Showing posts with label Cats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cats. Show all posts

Sunday, August 12, 2007

91-100 Cat Superstitions

91) Dreaming of white cat means good luck. – American superstition

92) To see a white cat on the road is lucky. – American superstition

93) It is bad luck to see a white cat at night. – American superstition

94) If a cat washes behind its ears, it will rain. – English superstition

95) A strange black cat on your porch brings prosperity. – Scottish superstition

96) A cat sneezing is a good omen for everyone who hears it. – Italian superstition

97) A cat sleeping with all four paws tucked under means cold weather ahead. – English superstition

98) When moving to a new home, always put the cat through the window instead of the door, so that it will not leave. – American superstition

99) When you see a one-eyed cat, spit on your thumb, stamp it in the palm of your hand, and make a wish. The wish will come true. – American superstition

100) In the Netherlands, cats were not allowed in rooms where private family discussions were going on. The Dutch believed that cats would definitely spread gossips around the town. – Netherlands superstition

81-90 Cat Quotes/Sayings

81) “Cats look beyond appearances-beyond species entirely, it seems-to peer into the heart.” – Barbara L. Diamond

82) “The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity.” – Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

83) “One cat just leads to another.” – Ernest Hemingway

84) “A cat’s behavior is a direct reflection of his feelings.” – Carole Wilbourn

85) “My husband said it was him or the cat…I miss him sometimes.” – Unknown

86) “I cannot deny that a cat lover and his cat have a master/slave relationship. The cat is the master.” – Arthur R. Kassin

87) “To understand a cat, you must realize that he has has own gifts, his own viewpoint, even his own morality.” – Lilian Jackson Braun

88) “In my next life, I’d like to come back as a cat.” – Patti J. Moran

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

90) “The purr from cat to man says, ‘You bring me happiness; I am at peace with you.’” – Barbara L. Diamond

Saturday, August 11, 2007

71-80 Cat Quotes/Sayings

71) The trouble with a kitten is THAT Eventually it becomes a CAT.
- Ogden Nash

72) Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect.
- Steven Wright

73) Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.
- Arnold Edinborough

74) The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.
Jules Renard 1864-1910

75) “Cats don’t like change without their consent.”
- Roger A. Caras

76) Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
- Oliver Herford

77) A kitten is the delight of the household; all day long a comedy is played out by an incomparable actor.
- Champfleury

78) God made the cat in order that man might have the pleasure of caressing the lion.
- Fernand Mery

79) The purity of a person’s heart can be quickly measured by how they regard cats.
- Anonymous

80) People who belong to Siamese cats must make up their minds to do a good deal of waiting upon them.”
- Compton Mackenzie

Friday, August 10, 2007

61-70 at Quotes/Sayings

61) “A cat sleeps fat, yet walks thin.” – Unknown
62) “A cat is nobody’s fool.” – Heywood Brown

63) “In ancient times cats were worshiped as Gods, they have not forgotten this.” – Unknown

64) There is no such thing as ‘just a cat’.” – Robert A. Heinlein

65) “Cats come and go without ever leaving.” – Martha Curtis
66) “Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.” – James Herriot

67) “You can tell your cat anything and he’ll still love you. If you lose your job or your best friend, your cat will think no less of you.” – Helen Powers

68) “A little drowsing cat is an image of perfect beatitude.” – Jules Champfleury

69) “The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.” – E. W. Howe

70) “All cats are possessed of a proud spirit, and the surest way to forfeit the esteem of a cat is to treat him as an inferior being.” – Michael Joseph

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

51-60 Cat Quotes/Sayings

51) “Each one of our cats is a distinct, four-footed little person with an individual personality.” – Ira B. Rubin

52) “If you yell at a cat, you’re the one who is making a fool of yourself.” – Unknown

53) “If your cat favors the left paw, chances are good that it possesses psychic ability to some extent.” – Dr. David Greene

54) “Don’t let anyone tell you loving a cat is silly. Love, in any form, is a precious commodity.” – Barbara L. Diamond

55) “I think I’ll come back as a cat.” – George Ney

56) “The cat is above all things, a dramatist.” – Margaret Benson

57) “Dogs have owners, cats have staff.” – Unknown

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

59) “I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.” – William Shakespeare, Henry IV

60) “An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old boy.” – Carl Van Vechten

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

41-50 Cat Quotes/Sayings

41) It is in their eyes that their magic resides.- Arthur Symons
42) Meow is like aloha – it can mean anything.- Hank Ketchum

43) “Cats like doors left open, in case they change their minds.” Rosemary Nisbet

44) A dog is a dog, a bird is a bird, and a cat is a person.- Mugsy Peabody

45) A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution.- Hazel Nicholson

46) Cats never strike a pose that isn’t photogenic.
- Lillian Jackson Braun

47) For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit. – Christopher Smart

48) Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. – Anonymous

49) Cats are the tigers of us poor devils. – Theophile Gautier

50) The only mystery about the cat is why it ever decided to become a domestic animal. – Sir Compton MacKenzie

Monday, August 6, 2007

31-40 Cat Quotes/Sayings

31) To play cat and mouse.
32) Cat-eyed.
33) Cat-call.
34) The Cat’s Pyjamas (or Whiskers)
35) To grin like a Cheshire Cat
36) Cat-o’-nine-tails.
37) “When the cat’s away, the mice will play” – Folk Saying

38) “Cat’s motto: No matter what you’ve done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it.” – Unknown

39) “A cat’s eyes are windows enabling us to see into another world.” – Irish Legend

40) “Whenever the cat of the house is black, the lasses of lovers will have no lack” – Folk Saying

Sunday, August 5, 2007

21-30 Cat Quotes/Sayings

21) “Books and cats and fair-haired little girls make the best furnishing for a room” – French Proverb

22) “The cat was created when the lion sneezed” – Arabian Proverb

23) Happy owner, happy cat. Indifferent owner, reclusive cat. – Chinese Proverb

24) “If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend, but never your slave.”- Theophile Gautier

25) “Cats are smarter than dogs. You can’t get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.” – Jeff Valdez

26) “A cat sees us as the dogs…A cat sees himself as the human.” – Unknown

27) “People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life.” – Faith Resnick

28) If you want to know the character of a man, find out what his cat thinks of him. – Anonymous

29) To err is human, to purr is feline. – Robert Byrne

30) A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes – Indian Proverb

Saturday, August 4, 2007

11-20 Cat Quotes/Sayings

11) “Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later.” – Mary Bly

12) A meow massages the heart. – Stuart McMillan

13) If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence. – Will Cuppy

14) Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world – the clock and the cat. – Emile Auguste Chartier

15) Even the stupidest cat seems to know more than any dog. – Eleanor Clark

16) The smallest feline is a masterpiece. – Leonardo da Vinci

17) There are no ordinary cats. – Colette

18} The phrase “domestic cat” is an oxymoron. – George F. Will

19) There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat. – Tay Hohoff

20) The cat loves fish, but hates wet feet. Medieval Proverb

Friday, August 3, 2007

1-10 Cat Quotes/Sayings

1) Cat got your tongue
2) Let the Cat out of the Bag
3) Look what the Cat dragged in
4) Curiosity killed the Cat
5) “In a cat’s eye, all things belong to cats.” – English proverb

6) A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays. – English Proverb

7) “Curiosity killed the cat, Satisfaction brought it back!” – English Proverb

8) “The cat who frightens the mice away is as good as the cat who eats them” – German proverb

9) “Beware of people who dislike cats.” – Irish proverb

10) “Thou art the Great Cat, the avenger of the Gods, and the judge of words, and the president of the sovereign chiefs and the governor of the holy Circle; thou art indeed…the Great Cat.” – Inscription on the Royal Tombs at Thebes