George Mikes Quotes

Dogs want only love but cats demand worship.

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

Dogs serve people, but people serve cats.

A man who owns a dog is, in every sense of the words, its master; the term expresses accurately their mutual relations. But it is ridiculous when applied to the limited possession of a cat.

Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.

I love both the way a dog looks up to me and a cat condescends to me.

There are two kinds of fidelity, that of dogs and that of cats; you, gentleman, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house.

I have a St. Bernard named B.

I like cats. I used to have a lot of cats, but I don't anymore, now I just have a dog. It does take a certain temperament to have a cat, as they do have certain personalities.

You have to be very insensitive in order to have a cat, because I think they're very independent. When they're kittens, you think they're going to have a dog temperament in that they're going to run to the door when you get home, lick you on the face and cuddle with you all the time, but cats are not that way.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.

But if you really want to learn about life, get a cat. The way I think people should relate to animals is with a cat. Because the world is his.

here's certain things that are similar to cats and dogs. Dogs are just hyper social and they have a want to please you way more than a cat does.

I love my dog unconditionally, but never the man I'm sleeping with.

Most of us are animal lovers. We insist that we love all animals equally - the hamster, the weasel, and the zebra - but if pressed, we will admit to being either a cat person or a dog person.

Who are you and why are you my cat?

A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.

I found him in a Dumpster one day when he was a kitten and he promptly adopted me. Despite my struggles, Mister had been an understanding soul, and I eventually came to realize that I was a part of his little family, and by his gracious consent was allowed to remain in his apartment. Cats. Go figure.

Once when I had remarked on the affection quite often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, "Yes. But I bet no dog would ever confess it to the other dogs.

One cat in a house is a sign of loneliness.

My favorite animals are dogs.

Dogs are dogs, you sometimes think that they are not but they are. And they always are here there and everywhere.

So first, your memory I'll jog, And say: A CAT IS NOT A DOG

I think we all connect with dogs the most because they're pack animals. I know that cats are a little bit too aloof for me, although I wouldn't totally object to bringing one into our pack if I could find the right match that would get along with my dogs.