Quotes, Quips, and Jokes about CATS

I have always had a cat. I think I must have had one from birth! My parents didn't like dogs, but we were always allowed to have cats as long as they stayed outside. Of course the rules changed a bit 25 years later when my sister arrived on the scene. She was allowed to have one inside. But that's OK. I loved all our cats, and as soon as I had a household of my own, the first thing I did was to get my very own cat.

My first cat was Dusty. We took him home from my Grandparents' neighbor's barn when he was about 6 weeks old. He grew to be a pretty big cat. But he had one problem: he was terrified of going outside. We tried to take him out by walking around the yard first. But he was so frightened that he burrowed into our clothes until we went back inside.

We added a puppy several months later after bringing home Dusty. For a short while the puppy was smaller than the cat. They would take turns chasing each other up and down the length of the house. I wish now we had taken more pictures of a kitten chasing a puppy. It was hilarious. Back and forth. Back and forth.

Poor Dusty didn't last long. He contracted something like feline leukemia. I had never heard of it before, so we didn't know what he had. I cried buckets of tears over the loss of our poor little Dusty. For a couple years after that, we only had the puppy which grew up to be a full-grown chow chow. We learned quickly you couldn't really cuddle up to a chow. They looked cuddly, but they certainly didn't act cuddly.

The cat we got next was Rainbow. We still have her. She is about 15 years old now, and acting her age. She and my daughter grew up together. They were best buddies, and that cat trusted my daughter to some very odd lengths.

But enough about our personal cat experience. Over the years I have found some nice places that talk about cats. So I have a collection of cat quotes, cat facts, cat tips, and cat jokes. I thought I would share some with you. Enjoy!

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Cats are smarter than dogs. You cannot get a cat to pull a  
sled.

Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which,  
to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as  
much of the time as possible.

Cats can't taste sweets.

Cats have true fur, in that they have both an undercoat  
and an outer coat.

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"No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and  
no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur  
from your couch".  Leo Dworken

"People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their  
next life." - Faith Resnick

"A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double; the  
hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which  
the forepart plays. She does not discover that her tail  
belongs to her until you tread upon it." -- Henry David  
Thoreau

There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be  
welcomed by a cat.   Tay Hohoff

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How did the cat feel after the dog chased it through a  
screen door?  

 Strained.

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"Again I must remind you that a dog's a dog--a cat's a  
cat." -- T.S. Eliot

"Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject  
to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard  
of one who suffered from insomnia."  
--Joseph Wood Krutch

A cat isn't fussy - just so long as you remember he likes  
his milk in the shallow, rose-patterned saucer and his  
fish on the blue plate. From which he will take it, and  
eat it off the floor.    - - - Arthur Bridges

Abraham Lincoln loved cats. He had four of them while  
he lived in the White House.

Cats can get "age spots". These are black spots on  
the skin that are often seen around the lips, eyes,  
and nose; and usually start when the cat is three  
to five years of age.

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 Cat Superstitions  

Dreaming of white cat means good luck.  
- American superstition  

To see a white cat on the road is lucky.  
- American superstition  

It is bad luck to see a white cat at night.  
- American superstition  

If a cat washes behind its ears, it will rain.  
- English superstition  

A strange black cat on your porch brings prosperity.  
- Scottish superstition  

A cat sneezing is a good omen for everyone who  
hears it. - Italian superstition  

A cat sleeping with all four paws tucked under means  
cold weather ahead. - English superstition  

When you see a one-eyed cat, spit on your thumb, stamp  
it in the palm of your hand, and make a wish. The wish  
will come true. - American superstition  

In the Netherlands, cats were not allowed in rooms  
where private family discussions were going on. The  
Dutch believed that cats would definitely spread  
gossips around the town. - Netherlands superstition

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