Terry Pratchett Quotes

Maurice watched them argue again. Humans, eh? Think they're lords of creation. Not like us cats. We know we are. Ever see a cat feed a human? Case proven.

Cats are independent, by which I mean smart.

People who don't like cats haven't been around them. There's the old joke: dogs have masters, cats have staff.

He gave me an inscrutable look that said maybe he would and maybe he wouldn't. Mister was a cat, and cats generally considered it the obligation of the universe to provide shelter, sustenance, and amusement as required. I think Mister considered it beneath his dignity to plan for the future.

I've never understood why women love cats. Cats are independent, they don't listen, they don't come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, and when they're home they like to be left alone and sleep. In other words, every quality that women hate in a man, they love in a cat.

No favor can win gratitude from a cat.

Cats ... are completely self-sufficient and can leave you at any time and go off and make a living. And yet cats can have warm and loving relationships with humans.

Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some justification, unfortunately-consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce.

I think all cats are wild. They only act tame if there´s a saucer of milk in it for them.

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.

I will do just as you wish,' said no cat ever.

I'm a cat, and you have to earn my trust.

A cat can never be well-trained because they're too independent.

Never try to outstubborn a cat.

For some reason, cats are usually addressed familiarly, though no cat has ever drunk bruderschaft with anyone.

I think cats would have an even worse attitude if they found out how stupid their names were.

A cat cares for you only as a source of food, security and a place in the sun.

There's something about cats' self-sufficiency and their seemingly individualistic ways that I find compelling.

It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own habits, fond of order and neatness, and disinclined to extravagant sentiment. He will be your friend, if he finds you worthy of friendship, but not your slave.

You don't take your cat with you to go bird shopping. Not because the cat isn't polite, but because he's a cat.

Cats are unpredictable because they're wild and domestic at the same time. Watching a cat's behavior is like a small window into the wild.

She comes to me when she wants to be fed. And after I feed her -- guess what -- she's off to wherever she wants to be in the house, until the next time she gets hungry. She's smart enough to know she can't feed herself. She's actually a very smart cat. She gets loved. She gets adoration. She gets petted. She gets fed. And she doesn't have to do anything for it, which is why I say this cat's taught me more about women, than anything my whole life.

Cats - a standing rebuke to behavioural scientists . . . least human of all creatures.

Dogs want only love but cats demand worship.

Cats are the lap-dancers of the animal world. Soon as you stop shelling out, they move on, find another lap. They're furry little sociopaths. Pretty and slick -- in love with themselves. When's the last time you saw a seeing-eye cat?