Herding Cats Quotes

herding cats and shoveling smoke. ~ Eric Metaxas

Trying to corral the suburban stampede with a bunch of school buses was like herding cats. Actually, it was worse than herding cats. It was herding white people, earth's only species with a greater sense of entitlement than a cat. ~ Tanner Colby

In a world where every single person -good or bad- has a voice, I hope you pick up your pen and use yours. ~ Sarah Andersen

Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority. But a good first step would be to build up a critical mass of those willing to 'come out,' thereby encouraging others to do so. Even if they can't be herded, cats in sufficient numbers can make a lot of noise and they cannot be ignored. ~ Richard Dawkins

Organizing gods is like herding cats into straight lines. They don't take naturally to it. ~ Neil Gaiman

Even in the best times, managing science has been compared to herding cats; it is not done well, but one is surprised to find it done at all. ~ Gerald Holton

[Amy] pulled a face. 'Honestly, when you grow up you'll learn you may as well try herding cats as keeping men in one place,' she told me solemnly, which I vowed to remember. ~ James Goss

Organizing atheists is a bit like herding cats; They are on the whole too intelligent and independent minded to lend themselves to being herded. ~ Richard Dawkins

History clearly
shows that governments that have tried to contain, regulate, or otherwise
usurp capital have failed. It is the same with brainpower; no
one has a monopoly on brainpower. Controlling brainpower is like
herding cats. Brainpower creates capital, and capital fuels brainpower.
It is a fundamental dynamic principle. Great ideas, solutions, insights,
or inventions will develop only where they are nurtured and properly
rewarded. ~ Ziad K. Abdelnour

Making movies is like herding cats. ~ Eric Fellner

Spottedleaf isn't with StarClan anymore." Grief thickened her mew. "But she gave Firestar a life for love." A sob shook Sandstorm's shoulders. Bluestar went on. "I gave him a life for nobility, though he was born with more nobility than any warrior I ever knew." Her blue eyes glazed with sorrow. "I knew that Firestar would save the Clan many moons ago. As fire, and then as the fourth cat in the oldest prophecy, he succeeded. He leaves ThunderClan in the paws of a new leader." She looked at Brambleclaw. "If you have half the courage and loyalty of Firestar, you will be a fine leader for ThunderClan." As she spoke the StarClan cats drew closer around Firestar's body. Touching pelts, they gazed down. A shadow stirred over the orange shape. ~ Erin Hunter

Most people would say they love animals, but the reality is, if your using animals for food, clothing, or entertainment, you're only considering the lives of certain animals, typically those of cats and dogs. ~ Melisser Elliott

In the dark, all cats are grey. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Why is there never enough time to pursue my dreams? Yet, I have time to browse memes, laugh at cats doing silly things, and stare off into the distance. My dream is to do what I love and yet I still don't pursue that dream. When we fear failure we allow ourselves to fail every day by not pursuing our dreams. ~ Avina Celeste

My dad says the dogs and cats in America are luckier than most people in the world. ~ Firoozeh Dumas

Cats, for the most part, seem indifferent to human activities that do not revolve around their needs and wants. They all but roll their eyes at the owners who expect their cats to do things for them. ~ Joyce Jillson

Hey. Hey, stop that, now. Uncle Drake is a nice man." He held Maggie, patting her while Jenny and Christian looked at their sister like she was crazy.
Drake looked like he was facing down the worst thug imaginable.
"We're a little sensitive."
"About cookies or cops?"
"Cookies. Spiders. Dogs. Cats. Birds. Balloons. Semi trucks. Caterpillars ... ~ Sean Michael

Base stealing for me is another sport all by itself. It's a game within a game. I'm the mouse and the cats are trying to trap me. ~ Maury Wills

Cats are magicians. They can make my erections disappear. All they have to do is jump in my lap while I'm masturbating. Damn! This is the second time today I've had to pause Golden Girls! ~ Jarod Kintz

Who's the boy who thinks he can mess with my men?" he demanded.

"Nobody," said the boy. "Just the King of Cats."

The words made the gang draw up short; obviously the title meant something to them, though Paris had never heard it before.

"It's a very simple situation," the boy went on. "You can join the Rooks and follow my orders without question. Or you can immediately decide that your territory starts east of here. Screaming as you run is optional."

Paris suspected that it would be a good time for him to scream and run, but the situation had a sort of awful fascination. The boy was definitely, absolutely mad, and they were both going to be pounded to death, and he couldn't look away.

"Or you can fight me over it," said the boy. "Care to wager your gang on a duel?"

The leader hesitated a moment; then he sneered, "So long as you fight fair."

"Nobody gets anything but what he earns from me ~ Rosamund Hodge

Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and fish and guinea pigs. ~ Salma Hayek

The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day. ~ Lynne Truss

Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God. ~ Jeff Valdez

Yawn. String-on-a-stick.
Fine. I'll come out and chase it
to make you happy. ~ Lee Wardlaw

It doesn't do to be sentimental about cats; the best ones don't respect you for it ~ Susan Howatch

Babies! That's all it's about. Who ever knew the world would be all about babies?" Samantha shouts.
"Every time I see a baby, I swear, I want to throw up," Miranda says.
"I did throw up once." I nod eagerly. "I saw a filthy bib, and that was it."
"Why don't these people just get cats and a litter box?" Samantha asks. ~ Candace Bushnell

The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be. ~ Elizabeth Peters

And what cats have to tell
on each return from hell
is this: that dying is what the living do,
that dying is what the loving do,
and that dead dogs are those who do not know
that dying is what, to live, each has to do. ~ Alastair Reid

By now, the corporations that dominate our media, like alcoholic fat cats, treat this situation as theirs by right ... Their concept of a diversity of views is the full range of politics and social values from center to far right. The American audience, having been exposed to a narrowing range of ideas over the decades, often assumes that what they see and hear in the major media is all there is. It is no way to maintain a lively marketplace of ideas, which is to say it is no way to maintain a democracy. ~ Ben Bagdikian

There's no doubt that after you eat a lot of garlic, you just kind of feel like you are floating, you feel ultra-confident, you feel capable of going out and whipping your weight in wild cats. ~ Les Blank

Their shadows sported over the hills like cats, chasing the sunlight over sparkling granite and dull slate, the bright dry grass and the small hidden gleams of water. ~ Pamela Dean

Trying to get government to be as efficient as business is as hopeless as trying to teach cats to bark and dogs to meow. ~ Walter E. Williams

Um, excuse me, but, wait. Uh...uh...are all domestic our allies?" came a frail voice from a bushtit whose name roughly translates as Gary.
"During this War, they are all our allies. We will work together," said Kraai.
"Not cats though, right?" asked a yellow-breasted western meadowlark.
Kraai gave his measured answer: "Not every cat is bad."
Mutters of disbelief rose like bubbles. Gary the bushtit, shifting his balance, lifted up his sad twig of a leg stump as a silent rebuttal.
"You're right, Gary. Cats can't be trusted. But everything else. ~ Kira Jane Buxton

Wait a minute. Wait just a hairball kakking minute. ~ Jody Wallace

Cats have been all over the Internet for many years. This makes total sense, as they seem to spend half their lives trying to stand and sit on the keyboards of our laptops. ~ Tom Cox

Mouth cat's-cradled with filaments of gleaming cheese. ~ Don DeLillo

Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it. ~ Richard Petty

Humans who think we don't understand them are the stupid ones. ~ Hiro Arikawa

She's a rare vase, out of a cat's reach, on its shelf. ~ Derek Walcott

I grew up with both cats and dogs. I love dogs. But I'd want a big dog, and I'd like to have a yard before I get one. ~ Jake McDorman