Cat Quotes - Page 35

• It is not worth while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Work, Zanzibar, Pacific Ocean

  Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.208, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Playing octaves was just a coincidence. And it's still such a challenge, like chord versions, block chords like cats play on piano. There are a lot of things that can be done with it, but each is a field of its own. I used to have headaches every time I played octaves, because it was extra strain, but the minute I'd quit I'd be all right. But now I don't have headaches when I play octaves.

  Wes Montgomery

  Block, Play, Piano

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• There's nothing wrong with it. It's only a word. What's in a name? Nothing! Cats say, "Call me Muhammed so-and-so. "

  Art Blakey

  Names, Jazz, Call Me

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• If Chelsea drop points, the cat's out in the open. And you know what cats are like - sometimes they don't come home.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Home, Sometimes

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• As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In its absense the game to me is lifeless and void. The vitalizing factor is missing, and I can devise no plan of attack.

  Siegbert Tarrasch

  Kings, Games, Play

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• As far as pets go, a cat is a nice on to have.

  Adam Rex

  Nice, Pet

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• so, when I spotted a cougar stretched out on a thick pine tree branch near the park gates, I wasn't surprised. I can't say the same for the women clinging to the branch above the cat. she was the one screaming. The cougar-a ragged-ear old top I clled Marv-just stared at her, like he couldn't believe anyone would be dumb to climb a tree to escape a cat.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Believe, Tree, Dumb

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• There's a reason cats were near deity in ancient Egypt. Dogs may be loyal, but cats are smart. This one must recognize our bond. You can take the cat ouf of Egypt, but you can't take Egypt out of the cat. Wow, I should have that embroidered on a pillow or something.

  Kiersten White

  Dog, Smart, Egypt

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• My dear, I'm a cat. Everything I see is mine.

  Rick Riordan

  Hail, Dear, Whisk

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• Hi. Cat was just keeping me company until you came back.” He glanced in the direction she’d just disappeared to before returning his attention to me. “Fourteen hundred and thirty-one." I blinked. "What's that?" "The year I was born, which is not, as you'll note, yesterday.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Years, Yesterday, Attention

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• Ragnor and Catarina both begged him to give the instrument up. Random strangers on the street begged him to give the instrument up. Even cats ran away from him.

  Cassandra Clare

  Giving, Stranger, Magnus Bane

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• In Paris one could have the eyes of a cat (as he did) and tell people it was a trick of fashion.

  Cassandra Clare

  Fashion, Eye, Paris

  Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson (2013). “The Runaway Queen”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• A house isn't a home without the ineffable contentment of a cat with its tail folded about its feet. A cat gives mystery, charm, suggestion.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Home, Feet, Giving

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “EMILY STAR - Complete Trilogy: Emily of New Moon + Emily Climbs + Emily's Quest: Classic of Children's Literature”, p.587, e-artnow

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• Now let's take up the minorities in our civilisation, shall we? Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step on the toes of the dog-lovers, the cat-lovers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs, Mormons, Baptists, Unitarians, second-generation Chinese, Swedes, Italians, Germans, Texans, Brooklynites, Irishmen, people from Oregon or Mexico. The people in this book, this play, this TV serial are not meant to represent any actual painters, cartographers, mechanics anywhere. The bigger your market, Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember that!

  Ray Bradbury

  Dog, Book, Play

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• She is like a cat in the dark And then she is the darkness She rules her life like a fine skylark And when the sky is starless All your life you've never seen a woman Taken by the wind Would you stay if she promised you heaven? Will you ever win?

  Stevie Nicks

  Taken, Dark, Winning

  Song: Rhiannon

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• That's the trouble with living things. Don't last very long. Kittens one day, old cats the next. And then just memories. And the memories fade and blend and smudge together.

  Neil Gaiman

  Life, Memories, Long

  Neil Gaiman (2013). “The Ocean at the End of the Lane”, p.48, Hachette UK

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• Bast crouched down and began making weird chittering noises. Uh-oh. She was imitating birds. I'd seen enough cats do this when they were stalking. Suddenly my own obituary flashed in my head: Carter Kane, 14, tragically died in Paris wen he was eaten by his sister's cat, Muffin.

  Rick Riordan

  Paris, Bird, Down And

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles Book 1): The Red Pyramid”, p.183, Penguin UK

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• The vulture Nekhbet, who'd one possessed my gran (long story); the crocodile Sobek, who'd tried to kill my cat (longer story); and the lion goddess Sekhmet, whom we'd once vanished in hot sauce ( don't even ask) - page 9

  Rick Riordan

  Long, Hot Sauce, Stories

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• I think that the world should be full of cats and full of rain, that's all, just cats and rain, rain and cats, very nice, good night.

  Charles Bukowski

  Good Night, Nice, Rain

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• I am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is So remarkable a cat as My Cat.

  T. S. Eliot

  Believe, Remarkable, Glad

  John Haffenden, T.S. Eliot, Valerie Eliot (2014). “The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 5: 1930-1931”, p.628, Faber & Faber

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• I don't want you to be young and beautiful. I only want one thing. I want you to be kind-hearted - and not just towards cats and dogs.

  Vasily Grossman

  Beautiful, Dog, Want

  Vasily Grossman (2011). “Life And Fate (Vintage Classic Russians Series)”, p.120, Random House

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• Young cat! If you keep Your eyes open enough, Oh, the stuff you will learn! The most wonderful stuff!

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, Eye, Stuff

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• You look ridiculous,” Wren said. “What?” “That shirt.” It was a Hello Kitty shirt from eighth or ninth grade. Hello Kitty dressed as a superhero. It said SUPER CAT on the back, and Wren had added an H with fabric paint. The shirt was cropped too short to begin with, and it didn’t really fit anymore. Cath pulled it down self-consciously. “Cath!” her dad shouted from downstairs. “Phone.” Cath picked up her cell phone and looked at it “He must mean the house phone,” Wren said. “Who calls the house phone?” “Probably 2005. I think it wants its shirt back.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Dad, Mean, Thinking

  Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell Collection: Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, Landline, and Carry On”, p.521, St. Martin's Griffin

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• Magnus had often thought of getting a pet, but he had never considered acquiring a sullen teenage vampire. Once Raphael was gone, he thought, he was getting a cat. And he would always throw his cat a birthday party.

  Cassandra Clare

  Teenage, Party, Pet

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2014). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

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• I'll wager I would have screwed things up regardless. But. . .can you imagine those poor bastards grappling their prey, leaping over the rails, swords in hand, screaming, 'Your cats! Give us all your gods-damned cats!

  Scott Lynch

  Hands, Giving, Wagers

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.1112, Random House

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