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It is bad luck for an actor to kick a cat.
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Women do not like timid men. Cats do not like prudent rats.
H.L. Mencken
The cat is self-employed. It has no regular work hours. Mostly, it sleeps on the job.
Michael J. Rosen
Why, it is asked, should we humble ourselves to win the fluctuating affections of a cat? Why indeed, save that some of us most desire that which is difficult to obtain.
Agnes Repplier
If you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is keep a pair of cats.
Aldous Huxley
The well treated cat is as demonstrative in affection as a dog, and has more self-respect, for it will not give fondness to one who abuses it.
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The cat is the only animal without visible means of support who still manages to find a living in the city.
Carl Van Vechten
On the Continent stray cats are judged individually on their merit — some are loved, some are only respected; in England they are universally worshipped as in ancient Egypt.
George Mikes
A cat is, by and large, sophisticated and complex, and capable of creating three-act plays around any single piece of action.
Gladys Taber
Cats find malicious amusement in doing what they know they are not wanted to do, and that with an affectation of innocence that materially aggravates their deliberate offense.
Helen Winslow
I think one reason we admire cats, those of us who do, is their proficiency in one-upmanship. They always seem to come out on top, no matter what they are doing — or pretend they do. Rarely do you see a cat discomfited. They have no conscience, and they never regret. Maybe we secretly envy them.
Barbara Webster
They come to sit on the table by the writer, keeping his thoughts company, and gazing at him with intelligent tenderness and magical penetration. It seems as though cats divine the thought that is passing from the brain to the pen, and that as they stretch out a paw, they are trying to seize it on its way.
Theophile Gautier