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Jack Byrnes2 quotes
He can't lift the seat, Greg. He lacks the strength in the opposable thumbs. — Jack Byrnes · 2000You see, Greg, when you yell at a dog, his tail will go between his legs and cover his genitals, his ears will go down. A dog is very easy to break, but cats make you work for their affection. They don't sell out the way dogs do. — Jack Byrnes · 2000
In a burning building...I would save a cat before a Rembrandt. — Alberto Giacometti
Mark Twain1 quote
Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. — Mark Twain · 1894
When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me? — Michel de Montaigne · 1580
Ogden Nash1 quote
The trouble with a kitten is THAT Eventually it becomes a CAT. — Ogden Nash · 1941
Any dog under 50 pounds is a cat, and cats are pointless. — Ron Swanson · 2013