It's our mortality that terrifies us, because what we're really seeking is immortality - that is, after all, a fool's errand.

Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible.

Why cat were given such terrific peripheral vision when they spend so much time looking down their noses is difficult to understand.

Cats are a tonic, they are a laugh, they are a cuddle, they are at least pretty just about all of the time and beautiful some of the time.

Who can go to a rodeo and then criticize the hunter? ... an expertly placed bullet would be the best gift a rodeo horse could receive.

We are the ones who have high blood pressure, ulcers, and heart attacks, not cats.

For me a house or an apartment becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog.