"In a time of dramatic change, it is the learners who inherit the future."~Eric Hoffer ( Read more... )

"If he had asked to have the door opened, and was eager to go out, he always went deliberately; I can see him now, standing on the sill, looking about at the sky as if he was thinking whether it were worth while to take an umbrella."~Margaret Benson ( Read more... )

"Cats are a mysterious kind of folk. There is more passing in their minds than we are aware of."~Sir Walter Scott ( Read more... )

"If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence."~Will Cuppy

"Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them."~Jim Davis

( hector hugh munro/saki )

"The smallest feline is a masterpiece."~Leonardo da Vinci

"In Egypt, the cats...afford evidence that animal nature is not altogether intractable, but that when well-treated they are good at remembering kindness."~Aelian

( a masterpiece... )

Andrew Jackson and Minna Antrim quotes provided by med_cat...probably should just give her posting access and make my life easier or something."Mere precedent is a dangerous source of authority."~Andrew Jackson ( Read more... )

"There are no ordinary cats."~Colette ( Read more... )

"One is never sure, watching two cats washing each other, whether it's affection, the taste or a trial run for the jugular."~Helen Thomson

"Cats know how to obtain food without labour, shelter without confinement and love without penalties."~W.L. George

( more under here )

"For me, one of the pleasures of cats' company is their devotion to bodily comfort."~Compton Mackenzie

"The trouble with sharing one's bed with cats is that they'd rather sleep on you than beside you."~Pam Brown

"A cat refuses to be the object of sentimentality--if she doesn't want to be cuddled, that's it."~Samantha Armstrong

( cats, cats, and more cats )

"One cat is fine. She will probably sleep over the hot water bottle, or in the crook of your knees or on your lap or folded in your arms, though there are eccentrics who prefer to wedge themselves under the chin, curl around the head, squat on the hip or ribcage or shoulders or simply insist on lying nose to nose, breathing kipper."~Rosemary Nisbet ( Read more... )