Look, if you wanted an easy pet, then you would have gotten a goldfish. Cats are a little more complex—one minute they’re cute and cuddly, and the next, they’re giving you attitude (or, you know, running around your home at 4 a.m.). But you wouldn’t have it any other way. Here, 12 cat quotes that capture the loving, complicated relationship that a person has with their furry feline.
“What greater gift than the love of a cat?” – Charles Dickens
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” – Terry Pratchett
“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.” – Ernest Hemingway
“Beware of people who dislike cats.” – Irish Proverb
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.” – Sigmund Freud
“Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.” – Jim Davis
“Cats will outsmart dogs every time.” – John Grogan
“You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.” – Jane Pauley
“As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.” – Ellen Perry Berkeley
“There are no ordinary cats.” – Colette
“Dogs eat. Cats dine.” – Ann Taylor
“Happy is the home with at least one cat.” – Italian Proverb
