Tom Cox Quotes

“Loving cats wasn’t like loving skiing or comic books or arthouse films: when you walked into a pub, you usually didn’t feel the need to tell people about it, either stylistically or verbally. I didn’t try to hide the fact that I liked cats, it was just that a lot of the time it was hidden, by custom and by nature.” — Under the Paw: Confessions of a Cat Man, by Tom Cox”

“Dr. Cox: Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present, Man Not Caring.[points to self]”

“I'm a big laser believer - I really think they are the wave of the future.”

“You know, my mother's beautiful, my dad was a really handsome man, and there was a lot of talk about looks when I was growing up.”

“What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling me by a different name. Laverne was my middle name before I transitioned.”

“One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements.”

“I'm not a passive person by any stretch of the imagination.”

“If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents.”

“Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.”

“While we celebrate our diversity, what surprises me time and time again as I travel around the constituency is that we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.”