You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
[Magnus] was wearing canary-yellow pajamas, and on his feet were green slippers with alien faces, complete with sproingy atennae. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The song of canaries Never varies, And when they're moulting They're pretty revolting. — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
Like the canary in the coal mine, the climate changes already evident in the Arctic are a call to action. — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
A caged canary is secure; but it is not free. It is easier for free men to resist terrorism from afar than… — Chuck Baldwin Copy Share Image
A tom cat hijacked a plane, stuck a pistol into the pilot's ribs and demanded: 'Take me to the canaries'. — Bob Monkhouse Copy Share Image
Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas. — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
“It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The image that I remember most of all is of the Fenerbahçe players storming into the stadium before kickoff. They were called… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are supersensitive. They keel over like canaries in coal mines filled… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Because of her, he had learned to look for the birds - the darting flight of wild canaries (yellow sun on yellow… — Terry Kay Copy Share Image
Cruelty is a mystery, and the waste of pain. But if we describe a word to compass these things, a world that… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
If all currencies are moving up or down together, the question is: relative to what? Gold is the canary in the coal… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“In a world where no creatures are truly isolated and diseases spread around as fast as jets can fly, we are all… — Barbara Natterson-Horowitz Copy Share Image
You could say sorry," suggested Harry bluntly. "What, and get attacked by another flock of canaries?" muttered Ron. "What did you have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is possible, however, that the artist is both thin-skinned and prophetic and, like the canary lowered into the mine shaft to… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
Fear sucks. Because you never know when it will attack. Sometimes it sneaks up behind you, giggling like your best girlfriend from… — Jennifer Rardin Copy Share Image
If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti - and we knew it. And in… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
Sport is the bloom and glow of a perfect health. The great will not condescend to take anything seriously; all must be… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Long after her death I felt her thoughts floating through mine. Long before we met we had had the same dreams. We… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Right and responsibility go hand in hand. You can't give rights to those who are not responsible. If you want to let… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
The smell of that buttered toast simply spoke to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
It seems to me that society usually wins. There are, to be sure, free spirits in the world, but their freedom, in… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all. The infant breaks his toy, bites… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
She was wearing a canary-yellow two-piece bathing suit, one piece of which she would not actually be needing for another nine or… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
The canary is like a man's soul. It sees bars around it, but instead of despairing, it sings. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
The canary bird in the coal mine theory of the arts: artists should be treasured as alarm systems. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow, sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why employ intelligent and highly paid ambassadors and then go and do their work for them? You don't buy a canary and… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Perhaps poetry will be the canary in the mine-shaft warning us of what's to come. — Galway Kinnell Copy Share Image
You know it's time to start using mouthwash when your dentist leaves the room and sends in a canary. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image