Animal Quotes

@kittehboi curates animal-related quotes.

  • Quote: Napoleon Bonaparte on Dogs

    Here, Gentlemen, a dog teaches us a lesson in humanity.— Napoleon Bonaparte

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  • Quote: Julia Child on Cats

    As Therese Asche used to say “A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine.”— Julia Child, “My Life in France“

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  • Quote: Tran Thien Khiem on Cats and Dogs

    Dogs may have kept us company on the hunt, but it was the cats who insisted we invent houses and discover fire.— Tran Thien Khiem

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  • Quote: W. C. Fields on Cats

    The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.— W. C. Fields

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  • Quote: Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat

    “All right”, said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.— Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

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  • Quote: Emily Brontë on Cats

    I can say with sincerity that I love cats; furthermore I am going to give very good reasons why those who hate them are wrong.— Emily Brontë

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  • Quote: George Will on Cats

    The phrase ‘domestic cat’ is an oxymoron.— George Will

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  • Quote: Chinese Proverb about Cats

    I gave an order to a cat and the cat gave the order to its tail.— Chinese Proverb

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  • Quote: Groucho Marx on Cats

    A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.— Groucho Marx

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  • Quote: Herodotus on Cats

    When a cat died, a wise Egyptian tried to be someplace else so that he couldn’t be accused of murder.— Herodotus

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