by Pat Keenor
All cat owners are aware of the superior air exhibited by their pets. They seem to relish their independence but generously allow us to be their closest companions. Dogs learn tricks but cats are practically untrainable and they have managed to convince us that it's not because they are less intelligent but because they really can't be bothered. They manipulate us with their wiles and entrance us - when they feel like it - with their quirky behaviour and so wrap us around their little paws. Some of the most talented and clever people in the world have recognised the fact that cats are superior and sometimes supercilious beings. I'll let them tell you all about it in their own words.
Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley
"When my cats aren't
happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but
because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even."
because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even."
Comedian and actor Bill Dana
"I had been told
that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It's not.
Mine had me trained in two days."
Mine had me trained in two days."
Actor Kandyse McClure
"I read that when cats are cuddling and kneading you, and you think it's cute,
they're really just checking your vitals for weak spots."
"Owners of dogs will
have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and
shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled
to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection,
they draw the conclusion that they are God."
shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled
to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection,
they draw the conclusion that they are God."
Spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle
"I have lived with
several Zen masters - all of them cats."
Writer Terry Pratchett
"In ancient times
cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this."
Writer Cleveland Amory
"As anyone who has
ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows,
cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind."
cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind."
Poet Pam Brown
"Cats can work out
mathematically the exact place to sit that
will cause most inconvenience."
will cause most inconvenience."
Writer Neil Gaiman
“Of all God's
creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash.
That one
is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve
the man, but
it would deteriorate the cat.”
Writer Elizabeth Peters
"The way to get on
with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better,
as the superior it knows itself to be."
as the superior it knows itself to be."
"The cat is such a
perfect symbol of beauty and superiority that it seems scarcely possible
for
any true aesthete and civilised cynic to do other than worship it."
Writer and film-maker Megan Boyle
"My cat is always
looking at me like I am forgetting something
crucial and he depends on it."
crucial and he depends on it."
Blogger and writer Will Wiles
"Nothing snubs quite
like a cat. What evolutionary purpose did it serve,
this inherent disdain, this
artful blanking?"
Critic and historian Hippolyte Taine
"The wisdom of cats
is infinitely superior."
Fabulous quotes. Our cats are considered tool users in this house. We have the opposable thumbs and thus we are the tools. ~grin~ Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove the Pratchett quote. I remember reading that in whichever book it was and thinking that line was brilliant. (My two favorite Pratchett quotes are that one and the one about a coven needing three witches.)
ReplyDeleteThese are such great quotes. I think my favourites are Mark Twain, Shelley, and Bill Dana
ReplyDeleteNo surprise here! Of course they are! Mark Twain's is one of my all time faves!
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Pawsum posty. We agwee wiff most everyfin' sed. MOL Have a pawsum day.
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Dezi and Lexi
Haha, great ones! I'm still stupid enough to believe that my clicker training will lead anywhere. ��
ReplyDeleteGreat quotes! I certainly agree with most of them. However, even though Shelley is one of my fave poets I'm not sure whether I agree with him here because I really do care about my cat's mood :)
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We love that Bill Dana quote especially! Training humans is a big job.
ReplyDeleteI have my humans trained—at least I better.—CK 2015
ReplyDeleteI love all these and they're all true.
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http://sunni-survivinglife.blogspot.com/
Great quotes! Mine would be "When I look at you with something akin to love in my eyes, I'm really just assessing the mayhem potential in my next move!" Austin Towers 2015
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