Oscar Wilde
Writer
"Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it."
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Steven Wright
Comedian
"If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?"
Maya Angelou
Poet, Memoirist
"What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’.... And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come."
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat."
Sri Aurobindo
Philosopher, Poet, Politician
"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage."
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"Time spent with cats is never wasted."
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"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat."
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"A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere."
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"No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat."
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"Your dog thinks you're a god. Your cat thinks the dog's an asshole."
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"If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals."
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"What greater gift than the love of a cat."
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"When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even."
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"When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my pistol."
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"A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there."
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"Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation. "I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!"
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"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul."
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"The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself."
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"I sometimes longed for someone who, like me, had not adjusted perfectly with his age, and such a person was hard to find; but I soon discovered cats, in which I could imagine a condition like mine, and books, where I found it quite often."
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"It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice."
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"We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat."
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"A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering."
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"Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect."
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"If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much."
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"Cats invented self-esteem."
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