
“The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.”
Source: The God of Small Things
“The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.”
So they put him in jail. But I want to remind you: that you can lock up a mouse or a man but you can't lock up an idea!
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This quote was instead first mentioned in a 1931 book titled “Since Calvary: An Interpretation of Christian History” by the comparative religion specialist Lewis Browne.
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“Like searching at midnight in a dark cellar for a black cat that isn’t there.”
Source: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 11, “Through the Cargo Hatch” (p. 115)
“If a black cat crosses your path, it signifies that the animal is going somewhere.”
“It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.”
Quoted in Hung Li China's Political Situation and the Power Struggle in Peking (1977), p. 107
According to Chambers Dictionary of Quotations (1993), p. 315, this quote is from a speech at the Communist Youth League conference in July 1962.