- Law of Cat Inertia: A cat at rest will tend to remain at rest, unless acted upon by some outside force, such as the opening of cat food, or a nearby scurrying mouse.
- Law of Cat Motion: A cat will move in a straight line, unless there is a really good reason to change direction.
- Law of Cat Magnetism: All blue blazers and black sweaters attract cat hair in direct proportion to the darkness of the fabric.
- Law of Cat Thermodynamics: Heat flows from a warmer to a cooler body, except in the case of a cat, in which case all heat flows to the cat.
- Law of Cat Stretching: A cat will stretch to a distance proportional to the length of the nap just taken.
- Law of Cat Sleeping: All cats must sleep with people whenever possible, in a position as uncomfortable for the people involved as is possible for the cat.
- Law of Cat Elongation: A cat can make his body long enough to reach just about any counter top that has anything remotely interesting on it.
- Law of Cat Acceleration: A cat will accelerate at a constant rate, until he gets good and ready to stop.
- Law of Dinner Table Attendance: Cats must attend all meals when anything good is served.
- Law of Rug Configuration: No rug may remain in its naturally flat state for very long.
- Law of Obedience Resistance: A cat’s resistance varies in proportion to a human’s desire for him to do something.
- First Law of Energy Conservation: Cats know that energy can neither be created nor destroyed and will, therefore, use as little energy as possible.
- Second Law of Energy Conservation: Cats also know that energy can only be stored by a lot of napping.
- Law of Refrigerator Observation: If a cat watches a refrigerator long enough, someone will come along and take out something good to eat.
- Law of Electric Blanket Attraction: Turn on an electric blanket and a cat will jump into bed at the speed of light.
- Law of Random Comfort Seeking: A cat will always seek, and usually take over, the most comfortable spot in any given room.
- Law of Bag/Box Occupancy: All bags and boxes in a given room must contain a cat within the earliest possible nanosecond.
- Law of Cat Embarrassment: A cat’s irritation rises in direct proportion to his embarrassment times the amount of human laughter.
- Law of Milk Consumption: A cat will drink his weight in milk, squared, just to show you he can.
- Law of Furniture Replacement: A cat’s desire to scratch furniture is directly proportional to the cost of the furniture.
- Law of Cat Landing: A cat will always land in the softest place possible.
- Law of Fluid Displacement: A cat immersed in milk will displace his own volume, minus the amount of milk consumed.
- Law of Cat Disinterest: A cat’s interest level will vary in inverse proportion to the amount of effort a human expends in trying to interest him.
- Law of Pill Rejection: Any pill given to a cat has the potential energy to reach escape velocity.
- Law of Cat Composition: A cat is composed of Matter + Antimatter + It Doesn’t Matter.