Quotes of the day — for cat lovers

Cats do not declare their love much; they enact it, by their myriad invocations of our pleasure. –Vicki Hearne

Chances are that a man who can nuzzle a kitten is also open and caring in other facets of his life.–Barbara L. Diamond

If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr. –Martin Buxbaum

It depends on what is in my house. If there was a cat, and my works, I would save the cat. A cat’s life is more important than art. –Alberto Giacometti [when asked which of his sculptures he would rescue from a fire]

Owning a cat is a good forerunner of marriage. You learn that you cannot control another living being, or expect him/her to do everything you want. –UnknownWhen I play with my cat, how do I know that she is not passing time with me rather than I with her? – Montaigne

There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. – Dan Greenberg

Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible. – Roger Caras

Cats always know whether people like or dislike them. They do not always care enough to do anything about it. – Winifred Carriere

As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat. – Ellen Perry Berkeley

The smallest feline is a masterpiece. – Leonardo da Vinci

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

You can’t own a cat. The best you can do is be partners. – Sir Harry Swanson

There are no ordinary cats. – Colette

A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him. – William Lyon Phel

In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble, He gave him the cat. – Warren Eckstein