Cats have a contempt of speech. Why should they talk when they can communicate without words?

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

Cats have a contempt of speech. Why should they talk when they can communicate without words?

At dinner time he would sit in a corner, concentrating; and suddenly they would say, 'Time to feed the cat,' as if it were their idea.

...if you've never been cussed out by a Siamese, you don't know what profanity is all about!

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.

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