The 110 best phrases about cats

Many prefer to have dogs as pets, due to their infinite love, peace and encouragement that is contagious to anyone. However, cats are also great companions at home and, despite popular belief, they are incredibly affectionate, docile and kind, they also bring many benefits for the well-being of people, such as the decrease in stress.

Therefore, in this article we will review the most inspiring and interesting phrases about cats.

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Great quotes and sayings about cats

To show cats as excellent pets, we bring in this article a list with the best phrases about cats to reflect on.

1. What greater gift than the love of a cat. (Charles Dickens)

The love of a cat is the most special and the most sincere.

2. No home is complete without the patter of kitty paws. (Unknown)

If you are a cat lover, they are a part of the home and the family context.

3. Cats are good to have around. If one feels bad, his company fills everything.

Having cats at home has a therapeutic effect of relaxation.

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4. I believe that cats are spirits incarnated on earth. A cat, I'm sure, could walk on a cloud without going through it.

On the mystical character of felines.

5. The smallest of the kittens, is a true work of art and as such, you have to take care of them.

Every animal deserves to be cared for.

6. If I had to choose a universal sound for peace, I would vote for the purr. (B. L. Diamond)

In short, the cat's purr brings a lot of peace.

7. Actually the house belongs to the cat and we pay the mortgage. (Anonymous)

Felines will always believe that humans are the ones who live in their territory.

8. God made the cat to offer man the pleasure of petting a tiger. (Victor Hugo)

They are miniature big cats.

9. Time spent with cats is never wasted. (Sigmund Freud)

No time is wasted when we are with an animal.

10. Cats have absolute emotional honesty; human beings, for one reason or another, can hide their feelings, but the cat cannot. (Ernest Hemingway)

Many believe that cats are selfless, when they only make themselves respected.

11. A cat can also be your best friend.

Cats also have their home component.

12. Sleeping with a cat is the best remedy.

There are studies that claim that spending time with cats reduces our stress levels.

13. What greater gift than the love of a cat? (Charles Dickens)

A love you know is real.

14. The dogs come when called; the cats get the message and attend to you afterwards. (Maria Bly)

Kittens are creatures who know how to appreciate themselves.

15. In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats. (Unknown)

Cats think they are the absolute owners of everything.

16. Cats are meant to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose. (Garrison Keillor)

Cats flow with life.

17. I love cats because I love my home and little by little they become its visible soul. (Jean Cocteau)

A home is not the same if there are no animals in it.

18. Angry cat, scratch even with the tail.

Cats when they get angry show their character.

19. I've learned from cats that no matter how rushed you are, you can always stop for a moment to scratch behind your ear. (J. Alfred Diaz)

Cats are a symbol of tranquility and serenity.

20. Paradise will never be paradise unless my cats are there waiting for me. (Epitaph)

How beautiful to imagine that our pets are waiting for us.

21. The cat has beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, all the virtues of man without his vices.

A sharp and elegant nature.

22. In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this. (Terry Pratchett)

Gods are still believed, but now of our houses.

23. Cats haphazardly refuse to follow commands to show that they can. (Ilona Andrews)

A clear example of independence.

24. Elegance wanted body and life, that's why it became a cat. (William of Aquitaine)

If there is an animal that is elegant in its entirety, it must be the cat.

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25. When cats dream, they assume the august attitudes of sphinxes reclining against loneliness, and seem asleep with endless sleep; magical sparks shoot from their fluffy haunches and golden particles like fine sand vaguely constellate their mystical pupils. (Baudelaire)

There is always a mystery surrounding cats that keeps us constantly curious.

26. Cats do not like changes very much, especially if they have not decided for them. (roger a. faces)

Showing his authoritarian character.

27. Having a cat afterwards is the only tolerable way to be alone, in two. (Gianna Mancini)

A company that understands the value of solitude.

28. As every cat owner knows, no one owns a cat. (Ellen Perry Berkeley)

The funny relationship of cats with their owners.

29. If cats could write history, their story would be mostly about cats. (Eugene Weber)

A story where they are the absolute protagonists.

30. A cat will be your friend, but never your slave. (Theophile Gautier)

They make you see clearly the difference between friendship and slavery.

31. The dogs look at us as their gods, the horses as their equals, but the cats look at us as their subjects. (Winston Churchill)

Without a doubt, cats exude superiority.

32. When I feel bad I just look at my cats and my courage returns.

Animals have the power to make us feel better without making any effort.

33. Like all pure creatures, cats are practical. (WilliamS. Burroughs)

Cats help keep homes free of pests.

34. All you need is love and a cat. (Unknown)

For those who love to have a cat with them.

35. Cats have it all; admiration, endless sleep and company only when they want it. (Rod McKuen)

Creatures very close to perfection.

36. A cat will always tell you the truth with his eyes.

Cats don't bother to hide their feelings.

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37. When the cat tips its tail, it has nothing on its plate. (Saying)

About the way they protest when they're hungry.

38. Man has two means of shelter from the miseries of life: music and cats. (Albert Schweitzer)

Cats help us feel comfortable in our homes.

39. A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution. (Hazel Nicholson)

Do you think cats can be understood?

40. People who love cats have some of the biggest hearts out there. (Susan Easterley)

They are people who understand that love should not be something suffocating, but free.

41. The stealthy cat is always by your side.

Cats have a protective personality.

42. When I feel bad I just look at my cats. (Charles Bukowski)

Animals fill us with new energies.

43. If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man, but deteriorate cat. (Mark Twain)

Animals will always be better than humans.

44. Cats remove all evil.

They teach us to deal with any type of situation.

45. I am a cat lover and always will be.

Once you love cats, it's hard to stop.

46. The problem with cats is that they always have exactly the same look on their face whether they see a moth or a murderer with an axe. (Paula Poundstone)

About the 'poker face' that cats show.

47. I adore cats. They are one of the few creatures that do not allow themselves to be exploited by their owners. (Umberto Eco)

They are true free creatures

48. The only mystery about the cat is why he has decided to be a pet. (c. Mackenzie)

Maybe they have a purpose in their cat life.

49. Writers like cats for being such calm, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like writers for the same reasons. (Robertson Davis)

Writers and cats, it seems that they are a good combination.

50. The cat lives alone. You don't need any society. He only obeys when he wants, or pretends to sleep to observe better and scratches everything he can scratch. (François Rene de Chateaubriand)

A controlled anarchy or the maximum expression of freedom?

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51. Cats choose us; we do not own them. (Kristin Cast)

A sample of own decision.

52. Cats are good to have around. If one feels bad, his company fills everything.

Remembering the healing power of cats in people.

53. What greater gift than the love of a cat? (Charles Dickens)

When a cat likes you, it means that you are a good person.

54. I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. (Hippolyte Taine)

Could it be that they know something that we do not know?

55. The cat does not caress us, he caresses himself with us. (Antoine Rivarol)

A love where he is completely a participant.

56. There are no ordinary cats. (Colette)

All cats are special.

57. The cat is an independent creature, which does not consider itself a prisoner of man and establishes a relationship with him (Konrad Lorenz)

The cat is the one who decides whether to be or be a pet.

58. A kitten is to the animal world what a rosebud is to the garden. (Robert Southey)

A very beautiful comparison about cat beauty.

59. Cats are great connoisseurs of comfort. (James Herriott)

They look for the best to feel comfortable.

60. In the cat's eyes, all things belong to cats. (English proverb)

Cats will always think that they own the things around them.

61. The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat. (Jules Renard)

An image with which it is impossible not to feel calm.

62. Cats instinctively know the exact time their owners are going to wake up.

And so they go to them to make their presence known.

63. A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat. (George Mikes)

A cat will never beg you for love.

64. I have lived with several Zen masters, all of them cats (Eckhart Tolle)

The greatest masters of the Zen teachings.

65. Cats have absolute emotional honesty; human beings, for one reason or another, can hide their feelings but the cat cannot. (Ernest Hemingway)

All cats show their emotions without any strings attached.

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66. It is impossible for a cat lover to banish these alert, gentle and discriminating friends, who give us enough of their consideration and indulgence to make us hungry for more. (Agnes Replier)

A love that becomes deeper and more rooted.

67. I like the cat's independent and ungrateful temperament, which prevents him from feeling attached to someone; the nonchalance with which he passes from the living room to the roof. (François Rene de Chateaubriand)

They teach us that we must love ourselves above all else.

68. The dogs look at us as their gods, the horses as their equals, but the cats look at us as their subjects. (Winston Churchill)

The different ways of looking at us that animals have.

69. I have a cat, the pet that ranks just above a pillow in terms of its acquired responsibility. (Anna Quindlen)

Marking his territory.

70. A lie is like a cat: you have to stop him before he gets out of the door or he will be very difficult to catch. (Charles M. Blow)

A very interesting analogy.

71. Cats are independent, which means smart.

Animals that always show their intelligence.

72. When I play with my cat, who knows if she doesn't make me more athletic than I make her? (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne)

Animals keep us active.

73. My cat never laughs or complains, he is always reasoning. (Miguel Unamuno)

About that introspective appearance that cats have.

74. The way to get along with a cat is to treat him as an equal or even better, as the superior being that he knows himself to be. (Elizabeth Peters)

The correct way to treat a cat well.

75. I was told that the training procedure with cats is difficult. It is not like this. Mine trained me in two days. (Bill Dana)

We always give in to our pets.

76. Those who play with cats should expect to be scratched. (Miguel de Cervantes)

It will not always be a rosy love. Just like in any kind of relationship.

77. Cats have everything; admiration, endless sleep and company only when they want it. (Rod McKuen)

Beings who know what they want in their life.

78. If a cat could talk, it would be to say things like 'hey, I don't see a problem here'. (Roy Blount Jr.)

Perhaps they would show us that our problems are great, because we believe so.

79. A meow is a message to the heart.

A sound for which many melt with love.

80. Cats deserve all your respect.

Every animal deserves to be respected.

81. The cat is above all things. (Margaret Benson)

And all cats know this.

82. People who hate cats will come back as mice in their next life. (Faith Resnick)

A destination for those who treat cats badly.

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83. If I prefer cats to dogs, it's because there are no police cats. (Jean Cocteau)

Cats and their discretion for everything.

84. Cats effortlessly tell me everything there is to know. (Charles Bukowski)

Do you think it is possible to understand what cats tell us?

85. Cats have more of a sense of responsibility than people.

A very interesting statement.

86. Cats are kind masters, as long as you remember your own place. (Paul Grey)

Remember that cats seek an equal relationship.

87. There are few things in life more comforting than being greeted by a cat. (Tay Hooff)

Someone who will always welcome you home.

88. People who don't like cats were probably mice in a previous life. (Unknown)

Is that why some people hate cats?

89. Of course you can love a cat more than a man. In fact, man is the most horrible animal in creation. (Brigitte Bardot)

If there is one thing that many agree on today, it is that animals are superior to the human race.

90. I love my cats more than I love most people. Probably more than is healthy. (Amy reads)

Do you identify with this?

91. A kitten is the delight of a home. Throughout the day, a comedy is staged by an incomparable actor. (Jules Champfleury)

A being who always brightens our day.

92. If cats could talk, they wouldn't. (NanPorter)

They already say everything necessary, in their animal state.

93. Like a pretty vase, a cat, when standing still, seems to float. (George Will)

It is like a floating buddha.

94. What happens to cats effortlessly is what man still lacks: crossing life without making a sound. (Ernest Hemingway)

If there is something we should learn from cats, it is to value moments of stillness and silence.

95. A cat isn't picky, as long as you remember that it likes to drink the milk in the pink bowl and eat the fish in the blue bowl, where it will scoop it up to taste on the floor. (Arthur Bridges)

Cats are simple creatures, which is why they prefer cardboard boxes.

96. The man who leads a cat by the tail learns something that cannot be learned in any other way. (Mark Twain)

Learn what good love really is.

97. How to know if someone is a true friend? That friend will take care of your cat when you are gone. (WilliamS. Burroughs)

Well they say that cats know who are good people and who are not.

98. The smallest feline is a masterpiece. (Leonardo da Vinci)

All animals are pure art of nature.

99. All cats like to be the center of attention. (Peter Gray)

The greatest divas of the animal kingdom.

100. When I play with my cat, who knows if she isn't having more fun with me than I am having with her.

Every cat enjoys playing with its owners.

101. Love is like a cat. Nobody can understand it. (Joe Barcala)

A love that speaks of commitment, equality and respect.

102. Curiosity killed the cat, you know?

One of the most popular sayings.

103. Deep down, we are all motivated by the same impulses. Cats have the courage to live for them. (Jim Davis)

Even cats have their reasons for moving on.

104. Man is civilized to the extent that he understands a cat. (George Bernard Shaw)

Will cats also teach us about being civilized?

105. Cats are misunderstood because they do not deign to explain themselves: they are enigmatic only for those who ignore the expressive power of silence (Paul Morand)

The reason behind the halo of mystery of a cat.

106. Cats seem to operate on the principle that it never hurts to ask for what you want. (Joseph Wood Krutch)

They show us the advantages of being more open.

107. Any household with at least one feline member doesn't need an alarm clock. (Louis A. Belcher)

Cats act as natural alarm clocks.

108. To keep a true perspective of our worth, we should all have a dog that adores us and a cat that ignores us. (Derek Bruce)

Maybe that's the perfect balance.

109. One day I was counting the cats and inadvertently counted myself. (Bobbie Ann Mason)

When they accept us, we are part of his pack.

110. Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be enslaved on the leash. The cat. (Mark Twain)

The cat as a total ambassador of absolute freedom.