“One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Source: Fairy Tail, Vol. 1
“One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“All cat stories start with this statement: "My mother, who was the first cat, told me this…”
Shirley Jackson book We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Kyle Cease (1977) American actor
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Leo Slezak (1873–1946) Austrian opera tenor
Walter Slezak, in What Time's the Next Swan? (1962), p. 210
Context: Papa told her about a Lohengrin performance. It was just before his first entrance. He was ready to step into the boat, which, drawn by a swan, was to take him on-stage. Somehow the stagehand on the other side got his signals mixed, started pulling, and the swan left without Papa. He quietly turned around and said: "What time's the next swan?"
That story has since become a classic in operatic lore.
Cassandra Clare book City of Bones
Simon and Clary, pg. 472-473
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)
“The substantial difference between me and a friendship, I believe in true friendship.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: La sostanziale differenza tra me ed un'amicizia, io credo nella vera amicizia.
Source: prevale.net
Equus (Longman, [1973] 1993), p. 11 <br class="br">Conferː "Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different kinds of right." <br class="br">Interviewed by Mike Wood for the William Inge Center for the Arts. http://www.ingecenter.org/interviews/PeterShaffertext.htm
“Yes, I was suprised how easy it was to cut the door off my cat.”
James Nicoll (1961) Canadian fiction reviewer
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Ervin László (1932) Hungarian musician and philosopher
Source: The systems view of the world (1996), p. 11.