Kitten Quotes - Page 6

• With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails, Like kittens playing with their tails.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Tails, Ease, Littles

  BookCaps, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2012). “Faust in Plain and Simple English: First Part of the Tragedy: (A Modern Translation and the Original Version): BookCaps Study Guide”, p.177, BookCaps Study Guides

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• The reason why feral kitties are hard to tame is because they have missed socialization the period - you need to be touching and petting those kittens when they are real young.

  Temple Grandin

  Real, Touching, Reason Why

  "Interview with Dr. Temple Grandin" by Jenny Dean, www.floppycats.com. May 23, 2012.

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• You got barn cats and you want to make them tamed, you need to get them as kittens.

  Temple Grandin

  Cat, Barns, Needs

  "Interview with Dr. Temple Grandin" by Jenny Dean, www.floppycats.com. May 23, 2012.

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• Some innate capacity - some part of the human genetic endowment - enters into language acquisition. That much is uncontroversial among those who believe that humans are part of the natural world. If it were not true, would be a miracle that my granddaughter reflexively identified some elements of the blooming buzzing confusion as language-related and went on to acquire capacities of the kind that you and I are now exercising, while her pet kitten (chimp, songbird, bee...), presented with exactly the same data, could not take the first step, let alone the later ones.

  Noam Chomsky

  Believe, Exercise, Data

  Source: libcom.org

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• We don't have any changes in the movie [Pineapple Express] and so picking the right outfit was fairly important. So I wasn't a fan of the Guatemalan pants, but I was convinced that I should wear that. Then the T-shirt is a special creation by David Gordon Green. It's a kitten sitting in a shark's mouth, but he's happy about it.

  Seth Rogen

  Sharks, Special, Important

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• The stuff I write about is pretty universal, the things my closest friends and I talk about - our anxiety about being here on this scary planet, during these scary times, as vulnerable as kittens, having lost so many people I couldn't live without.

  Anne Lamott

  Writing, People, Anxiety

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• Kitten." His voice was thick with something I couldn't name. "This is the part... where you don't have a choice.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Names, Voice, Choices

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• 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.

  Jim Butcher

  Struggle, Cat, Understanding

  Jim Butcher (2001). “Fool Moon: Book two of The Dresden Files”, p.61, Penguin

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• It was clear to me that it wouldn't matter what I did - they would never truly appreciate me or learn what I had to offer. They were far beyond fickle - they were insensible, like kittens,predatory little things, distracted by the first bit of string or shiny bauble that rolled across the floor, and nothing I could ever say or do could possibly make any kind of dent in their willful ignorance.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Ignorance, Appreciate, Fickle

  Jeff Lindsay (2010). “Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)”, p.209, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Did you really think I'd ceased to care? Kitten, I care so much it wrecks me.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Thinking, Care, Wrecks

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• It's every little girl's dream," she said. "Interpol surveillance. And kittens.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, Dream, Littles

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• I was writing songs as a kid about leprechauns and Catwoman and teapots - whatever it is that little girls wanna sing about. The first song I wrote was called "Kitten." It was about a boy named Liam, who I was just crazy about.

  Bonnie McKee

  Girl, Song, Crazy

  "Bonnie McKee, the Writer Behind Your Fave Katy Perry Songs, Talks Going Solo, Writing "Roar," and More". Interview With Mickey Woods, www.glamour.com. October 23, 2013.

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• Aren’t you going to ask me how it went, Kitten?" “You walked in and took the stairs one at a time,” I answered. “And you haven’t barked at me to get in the car, so I take it Majestic didn’t tell you our asses were trophies for hunting season. Am I wrong?

  Jeaniene Frost

  Hunting, Car, Majestic

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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, Cat

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

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• But you're so helpless sometimes. It's like watching a kitten with its head trapped in a Kleenex box.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Sometimes, Boxes, Kleenex

  Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Fangirl”, p.205, Pan Macmillan

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• Their goal was in sight. They had a Titan with a very loud kitten on their side. That had to count for something.

  Rick Riordan

  Sight, Goal, Sides

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• I shudder to think. I might wear lace collars and laugh flower petals and pearls. People might try to pat me. I see them think it. My height triggers the puppy-kitten reflex- Must touch-and I've found that since you can't electrify yourself like a fence, the next best thing is to have murderer's eyes.

  Laini Taylor

  Flower, Eye, Thinking

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• In the image of the lion made He kittens small and curious.

  Heinrich Heine

  Cat, Lions, Curious

  Heinrich Heine (1866). “The Poems of Heine: Complete”, p.129

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• Once upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.

  Beatrix Potter

  Cat, Dust, Names

  Beatrix Potter (2016). “The Tale of Tom Kitten: Beatrix's Tales”, VM eBooks

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• No wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter, will compensate the loss of her present hilarity.

  William Cowper

  Cat, Loss, Reflection

  "The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations: With a Life of the Author".

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• [My kitten's] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.

  William Cowper

  Cat, Would Be, Incredibles

  William Cowper, Robert Southey (1835). “The Works of William Cowper, Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations”, p.267

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• I have a kitten,the drollest of all creatures that ever wore a cat's skin.

  William Cowper

  Cat, Skins, Creatures

  William Cowper (1835). “The Works of William Cowper: With a Life and Notes”, p.185

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• We have $70 and a pair of girl's underpants. We're safe as kittens.

  Anthony Michael Hall

  Girl, Money, Safe

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• Cat, hmmm? From where I sit you look more like a Kitten." My head jerked around and I shot him an annoyed look. Oh, I was going to enjoy this, all right. "It's Cat," I repeated firmly. "Cat Raven." "Whatever you say, Kitten Tweedy.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Cat, Ravens, Annoyed

  Jeaniene Frost (2009). “Halfway to the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel”, p.10, Harper Collins

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• Why wouldn't I dance?' Uh, maybe because at first glance he looked like he ate puppies for breakfast and kittens for lunch?

  Gena Showalter

  Lunch, Firsts, Breakfast

  Gena Showalter (2015). “The White Rabbit Chronicles: Alice in Zombieland\Through the Zombie Glass\The Queen of Zombie Hearts”, p.136, Harlequin

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