The more you talk to cats ... the smarter they become. An occasional 'nice kitty' will have no measurable effect; intelligent conversation is required.

Cats are fond of mooning.

No one ever owns a cat...you share a common habitation on a basis of equal rights and mutual respects...although somehow the cat always comes out ahead of the deal.

Beware of the clever ones; the dumb ones are safer.

Small birds throw seeds out of the feeder; large birds pick them up off the ground, but the squirrels try to muscle in.

To understand a cat, you must realize that he has has own gifts, his own viewpoint, even his own morality

Cats don't fight for their rights; they take them for granted. They have a right to be fed, watered, stroked on demand and supplied with a lap and a clean commode