30+ Best Cat Quotes For Every Cat Lover

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, about 25 percent of U.S. households have these cute, furry felines as live-in friends. Yes, they are not easy to get along with, but you cannot have them in another way. Nevertheless, you love them.

But whether you are a cat lover or a new cat owner, it goes without saying that you are aware of the fact that they are different and quite frankly, because of this you are such an Ailurophiliac. Now, what’s best to celebrate the glory of our fur babies than quotes about them. Here, we pulled together some cat quotes by famous people that capture the loving, complicated relationship that a person has with their purrfect feline.

Contrary to what many dog people believe, cats are just as loyal, playful, and fun as any dog. They are cute, adorable, but they are also quite independent and curious creatures. Being a dog lover myself, I am not going into the rope-pulling between these two four-legged cuties. Both dogs and cats are awesome in their own world.

The Egyptians believed that the powers of a living cat could protect them from all evil also Europeans, in many country areas, thought that cats were essential to a good harvest, These tales may be true or not but there are some facts about cats that absolutely make them irresistible. In other words, these are some of the many perks of having a cat –

They are the epitome of cuteness.
Cats are fun, loyal, and loving.
They are quiet and perfectly content indoors.
Cats clean themselves.
They don’t need too much of your attention.
When they’re being antisocial and don’t want your attention, it sort of just makes you crave their attention more.
They are photogenic.

While having a cat can mean different things to different people, however famous people shared their reasons why life is so much brighter when we have cats. Their unique personalities and behaviors inspired us to collect a list of our favorite cat quotes from funny to inspirational.

Here are some of the best cat quotes of all time about our furry friends.

1. “The only thing a cat worries about is what’s happening right now.”
– Lloyd Alexander

2. “The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.”
– Paula Poundstone

3. “A cat will do what it wants when it wants, and there’s not a thing you can do about it.”
–Frank Perkins

4. “Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.”
– Garrison Keillor

5. “It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens.”
– Cynthia E. Varnado

6. “In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.”
– Michel de Montaigne

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

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

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. “Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance”.
– Harry Lorayne

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

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

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

14. “If cats could write history, their history would be mostly about cats.”
– Eugen Weber

15. “It doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.”
– Deng Xiaoping

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

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

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

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

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

21. “Of all God’s creatures, there is only one that cannot be made a slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”
– Mark Twain

22. “Dogs eat but Cats dine.”
– Ann Taylor

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

24. “The cat is accused of being lazy, for choosing furniture that’ softer when he rests or plays; just like men. Of stalking weaker enemies than them; the same as men. Of being reluctant to all obligations; just like men, once again.”
– Antonio Burgos

25. “Elegance wanted body and life, which is why it turned into a cat.”
– William IX, Duque of Aquitaine

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

27. “The level of interest of a cat in something will be inversely proportional to the effort that its owner is doing to capture their interest about that something.”
– Pattison

28. “How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.”
– Robert A. Heinlein

29. “Out of all divine creatures, there is only one that cannot be a slave to the chain. That creature is the cat.”
– Mark Twain

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

31. “The mathematical probability of a common cat doing exactly as it pleases is the one scientific absolute in the world.”
– Lynn M. Osband

32. “I’ve met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
– Hippolyte Taine

33. “If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.”
― Mark Twain

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

35. “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

These are some of the cat quotes from the feline lovers themselves. Share your love of cats with one of these quotes. Write to us which cat quotes you like the best.

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