Independent Nature Quotes

A solitary being is by instinct a wanderer.

The appeal of the cat lies in the very fact that she has formed no close bond with [man], that she has the uncompromising independence of a tiger or a leopard while she is hunting in his stables and barns: that she still remains mysterious and remote when she is rubbing herself gently against the legs of her mistress or purring contentedly in front of the fire.

Cats are the runes of beauty, invincibility, wonder, pride, freedom, coldness, self-sufficiency, and dainty individuality - the qualities of sensitive, enlightened, mentally developed, pagan, cynical, poetic, philosophic, dispassionate, reserved, independent, Nietzschean, unbroken, civilised, master-class men.

I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.

A cat only has itself.

Cats ... are completely self-sufficient and can leave you at any time and go off and make a living. And yet cats can have warm and loving relationships with humans.

I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets. These are solitary workers.

A cat cares for you only as a source of food, security and a place in the sun.

I am still very independent in my real life, and that's why I'm always trying to get out of relationships prematurely.

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

The men I write can be intense, quiet, outspoken and outrageous, deadly or fun... but I would never waste time on a hero who wasn't honorable, who didn't protect those who couldn't protect themselves, who didn't value children and pets, who wasn't independent and unselfish.

The cat is the only non-gregarious domestic animal. It is retained by its extra-ordinary adhesion to the comforts of the house in which it is reared.

The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life.

I'm very independent, I like to be alone a lot, I like to go shopping by myself - that's my quiet time.

He will kill mice and he will be kind to babies...but when the moon gets up and the night comes, he is the Cat that Walks by Himself.

I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time.

The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.

She had her own way of doing all that she did, and this is the simplest description of a character which, although by no means without liberal motions, rarely succeeded in giving an impression of suavity.

No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.

...with a cat you stand on much the same footing that you stand with a fine and dignified friend; if you forfeit his respect and confidence the relationship suffers. The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.

My cats, the ones that I have, were feral when I found them so the relationship that I have with them 10 years in is very mutual, earned, and evolved over time. It was never an easy thing. I like that they have a certain distance and have their own sense of selves.

I was an athlete in college - a quarterback, a leader - so people telling me what to do doesn't work.

To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.

I drank because I enjoyed it. I was happy sitting at the end of the bar on my own, reading the paper. I've always enjoyed my own company, and that stems from riding alone. I never trained with anyone - and I still don't. I've always been happy with my own thoughts, and that sums me up as an individual-pursuit rider.

On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone.