Father Richard's cat Squeaky now has her own page

Hello, my name is Professor Squeaky
the erudite Felineosopher

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle"

"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are"

When God made the world, He chose to put animals in it, and decided to give each whatever it wanted. All the animals formed a long line before His throne, and the cat quietly went to the end of the line. To the elephant and the bear He gave strength, to the rabbit and the deer, swiftness; to the owl, the ability to see at night, to the birds and the butterflies, great beauty; to the fox, cunning; to the monkey, intelligence; to the dog, loyalty; to the lion, courage; to the otter, playfulness. And all these were things the animals begged of God. At last he came to the end of the line, and there sat the little cat, waiting patiently. "What will YOU have?" God asked the cat.

The cat shrugged modestly. "Oh, whatever scraps you have left over. I don't mind."

"But I'm God. I have everything left over."

"Then I'll have a little of everything, please."

And God gave a great shout of laughter at the cleverness of this small animal, and gave the cat everything she asked for, adding grace and elegance and, only for her, a gentle purr that would always attract humans and assure her a warm and comfortable home.

But he took away her false modesty.

(Lenore Fleischer)

"One cat just leads to another." Ernest Hemingway

"Managing senior programmers is like herding cats." Dave Platt"

"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." Unknown

"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." Anonymous

"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow." Jeff Valdez

"In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats." English proverb

"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat." Ellen Perry Berkeley

"Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later." Mary Bly

"Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." Joseph Wood

"People who hate cats will come back as mice in their next life." Faith Resnick

"There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats." Anonymous

"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." Hippolyte Taine Beth-

"No heaven will not ever Heaven be; Unless my cats are there to welcome me." Unknown

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." Albert Schweitzer

"The cat has too much spirit to have no heart." Ernest Menaul

"Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are gods."

"Time spent with cats is never wasted." Colette

"Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well." Missy Dizick

"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want." Joseph Wood Krutch

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