A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it.
Interpretation
Cats have their own judgments about humans that can be intimidating even if they don't express them verbally.
This quote suggests that cats, known for their aloofness and independence, harbor their own thoughts and opinions about humans. While they may not vocalize these thoughts openly, their behavior and body language can convey a sense of judgment that makes humans feel anxious about what the cat might truly think of them.
In practice
During a cat show, when discussing the unique behaviors of cats, you could use this quote to highlight their mysterious nature.
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous - almost of pedantic - veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.
It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one.
Life is a thing to be lived, not spent; to be faced, not ordered. Life is not a game of chess, the victory to the most knowing; it is a game of cards, one's hand by skill to be made the best of.
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There may be a better land where bicycle saddles are made of rainbow, stuffed with cloud; in this world the simplest thing is to get used to something hard.
The world must be rather a rough place for clever people. Ordinary folk dislike them, and as for themselves, they hate each other most cordially.
Comedy should speak truth to power. It should always be aimed upward. When it's aimed downward, it's called bullying.
I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed up in life I would have an excuse. But right now there's no rehab for stupidity.
Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn't have to talk to you.
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As soon as I realized you could be funny as a job, that was the job I wanted.
How often we recall with regret that Napoleon once shot at a magazine editor and missed him and killed a publisher. But we remember with charity that his intentions were good.
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