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

When God made the world, He chose to put animals in it, and decided to give each whatever it wanted. All the animals formed a long line before His throne, and the cat quietly went to the end of the line. To the elephant and the bear He gave strength, to the rabbit and the deer, swiftness; to the owl, the ability to see at night, to the birds and the butterflies, great beauty; to the fox, cunning; to the monkey, intelligence; to the dog, loyalty; to the lion, courage; to the otter, playfulness. And all these were things the animals begged of God. At last he came to the end of the line, and there sat the little cat, waiting patiently. "What will YOU have?" God asked the cat.
The cat shrugged modestly. "Oh, whatever scraps you have left over. I don't mind."
"But I'm God. I have everything left over."
"Then I'll have a little of everything, please."
And God gave a great shout of laughter at the cleverness of this small animal, and gave the cat everything she asked for, adding grace and elegance and, only for her, a gentle purr that would always attract humans and assure her a warm and comfortable home.
But he took away her false modesty.
- Lenore Fleischer

"Everything that moves, serves to interest and amuse a cat. He is convinced that nature is busying herself with his diversion; he can conceive of no other purpose in the universe."
- F. A. Paradis de Moncrif

"Of all animals, the cat alone attains to the comtemplative life. He regards the wheel of existence from without, like the Buddha."
- Andrew Lang

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

"We have a theory that cats are planning to take over the world, just try to look them straight in the eye...yup, they're hiding something!"

"The cat is the animal to whom the Creator gave the biggest eye, the softest fur, the most supremely delicate nostrils, a mobile ear, an unrivalled paw and a curved claw borrowed from the rose-tree."

"Cats can perceive alternate realities. They often are seen watching or tracking 'invisible' things."

"A cat has nine lives and nine souls, and it must have nine guardian angels watching over it. Which would explain why the little fellow is so smug."
- Karen Fields-Hutton

"If you gave wings to a cat, it would not condescend to be a bird. It would be an angel."
- Dick Shawn

"God made the cat in order that humankind might have the pleasure of caressing the tiger."
- Fernand Mery

" No heaven will not ever be Heaven be; Unless my cats are there to welcome me."

" How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven."
- Robert A. Heinlein

"Peter said, "There is one thing I know'st, among cat angels highest and low'st. They arrive, don their wings, then of all wicked things, use my Gates as their new scratching post!" "
- St. Peter's Lament

"In Instanbul I met a man who said he knew beyond a doubt that God was a cat. I asked why he was so sure, and the man said, "When I pray to him, he ignores me." "
- Lowell Thomas

"If you stared deep into a cat's eyes, you would be able to see into the world of spirits."
- British Proverb

"Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God."

"I myself think to have a cat is more important than to have a Bible."
- R H Blyth

"If God created man in his own image, you've got to wonder; in whose image did he create the nobler cat?"