"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul."

Jean Cocteau

"Time spent with cats is never wasted."

Colette

"Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."

Mark Twain

"The smallest feline is a masterpiece."

Leonardo da Vinci

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."

Albert Schweitzer

"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior."

Hippolyte Taine

"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." 

Anonymous

"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want." 

Joseph Wood Krutch

"You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats." 

Colonial American proverb

Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well." 

Missy Dizick

"Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God." 

Unknown

"The cat has too much spirit to have no heart." 

Ernest Menaul

"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat." 

Ellen Perry Berkeley

"In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats." 

English proverb

"There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats." 

Anonymous

"People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life." 

Faith Resnick

"Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." 

Joseph Wood Krutch

"Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later."

Mary Bly

"One cat just leads to another." 

Ernest Hemingway

"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow." 

Jeff Valdez