“When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween.” – Unknown
“Black cat on a fence; Halloween two days hence.” – Rusty Fischer
“Forecasting future events is often like searching for a black cat in an unlit room, that may not even be there.” – Steve Davidson
“Philosophy is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat. Metaphysics is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat that isn’t there.”
“This latter was a remarkably large and beautiful animal, entirely black, and sagacious to an astonishing degree.” – Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Black Cat’.
“Any great truth can – and eventually will – be expressed as a cliche – a cliche is a sure and certain way to dilute an idea. For instance, my grandmother used to say, ‘The black cat is always the last one of the fence.’” – Solomon Short.
“Actually, when I was little I even dreamed about riding a black cat.” – Cassandra Peterson, ‘Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark actor’.
“Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, it’s a good cat.” – Deng Xiaoping
“Black cats were created to give everyone the opportunity to be owned by a mini-panther.” – Unknown
“Whenever the cat of the house is black, the lasses of lovers will have no lack.” – English Proverb
“A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.” – Groucho Marx