A cat is never vulgar.

A cat is never vulgar.

The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.

There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage.

As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.

An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.

Cleanliness in the cat world is usually a virtue put above godliness.

An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five year old.

The lack of imagination or invention most people display in naming pussies is almost beyond credence.

My search for ways to improve my touch has never ended. We players tried a lot of different things and compared notes. Little fads would set in.

For good and evil man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity.

The labor of women in the house certainly enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

I am happy now in this moment which is all there is.

The key to being focused is to intensely enjoy whatever you are doing.

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender or submission.

The hacker community may be small, but it possesses the skills that are driving the global economies of the future.

Husbands and wives fight, and when the wife is packing up, the husband says, 'Don't leave! I'm gonna change!' Marriages stay together because people promise to change.

Now that I've achieved my goal to win the belt, I want to be the best of all times. I want to be remembered as the lightweight with most title defenses.

I do have rituals. I'm a fairly superstitious person.

Black man, you are on your own.

'Commonwealth' is not a word I ever used growing up in Colombo. There, in the late 1950s, it would have meant little more than New Zealand lamb and Anchor butter at the cold stores.

My girl crush is Dolly Parton. I've never met her, but I keep wanting to run into her in a grocery story or something!

Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a gallery, works of art need only one person who wants to pay for them.

My wife and I don't compete. We know each other's preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That's what friends do.

'Blue Nights' is a story of loss: simple, wrenching, inconsolable loss.

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.

I have always worked hard, and seeing so many Icelanders make tremendous efforts to cope with difficult tasks and decisions inspires me.

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.

Politeness is something you owe other people because when you show a little courtesy everything becomes easier and better. But first and foremost its something you owe yourself.

Comediennes are the lucky ones, because if you're funny, you can be 125 years old and they will still accept you.

At school I pretended I had a normal life, but I felt lonely all the time and different from everyone else. I never felt like I fit in, and I wasn't allowed to participate in after-school activities, go to sports events or parties or date boys. Many times I had to make up stories about why I couldn't do anything with my classmates.

Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.

Talk is cheap and easy. Making dreams real is hard. Humble work dreams in the midwest are acceptable. Just keep them to yourself. Maybe tell your family but don't just talk--Do something about it.