Cat Trivia and Doggy Quotes

A puppy is living proof that God has a sense of humour.

Puppies are nature's remedy for feeling unloved...plus numerous other ailments of life. ~ Richard Allen Palm

~ Happiness is a warm puppy ~ Charles M. Schulz

The prospective buyer sits in the middle of the litter and plays with all the pups. The one that pulls at his cuff, pounces through the pack, climes up onto his lap and paws at his shirt to give him a love lick is usually the one that wins his heart and gets bed and board for life. ~ Richard A. Walters

~ Living with a huggable pup that sits there with his tongue hanging out is a fantasy. ~ Mordecai Segal

~ They are superior to human beings as companions. They do not quarrel or argue with you. They never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up the appearance of being interested in the conversation. ~ Jerome K. Jerome

~ I think every family should have a dog. It's like having a perpetual baby. ~ John Brown M.D.

~ The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother ~ and they'll settle for a puppy every time. ~ Winston Pendleton

~ Dachshunds are the ideal dogs for small children as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or another. ~ Robert Benchley ~

~ To my way of thinking there's something wrong or missing with any person who doesn't have a soft spot in their heart for an animal of some kind. ~ Will James ~

• ~ The most popular names for American cats in 1981 were Tiger and Samantha.
• ~ An Austrailian man who hated cats coming in to his garden set a trap for them ~ a sardine can wired up to the mains. His plan backfired, however, when he electrocuted himself.
• ~ Marie Curie's cat, Tabitha, was poisoned by acid when she crept into a cupboard in which an experiment was being housed.
• ~ In Romford Greyhound Stadium in 1937, an attempt was made to stage a cheetah race. Alas, the cheetahs thought that running after a hare was beneath them so the punters lost their money.
• ~ A society to improve the moral and mental faculties of the domestic cat was founded in Belguim in 1877.
• ~ American cat lover Governor Pinchot sentenced the dog who killed his cat to life imprisonment. The dog served six years.
• ~ Winston Chirchill, Raymond Chandler and Samuel johnson were all cat lovers.
• ~ There was no such thing as a stray cat in ancient Egypt. All cats were fed and cared for.
• ~ The oldest cat ever recorded lived to the age of thirty-six.
• ~ President Eisenhower hated cats so much that he ordered any trespassing on his property to be shot.
• ~ During the restoration of St. Michael's Paternoster, a church built by Dick Whittington, workmen found a mummified cat.
• ~ In 1890, 180,000 mummified Egyptian cats were sold to a company to make fertilizer.
• ~ A Siamese cat survived a thirty-two day trip in the hold of an aeroplane that had literally taken her around the world.
• ~ The poet Shelley hated cats. He once tied one to the kite he was flying in a thunderstorm in the hope of electrocuting him.
• ~ The first version of Cat People, made in 1942, revolutionized horror movies by relying on suspence to terrorize the audience; it was the first monster movie in which the monster was not actually seen.

Inside every Newfoundland, Boxer, Elkhound or Great Dane is a puppy longing to climb onto your lap. ~ Helen Thompson

~ Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. ~ Max Eastman

~ The training of the dog is something which should be left with the boy, as it teaches him responsiblity and accustoms him to the use of authority, probably the only time he will have a chance to use it. ~ Robert Benchley

~ Even the tiniest Poddle or Chihuahua is still a wolf at heart. ~ Dorothy Patent

~ Buy a puppy and your money will by you love unflinching. ~ Rudyard Kipling

~ Getting a puppy is part of the American dream. ~ Mordecai Siegal

~ You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will this look that says "My God, you're right! I would never have thought of that". ~ Dave Barry

~ The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic. ~ Henry Beecher

~ Being patted is what's it all about. ~ Roger Caras.

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human has of picking a relative. ~ Mordecai Siegal

~ A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perservance, and to turn around three times before lying down. ~ Robert Benchley

If you want to be liked, get a dog. The people you work with are not your friends. --Deborah Norville

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)

The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too. --Samuel Butler

Speak softly and own a big, mean Doberman. --Dave Miliman

One reason the dog has so many friends: He wags his tail instead of his tongue. --Unknown

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man --Mark Twain

Here, Gentlemen, a dog teaches us a lesson in humanity --Napoleon Bonaparte

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. --Aldous Leonard Huxley

We named the DOG Indiana! --Henry Jones, Sr. (Sean Connery)