"The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner."
- Morris the Cat
"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath."
- W. C. Fields
"Like those great sphinxes lounging through eternity in noble attitudes upon the desert sand, they gaze incuriously at nothing, calm and wise."
- Charles Baudelaire
"Cats must have three names an everyday name, such as Peter; a more particular, dignifled name, such as Quaxo, Bombalurina, or Jellylorum; and, thirdly, the name the cat thinks up for himself, his deep and inscrutable singular Name."
- T.S. Eliot
"Cats seldom make mistakes, and they never make the same mistake twice."
- Carl Van Vechten
"As soon as they’re out of your sight, you are out of their mind."
- Walter de la Mare
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
- George Orwell
"Cats are only human, they have their faults."
- Kingsley Amis