Quote of the Day - Albert Einstein

"Never memorize something that you can look up.”


Albert Einstein

Ten Quotes about Cats

The Hunter, gb 2003.

Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
 - Robert A. Heinlein



"And how do you know that you're mad?"
"To begin with," said the Cat, " a dog's not mad. You grant that?" 
"I suppose so," said Alice.
"Well then" the Cat went on," you see a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad."
 - Lewis Carroll "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. 



Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.
 - Garrison Kellor



"What's your name ?" Coraline asked the cat. "Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?"
"Cats don't have names," it said.
"No?" said Coraline.
"No," said the cat. "Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names."
 - Neil Gaiman "Coraline"  


The smallest feline is a masterpiece.
 - Leonardo da Vinci. 



Never try to outstubborn a cat.
 - Robert A. Heinlein "Time Enough for Love".



Let us be honest: most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the company of any cat that walked around the house with a saintly expression.
 - Beverley Nichols, "Beverley Nichols' Cats' A Z" 


I am not a cat but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp vindictive glance.
 - James Thurber. 


I take care of my flowers and my cat. And enjoy food. And that's living.
 - Ursula Andress. 



The kitten was six weeks old. It was enchanting , a delicate fairy-tale cat, whose Siamese genes showed in the shape of the face, ears, tail, and the subtle lines of its body.  [...] She sat, a tiny thing , in the middle of a yellow carpet, surrounded by five worshippers, not at all afraid of us. Then she stalked around that floor of the house inspecting every inch of it, climbed up on to my bed, crept under the fold of a sheet and was at home. 
 - Doris Lessing "On Cats."







photo Clausholm Manor 2003: grethe bachmann

Ten Quotes about Dogs

Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.
Dave Barry.


Dogs do speak but only to those who know how to listen.
Orhan Pamuk "My Name is Red."


Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effective than a dachshund.
Victoria Magazine.


 I confronted the fact that I was not only talking to a dog, but answering for one.
Claire Cook "Must love Dogs."


When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad.
Kristan Higgins "Catch of the Day".


You can say any fool thing to a dog and the dog will just give you this look that says: "My GOSH, you're RIGHT, I NEVER would've thought of that!"
Dave Barry


"What the fuck does he think he's doing anyway? And when has running around in a figure eight ever helped anyone?"
C.K.Kelly Martin


The greatest fear dogs know is the fear that you will not come back when you go out the door without them.
Stanley Coren.


I sometimes look into the face of my dog Stan and see a wistful sadness and existential angst, when all he is actually doing is slowly scanning the ceiling for flies.
Merril Markoe


I like dogs
Big dogs
Little dogs
Fat dogs
Doggy dogs
Old dogs
Puppy dogs
I like dogs
A dog that is barking over the hill
A dog that is dreaming very still
A dog that is running whereever he will
I like dogs
Margaret Wise Brown "The Friendly Book".



photo July 2013, grethe bachmann: Dog and Icecream , Møns Klint, "Children's Playground"