Subject: Animals (Page 5)

Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you.

(1962 – ) American English professor & writer under pen name Eloisa James

Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?… Four; calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

When walking a dog, be sure then animal is smaller than you.

Zoo: A place where humans go and animals are barred.

A camel is a horse designed by a committee.

(1906 – 1988) Greek-British designer of cars

Now don’t get me wrong, I love animals, but I like eatin’ ‘em more… fun to pet, better to chew.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

… that indefatigable and unsavory engine of pollution

(1906 – 1992) English academic, barrister & book-collector

Kinky sex involves the use of duck feathers; perverted sex involves the whole duck.

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist

Zebra: A horse behind bars.

Man is the only animal that plays poker.

(1889 – 1966) American humorist, writer, illustrator & cartoonist

Racehorse: A barn athlete.

They live so deep in the woods they kept possums as yard dogs.

Last night he went on the paper four times… three of those times I was reading it.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

If criticism had any power to harm, the skunk would be extinct by now.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

There are no seeing eye cats, of course, because the sole function of cats, in the Great Chain of Life, is to cause harm to human beings.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel.

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

(1894 – 1963) English writer

Cats… a standing rebuke to behavioural scientist.


Cat: A pygmy lion who loathes mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

(1863 – 1935) British-born American writer, artist & illustrator