Quotes Guaranteed to Strengthen Your Bond with Cats

Cats are small carnivorous mammals known for their agility, flexibility, and independence. They are popular pets valued for their playful and curious nature, as well as their ability to hunt rodents. There are many different cat breeds, each with unique appearances and personalities, such as the Siamese, Persian, Maine Coon, and Bengal. Cats have been domesticated for thousands of years and are revered in some cultures, while associated with superstition in others.

Cat Quotes

1. “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
– Terry Pratchett

2. “I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It’s not. Mine had me trained in two days.”
– Bill Dana

3. “Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.”
– Mason Cooley

4. “As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of humankind.”
– Cleveland Amory

5. “I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
– Hippolyte Taine

6. “There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”
– Albert Schweitzer

7. “Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God.”
– Christopher Hitchens

8. “A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.”
– Mason Cooley

9. “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

10. “How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven.”
– Robert A. Heinlein

11. “I used to love dogs until I discovered cats.”
– Nafisa Joseph

12. “Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.”
– James Herriot

13. “Just watching my cats can make me happy.”
– Paula Cole

14. “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

15. “You can not look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.”
– Jane Pauley

16. “The phrase ‘domestic cat’ is an oxymoron.”
– George Will

17. “One cat just leads to another.”
– Ernest Hemingway

18. “I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.”
– Jean Cocteau

19. “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

20. “I love my cats more than I love most people. Probably more than is healthy.”
– Amy Lee

21. “Every cat is my best friend.”
– Unknown

22. “All you need is love and a cat.”
– Unknown

23. “What greater gift than the love of a cat?”
– Unknown

24. “No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”
– Abraham Lincoln

25. “The smallest feline is a masterpiece.”
– Leonardo da Vinci

26. “Kittens are angels with whiskers.”
– Alexis Flora Hope

27. “A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.”
– Robert Southey

28. “A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long a comedy is played out by an incomparable actor.”
– Champfleury

29. “Heaven will never be Paradise unless my cats are there waiting for me.”
– Unknown

30. “Cats leave paw prints in your heart, forever and always.”
– Unknown

31. “When the cat you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.”
– Unknown

32. “No one can truly understand the bond we form with the cats we love until they experience the loss of one.”
– Unknown

33. “The memories and paw print of a beloved cat remains in our heart and soul forever.”
– Unknown

34. “Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is that 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

35. “Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.”
– W. L. George

36. “Cats have it all – admiration, endless sleep, and company only when they want it.”
– Rod McKuen

37. “Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.”
– Joseph Wood Krutch

38. “I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.”
– Jules Verne

39. “Way down deep, we’re all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.”
– Jim Davis

40. “A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”
– Ernest Hemingway

41. “Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
– Sigmund Freud

42. “Cats rule the world.”
– Jim Davis

43. “Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.”
– William S. Burroughs

44. “Cats will outsmart dogs every time.”
– John Grogan

45. “Cats choose us; we don’t own them.”
– Kristin Cast