the hacker nature." --Eric S. Raymond , The Jargon File [1]
• "Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will pee on your computer." --Bruce Graham

Cats and Humans

• "The cat is a wild animal that inhabits the homes of humans." – --Konrad Lorenz , Man Meets Dog

• "Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons." --Robertson Davies , "mehitabel"

• "Dogs have Masters. Cats have staff." --Anonymous Chief of Staff

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

Cat elegance

• "Cats, no less liquid than their shadows, offer no angles to the wind. They slip, diminished, neat, through loopholes less than themselves." --A.S.J. Tessimond

Cat Arrogance

• "In ancient times, cats were worshipped as gods. They have never forgotten this." --Anonymous

• "A cat knows exactly what you are, and treats you accordingly." --author unknown

• "Cats understand our feelings. They don't care, but they understand."

Cat intelligence

• "I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." --Hippolyte Taine

• "Children are like cats, they can tell when you don't like them. That's when they come over and violate your body space." --Anonymous

• "Everyone *knows* cats are on a higher level of existence. These silly humans are just too big-headed to admit their inferiority.
  Just think what a nicer world this would be if it were controlled by cats.
  You wouldn't see cats having waste disposal problems.
  They're neat.
  They don't have sexual hangups. A cat gets horny, it does something about it.
  They keep reasonable hours. You *never* see a cat up before noon.
  They know how to relax. Ever heard of a cat with an ulcer?
  What are the chances of a cat starting a nuclear war? Pretty neglible. It's not that they can't, they just know that there are much better things to do with one's time. Like lie in the sun and sleep. Or go exploring the world." --Anonymous

Miscellaneous

• "When the rat laughs at the cat, there is a hole. The rat has not power to call the cat to account. The rat does not go to sleep in the cat's bed." --Anonymous

• "The kitten has a luxurious, Bohemian, unpuritanical nature. It eats six meals a day, plays furiously with a toy mouse and a piece of rope, and suddenly falls into a deep sleep whenever the fit takes it. It never feels the necessity to do anything to justify its existence; it does not want to be a Good Citizen; it has never heard of Service. It knows that it is beautiful and delightful, and it considers that a sufficient contribution to the general good. And in return for its beauty and charm it expects fish , meat, and vegetables, a comfortable bed, a chair by the grate fire, and endless petting." --Robertson Davies , The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks

• "No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens." --Abraham Lincoln