A Quote by C. J. Cherryh

Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!

C. J. Cherryh

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Cat Curiosity Framed Ignorance

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C. J. Cherryh
American - Writer
Born: September 1, 1942

Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance.

Harry Lorayne

Knowledge is Power. Ignorance is Bliss. But curiosity—even if it had killed the cat—is king.

Kim Harrison

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but her's curiosity could have massacred a pride of lions.

Terry Pratchett

Curiosity killed the cat.

Eugene O'Neill

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

Steven Wright

'Curiosity never killed this cat’ — that’s what I’d like as my epitaph.

Studs Terkel

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it saved my ass.

Michael J. Fox

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

Holly Black

Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.

Eugene O'Neill

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it was the sausage-maker who disposed of the body.

Mark Forsyth

And didn't they say that, although curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought the beast back?

Stephen King

Curiosity might have killed the cat, but little girls usually fared much better.

Kate Morton

Oh cat, I'd say, or pray: be-ootiful cat! Delicious cat! Exquisite cat! Satiny cat! Cat like a soft owl, cat with paws like moths, jewelled cat, miraculous cat! Cat, cat, cat, cat.

Doris Lessing

I have to spring a cat out of Rumelt Animal Shelter. Think of it as a prison break." It does the trick. He laughs. "Whose cat?" "My cat. What do you think? That I break out the cats of strangers?" "Let me guess, she was framed. She's innocent.

Holly Black

Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable. Aly rolled her eyes. Why did everyone say that to her? “People always forget the rest of the saying,” she complained. “‘And satisfaction brought it back.