Top 21 Quotes & Sayings by Lilian Jackson Braun

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Lilian Jackson Braun.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Lilian Jackson Braun

Lilian Jackson Braun was an American writer well known for her light-hearted series of The Cat Who... mystery novels. The Cat Who books center on the life of (former) newspaper reporter, James Qwilleran, and his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, first in an unnamed city and then in the fictitious small town of Pickax located in Moose County "400 miles north of everywhere." Although never formally stated in her books, the towns, counties and lifestyles described in the series are generally accepted to be modeled after Bad Axe, Michigan, where Braun resided with her husband until the mid-1980s.

When you don't know what to do with yourself, do something for someone else.
Small birds throw seeds out of the feeder; large birds pick them up off the ground, but the squirrels try to muscle in.
Beware of the clever ones; the dumb ones are safer. — © Lilian Jackson Braun
Beware of the clever ones; the dumb ones are safer.
Cats don't fight for their rights; they take them for granted. They have a right to be fed, watered, stroked on demand and supplied with a lap and a clean commode
Cats are fond of mooning.
Home is where i hang my toothbrush and where the cats have their commode
The way to test a man's sincerity is to serve him a bad cup of coffee. If he doesn't comment, he is not to be trusted.
At dinner time he would sit in a corner, concentrating; and suddenly they would say, 'Time to feed the cat,' as if it were their idea.
Cats never strike a pose that isn't photogenic.
A library card is the start of a lifelong adventure.
Cats have a contempt of speech. Why should they talk when they can communicate without words?
Cats hate a closed door, you know, regardless of which side they're on. If they're out, they want to get in, and if they're in, they want to get out.
People who really appreciated animals always asked their names.
Cats are cats . . . the world over! These intelligent, peace-loving, four-footed friends- who are without prejudice, without hate, without greed- may someday teach us something. -James Mackintosh Qwilleran
To understand a cat, you must realize that he has has own gifts, his own viewpoint, even his own morality
The more you talk to cats ... the smarter they become. An occasional 'nice kitty' will have no measurable effect; intelligent conversation is required.
No one ever owns a cat...you share a common habitation on a basis of equal rights and mutual respects...although somehow the cat always comes out ahead of the deal.
Dogs have their day but cats have 365.
I'm beginning to be skeptical of my own skepticism. — © Lilian Jackson Braun
I'm beginning to be skeptical of my own skepticism.
...if you've never been cussed out by a Siamese, you don't know what profanity is all about!
Are those cat hairs on your lapel, or have you been dating a blonde with a crew cut?
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