9 Funny Cat Quotes and Sayings – The Barn Cat Lady (2024)

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What is cat's Nine Lives quotes? ›

The proverb that started it all states: "A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays."

“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” – Albert Schweitzer.

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” – Robert A. Heinlein. “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” – Terry Pratchett. “Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.” – Emily Dickinson.

At that moment, we were without doubt the greatest travellers in the world. And I was the world's greatest travelling cat. Humans who think we don't understand them are the stupid ones. As we count up the memories from one journey, we head off on another.

There's also an old English proverb that states: 'A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays and for the last three he stays. ' This may be where the myth that cats have nine lives came from, although clearly the proverb is a light-hearted one.

We know that a cat is able to endure, continue, or survive despite a near encounter with death or disaster because cats have nine lives (according to a common myth). Example: - Mr. Pickles has been missing for a few days, but I wouldn't worry about him. He is a cat with nine lives.

If you let your cat out of the bag, that means you accidentally let it escape. In English, the idiom "let the cat out of the bag" means to accidentally share a secret. For example, let's say you and your friends are planning a surprise birthday party for someone, but you accidentally tell the birthday person about it.

I'm feline good. Cattitude. No ifs, ands, or head butts. Hold deh pickles, plez.

When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.

Hemingway was proud of his cat collection, often saying that he liked nothing better than the feeling of having cats underfoot. Calling them his “purr factories” and claiming that “one cat just leads to another”, the author once owned over 50 cats while living at his famous house, the Finca Vigia in Cuba.

What did Shakespeare say about cats? ›

In other places, he references a cat's behavior, as when Falstaff insists he is “as vigilant as a cat to steal cream” (Henry IV, Part 1 4.2. 59). The Oxford English Dictionary also credits Shakespeare with the first reference to a cat's purr, in All's Well That Ends Well (5.2. 19).

Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap.

“I love (cats), they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.”

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats. Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.

Cats surviving high falls or dangerous situations contribute to the myth of their "nine lives." This myth also comes from ancient times when cats were seen as almost divine. So, the idea that they live nine times over is more about their impressive survival skills and historical reverence than reality.

Morris the Cat is discovered and becomes the 9Lives spokescat.

to keep managing to get out of difficult or dangerous situations without being hurt or harmed.