A dog is a dog, a bird is a bird, and a cat is a person. There are people who reshape the world, by force or by argument, but the cat just lies there, dozing, and the world quietly reshapes itself to suit his comfort and convenience. Meow is like Aloha. It can mean anything. Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. With the qualities of cleanliness, affection, patience, dignity and courage that cats have, how many of us would be capable of becoming cats? If you want to be a psychologist novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is keep a pair of cats. ~ Aldous Huxley If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence. Way down deep, were all motivated by the same urges. Cats just have the courage to live by them. ~ Jim Davis, American Cartoonist Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties. The cats face bears both the character of finesse as much as hilarity. The cats friendship is not easily won, but it is something worth having. My little grandson is a darling, but he can never take the place of my cats. ~Anon. American Grandmother The really great thing about cats is their endless variety. One can pick a cat to fit nearly any kind of decor, color scheme, income, personality, and mood; but under the fur, whatever the color it may be, there still lies, essentially unchanged, one of the worlds truly free souls. ~ Eric Gurney The only mystery about a cat is why it ever decided to become a domestic animal. The cat is mighty dignified until the dog comes by. ~ Old Folk Saying On a headstone (for real): No Heaven will not ever Heaven be, unless my cats are there to welcome me.
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