Feline Nature Quotes

You cannot expect everything even from the friendliest cat. It is still a cat.

A lot of cats are not that social.

Cats were not, in her experience, an animal with much soul. Prosaic, practical little creatures as a general rule. It would suit her very well to be thought catlike.

Cats are independent, by which I mean smart.

The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured into some still subtler form.

Everything comes to those who wait... except a cat.

Cats will always lie soft.

What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?' 'Cats don't have names,' it said. 'No?' said Coraline. 'No,' said the cat. 'Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.

The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.

I just don't get cats. To me, they're a waste of fur.

No favor can win gratitude from a cat.

I value in the cat the independent and almost ungrateful spirit which prevents her from attaching herself to any one, the indifference with which she passes from the salon to the housetop. When we caress her, she stretches herself and arches her back responsively; but this is because she feels an agreeable sensation, not because she takes a silly satisfaction, like the dog, in faithfully loving a thankless master. The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.

Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because 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.

It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own habits, fond of order and neatness, and disinclined to extravagant sentiment. He will be your friend, if he finds you worthy of friendship, but not your slave.

The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his master, is confused in his mind.

Cats - a standing rebuke to behavioural scientists . . . least human of all creatures.

A cat is never vulgar.

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but her's curiosity could have massacred a pride of lions.

It doesn't do to be sentimental about cats; the best ones don't respect you for it

The cat: an animal that's so unpredictable, you can never tell in advance how it will ignore you the next time.

I’m a cat. We aren’t required to make sense.

A cat never discusses his business with humans, not even Princesses. A cat never explains and never apologizes. A cat never alibis. You must accept a cat as it is and for what it is and not expect more than the pleasure of its company.

Cat said, 'I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave.'