Inspirational Cat Quotes and Photos to Make You Purr on National Cat Day
“The trouble with sharing one’s bed with cats is that they’d rather sleep on you than beside you.” —Pam Brown “If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering…
“The trouble with sharing one’s bed with cats is that they’d rather sleep on you than beside you.” —Pam Brown
(Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 23: Lifetime celebrates "Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever" at Macy's Herald Square on November 23, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
“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.” —Mark Twain
(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 18: Stray kittens sit in a cat box at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home on August 18, 2009 in London, England. Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is seeing a sharp rise in the number of cats requiring a home with 143 of the 145 shelter's pens full. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
“I wish I were a cat because the fatter you are the more people like you.” —Unknown
(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 31: A cat looks on before being blessed during the annual Blessing of the Animals ceremony, presided over by Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, on March 31, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Angelenos brought dogs, cats, birds, goats, snakes and other animals to the event which is normally held the day before Easter. The tradition dates back to 1930 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
“In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” —Terry Pratchett
(Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)ISTANBUL, TURKEY - AUGUST 08: A kitten plays with a feather in a park on August 8, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul is known as the City of Cats and sometimes referred to as 'Catstanbul.' Hundreds of thousands of cats have roamed the metropolis for thousands of years. The city's streets are lined with food and water bowls and small cat houses placed by residents in a communal effort to look after the street cats. In Islam cats are considered ritually clean animals and the only animal to be permitted to enter the Great Mosque of Mecca and there are many stories in the history books referencing the Prophet Muhammad's love of cats. In 2016 a documentary film "Kedi" meaning cat in Turkish, which followed the daily life of a group of cats in the city grossed more than four million USD at the box office making it one of the highest grossing foreign language films to date. August 8 is International Cat Day. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
“The household cat is really a tiger that has underwent three counselling programs.” —Valeriu Butulescu
(Photo by Wang He/Getty Images)WUHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 22: A judge looks over a Ragdoll cat during the TICA international cat show at the Aoshan Shiji Plaza on October 22, 2016 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. (Photo by Wang He/Getty Images)
“One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.” —Gwendolyn Brooks
(Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)AOSHIMA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 27: Cats wait for food on September 27, 2018 in Aoshima, Japan. Aoshima island has come to be known for its large number of felines which now outnumber humans by approximately ten to one. They were introduced on ships in the area but remained on the island and repopulated with estimates placing the current population at around 200 compared to a human population of just nine. Like many rural areas of Japan, large numbers of residents have left the community to seek better job prospects in cities and the people now remaining, and often feeding the cats, are all pensioners. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
“A cat is an example of sophistication minus civilization.” —Unknown
(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 02: Petra Rudolph cuddles with her devon rexe cat named Pepita at the pet trade fair (Heimtiermesse) at Velodrom on November 2, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Exhibitors are showing the latest trends in collars, snacks and other accessories for cats, dogs and other household pets. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
“Cats never strike a pose that isn’t photogenic.” —Lillian Jackson Braun
(Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)VAN, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 08: Turkish Van cats sit in an enclosure at the Van Cat Research Center on February 8, 2018 in Van, Turkey. The famous Turkish Van Cat is one of the oldest domestic cats known, having lived in the Lake Van region of Eastern Turkey for centuries. The Turkish Van Cat has a distinct look with an all white coat sometimes just with a spot of color. The breed has three eye colors, blue, yellow and green, which are sometimes mismatched. The Van Cat research center was founded in 1992 with the objective of protecting the breed from gradual extinction. The facility provides health care and studies the breeds genetics. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
“Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later.” —Mary Bly
(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JULY 27: Milly, a 13-week-old kitten looks through the glass of her pen as she waits to be re-homed at The Society for Abandoned Animals Sanctuary in Sale, Manchester, which is facing an urgent cash crisis and possible closure on July 27, 2010 in Manchester, England. The Society for Abandoned Animals exists entirely on public support and unless it can raise GBP 50,000 in the next couple of months it will have to close down. The registered charity started in 1967 and in the last five years alone the charity has rescued and found homes for more than 1,000 cats, 290 rabbits and 262 dogs. The rescue centre is one of the many who are suffering a downfall in donations due to the economic recession. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
“If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but deteriorate the cat.” —Mark Twain
. (Photo by James Glossop - WPA Pool/Getty Images)LONDON - APRIL 28: Larry, the Downing Street cat, gets in the Royal Wedding spirit in a Union flag bow-tie in the Cabinet Room at number 10 Downing Street on April 28, 2011 in London, England. Prince William will marry his fiancee Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey tomorrow. (Photo by James Glossop - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
“People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life.” —Faith Resnick
. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)SACRAMENTO, CA - FEBRUARY 1: Lola, a domestic shorthaired cat, reaches under her enclosure at the Sacramento SPCA February 1, 2008 in Sacramento, California. Lola is one of many dogs and cats who were either abandoned or surrendered to many SPCA and county shelters nationwide by their owners because they have gone through home foreclosures and had to move. In December 2007 the amount of pets being dropped off whose owners listed moving as a reason more than doubled from that of a year ago, according the Sacramento SPCA records. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images)
“If cats could talk, they wouldn’t.” —Nan Porter
(Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)TIANJIN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 11: (CHINA OUT) A rescued stray cat looks out of a cage at a storehouse February 11, 2007 in Tianjin Municipality, China. Some 400 rescued stray cats will be moved to Beijing, and wait to be adopted there. Beijing Little Animal Protection Association, the only government-approved animal protection institute in the city, estimated that Beijing has more than 400,000 stray cats scattered across the city's 2,400 communities. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
“If cats could write history, their history would be mostly about cats.” —Eugen Weber
. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)NEW ORLEANS - MAY 30: Homeless kittens look up from the cage at Animal Rescue New Orleans headquarters May 30, 2007 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The grass-roots group shelters animals that were left behind following Hurricane Katrina or have been separated from their owners. According to the LA/SPCA about 104,000 pets were left behind after the storm and 88,700 pets are still unaccounted for. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
“I’m trying to translate what my cat says and put it in a book, but how many homonyms are there for meow?” —Jarod Kintz
(Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24: A sphynx cat is held at the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy's ‘Supreme Championship Cat Show’ held in the NEC on November 24, 2012 in Birmingham, England. The one-day Supreme Cat Show is one of the largest cat fancy competitions in Europe with over one thousand cats being exhibited. Exhibitors aim to have their cat named as the show's 'Supreme Exhibit' from the winners of the individual categories of: Persian, Semi-Longhair, British, Foreign, Burmese, Oriental, Siamese. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
“Dogs have owners, cats have staff.” —Unknown
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/ San Francisco Zoo/Getty Images)SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JULY 19: A nine-week-old male Bobcat plays with a toy at the July 19, 2002 at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, California. The unnamed cat will become part of the zoo's Koret Animal Resource Center, where he will meet kids as part of the zoo's educational outreach programs. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/ San Francisco Zoo/Getty Images)
“Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, “I’ll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?” —Bette Midler
. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 02: A black cat that ran onto the pitch looks on during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Goodison Park on February 2, 2019 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
“Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience.” —Pam Brown
(Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)AOSHIMA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 27: Cats wait for food on September 27, 2018 in Aoshima, Japan. Aoshima island has come to be known for its large number of felines which now outnumber humans by approximately ten to one. They were introduced on ships in the area but remained on the island and repopulated with estimates placing the current population at around 200 compared to a human population of just nine. Like many rural areas of Japan, large numbers of residents have left the community to seek better job prospects in cities and the people now remaining, and often feeding the cats, are all pensioners. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
“If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.” —Mark Twain
(Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: A cat owner tickles the stomach of his cat during the Supreme Cat Show on October 28, 2017 in Birmingham, England. The one-day Supreme Cat Show is one of the largest cat fancy competitions in Europe with over one thousand cats being exhibited. Exhibitors travel from all over to enter their cats into categories including Persian, Semi-Longhair, British, Foreign, Burmese, Oriental, Siamese. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” —Robert A. Heinlein
(Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)VAN, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 08: A Turkish Van cat sits in an enclosure at the Van Cat Research Center on February 8, 2018 in Van, Turkey. The famous Turkish Van Cat is one of the oldest domestic cats known, having originated in the Lake Van region of Eastern Turkey. The Turkish Van Cat has a distinct look with an all white coat sometimes just with a spot of color. The breed has three eye colors, blue, yellow and green, which are sometimes mismatched. The Van Cat research center was founded in 1992 with the objective of protecting the breed from gradual extinction. The facility provides health care and studies the breeds genetics. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
“A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.” —George Mikes
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 30: A cat sits on top of a car which is surrounded by flood water in the parking lot of an apartment complex after it was inundated with water following Hurricane Harvey on August 30, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi August 25, has dumped nearly 50 inches of rain in and around Houston. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
“Cats gravitate to kitchens like rocks gravitate to gravity.” —Terry Pratchett
(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 04: 'Boggles' a stray kitten is one of the lucky animals at the Barnes Hill RSPCA Animal Rescue Centre, who has been found a caring home on April 4, 2007 in Birmingham, England. The Animal Welfare Act becomes law on Friday is being highlighted by the RSPCA. The act imposes a duty of care for pets and animals on owners and includes fines of up to GBP20,000 and jail terms of up to a year for cruelty. The new law includes making sure that animals are fed, housed and protected from pain, suffering, injury and disease. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
“If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.” —Alfred North Whitehead
(Photo by Mark Large - WPA Pool / Getty Images)LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: 'Larry', the new Downing Street cat, gazes through a window of Number 10 Downing Street on February 15, 2011 in London, England. It is hoped that British Prime Minister David Cameron's newest team member Larry, will dispense of a rat that has been spotted scuttling past the famous door of Number 10 Downing Street in recent weeks. (Photo by Mark Large - WPA Pool / Getty Images)
“The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer.” —Paula Poundstone
. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 22: Raffles, a Maine Coon, attends the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy's 'Supreme Championship Cat Show' at the NEC Arena on November 22, 2014 in Birmingham, England. The one-day Supreme Cat Show is one of the largest cat fancy competitions in Europe with over one thousand cats being exhibited. Exhibitors aim to have their cat named as the show's 'Supreme Exhibit' from the winners of the individual categories of: Persian, Semi-Longhair, British, Foreign, Burmese, Oriental, Siamese. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)
Don't let a black cat cross your path
(Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 10: A black cat enters the field of play during the round 18 NRL match between the Penrith Panthers and the Cronulla Sharks at Pepper Stadium on July 10, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
