“A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.”
“You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.”
“The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.”
“And there are my cats, engaged in a ritual that goes back thousands of years, tranquilly licking themselves after the meal. Practical animals, they prefer to have others provide the food ... some of them do. There must have been a split between the cats who accepted domestication and those who did not.”
“The only true animal is a cat, and the only true cat is a gray cat.”
“The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.”