Scalded cats fear even cold water. ~ Thomas Fuller

Yellow cat, black cat, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat. ~ Deng Xiaoping

The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day. ~ Lynne Truss

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. ~ Alfred North Whitehead

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air. ~ Doris Lessing

I have just been given a very engaging Persian kitten…and his opinion is that I have been given to him. ~ Evelyn Underhill

Cats have it all admiration, endless sleep and company only when they want it. ~ Rod McKuen

I love both puppies and kitties. I could just scrunch up their little faces! ~ Jeff Goldblum

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you. ~ Mary Bly

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

Meow is like Aloha, it can mean anything. ~ Hank Ketcham

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

God made the cat in order that man might have the pleasure of caressing the lion. ~ Fernand Mery

It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, discriminating little friends, who give us just enough of their regard and compliance to make us hunger for more. ~ Agnes Repplier

Only cat lovers know the luxury of fur-coated, musical hot water bottles that never go cold. ~ Susanne Millen