Corelli Marie 1855-1924
I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog that growls every morning, a parrot that swears all
afternoom, and a cat that comes home late at night.
Eliot T.S. 1888-1965
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Macavity, Macavity, thhere's no one like Macavity,
There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.
He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare:
At whatever time the deed took place -
MACAVITY WASN'T THERE!
Lear Edward 1812-1888
Nonsense Songs (preface)
He has many friends, laymen and clerical.
Old Foss is the name of his cat:
His body is perfectly spherical,
He weareth a runcible hat.
Maclennan Hugh 1907-1990
A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.
Madan Geoffrey 1895-1947
The cat which isn't let out of the bag often becomes a skeleton in the cupboard.
Monro Harold 1879-1932
Miolk for the Cat
When the tea is brought at five o'clock,
And all the neat curtains are drawn with care,
The little black cat with bright green eys
Is suddenly purring there.
Montaigne Michel de 1533-1592
Essays
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she isn't amusing herself with me more than I am with her?
Proverbs and Sayings
Nigerian
When the mouse laughs at the cat there's a hole nearby.
Sandburg Carl 1878-1967
‚Fog'
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent hainches
and then moves on.
Smart Christopher 1722-1771
Jubilate Agno
I will consider my Cat Jeoffrey.
For he is the servant of the Living God duly and daily serving him.
Smith Stevie 1902-1971
`The Galloping Cat'
Oh I am a cat that likes to
Gallop about doing good.
Smollett Tobias 1721-1771
Humphry Clinker
I am pent up in frowzy lodgings, where there is not room enough to swing a cat.
Sulzberger Arthur Hays 1891-1968
(on journalism)
We tell the public which way the cat is jumping.
The public will take care of the cat.
Williams Tennessee 1911-1983
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? - I wish I knew ... Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can.