Survival of the fittest led to "nature red in tooth and claw" and this is not sufficiently wishy-washy for modern scientists. — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
He that has cut the claws of the lion will not feel quite secure until he has also drawn his teeth. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Everybody's got a 'thing.' Some 'things' are nice and quiet. Some 'things' have fangs and claws. Some 'things' stink and have slobber… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Beware the Jabberwock, my son The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch! — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why does the mind do such things? Turn on us, rend us, dig the claws in. If you get hungry enough, they… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws? — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Every animal on the planet attracts mates with the goal of reproduction. Frogs swell their bodies. Male gorillas beat their chests. Have… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
These slender little people (Homo Habilis), the size of modern 12 year olds, were devoid of fangs and claws and almost certainly… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
On New York's Palm restaurant: Their steaks are often good, but the lobsters-with claws the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger's forearms-are as glazed… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Ronan's smile was sharp and hooked as one of the creature's claws. "'A sword is never a killer; it is a tool… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Oh yeah, that’s the one who kept watching me as if she was waiting for me to grow fangs and try to… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
The small gargoyle had gone entirely white to match the ceiling, and only the rims of his ears, his long clawlike nails,… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
How does fear become so powerful? We can’t see it. We can’t touch it, yet it gets its claws in us and… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
For luck you carried a horse chestnut and a rabbit?s foot in your right pocket. The fur had been worn off the… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The whole notion of politics is they always present you with this or this or this. I’ll get a newspaper to read… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
A leopard doesn't change his spots just because you bring him in from the jungle and try to housebreak him and turn… — George Lincoln Rockwell Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more depressing than to expose, naked to the light of thought, the hideous growth of argot. Indeed it is… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
When humans work, they frequently become unaware of their own body, their own senses, are surprised to find that their wrists ache… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Half a dozen brats turned with expressions of derision, and Lyra threw her cigarette down, recognizing the cue for a fight. Everyone's… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I hear women are posting their phone numbers on the site for you.” Accompanied by sexy videos and photos. Judd’s eyes gleamed.… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
It is remarkable, in cats, that the outer life they reveal to their master is one of perpetual confident boredom. All they… — Robley Wilson Copy Share Image
I realized that after finding this thing that allowed me to express myself - acting - and being encouraged by a few… — Andrew Garfield Copy Share Image
Some people think their fingers are toes or claws, but they're actually finger bones. — Ann Burton Copy Share Image
Folk caught up in a riot aren't our cousins and sisters, our brothers and uncles. They are part of a big animal… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
Your gift is not a burden," she whispered. "But you must be brave, because it has more power than the sharpest claw... — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
The EPA, the Gestapo of government, pure and simply has been one of the major claw-hooks that the government maintains on the… — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
People who claw their way to the top are not likely to find very much wrong with the system that enabled them… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Tobacco addiction sinks its claws in deeply, it's just as powerful of [sic] an addiction as heroin or crack cocaine... — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“death followed him everywhere, sniffing at the cuffs of his pants, but never deciding to give him the final clutch of its… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
Despite some standout events, 2012 was demoralizing. The Met felt adrift, and New York City Opera couldn't claw its way back to… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
He that is gone so far as to cut the claws of the lion, will not feel himself quite secure, until he… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
It's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
If you keep it," Daneca says, "he'll have his claws in you." Everyone has their claws in me. Everyone. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Death straps me to the hospital bed, claws its way onto my chest and sits there.I didn't know it would hurt this… — Jenny Downham Copy Share Image
He could still see the dragon just fine. It was about sixty feet long, snout to tail, its body made of interlocking… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
She might have liked to try to strangle him with those slender fingers of hers, but she wanted to make a job… — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
I’m warning you, stay back! This sword has magic.' 'Magic!' the dragon gasped in mock fright. It put a claw to its… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image