I've been told that some members of Congress disagree with my tax cut proposal. Well, you know it's been said that taxation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It was as if someone had taken a tiny bead of pure life and decking it as lightly as possible with down… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
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Many books belong to sunshine, and should be read out of doors. Clover, violets, and hedge roses breathe from their leaves; they… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I got into animals by drawing hair follicles. I liked drawing hair, and from that I got into feathers and fur, then… — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
There had been a frozen mist here, and the trees were spun into feathers. Their fragile brilliance made me wonder why, into… — Maria McCann Copy Share Image
I look up at the ceiling, tracing the foliage of the wreath. Today it makes me think of a hat, the large-brimmed… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
You may call a jay a bird. Well, so he is, in a measure--because he's got feathers on him, and don't belong… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It makes you realize how basically everything we do comes down to a) mating or b) competing for resources. It’s just like… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Someone like John Prine can write a song that tears into your soul, turn it over, and write a song that makes… — Scott Avett Copy Share Image
If you were Queen of pleasure And I were King of pain We'd hunt down Love together, Pluck out his flying-feather, And… — Algernon Charles Swinburne Copy Share Image
Sometimes goldfinches one by one will drop From low hung branches; little space they stop; But sip, and twitter, and their feathers… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Some say that we shall never know, and that to the gods we are like the flies that the boys kill on… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Why, Jon, why?" his mother asked. "Why is it so hard to be like the rest of the flock, Jon? Why can't… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
“The bird that plucks its own feathers cannot blame the wind for its chill. The tree that bends willingly cannot fault the… — Monika Ajay Kaul Copy Share Image
Ask of Her, the mighty Mother. Her reply puts this other Question: What is Spring?- Growth in every thing - Flesh and… — Gerard Manley Hopkins Copy Share Image
I had repeatedly accepted inappropriate burdens, stepping in to do what needed to be done. In retrospect, I think I carried them… — Mary Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
Whom can I ask what I came to make happen in this world? Why do I move without wanting to, why am… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
“Birds, unlike us, lack countenance. But they make us smile when they connecting the sky with their dazzling feathers. They amaze us… — Susan Ligori Copy Share Image
“The wind of the world was wild, and it mocked human expectations. But it wasn't the wind that carried you. It was… — Alex London Copy Share Image
If you desire a man to tell you comfortable lies about your prowess, and so fetter any hope of true excellence, I'm… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
The feathers have been retired to the London Hard Rock Cafe. I don't obsess about it as much. Also, it's strange -… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
Some days confidence shrinks to the size of a pea, and the backbone feels like a feather. We want to be somewhere… — Jean Hersey Copy Share Image
I think women have long been defined by their roles as procreators and wives, and we're expected to serve, take care of,… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
I had to learn quick, because I was performing in Cinco de Mayo festivals with babies crying and people lifting their beers,… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
What happened to your foot?" "I had a little disagreement with an eagle --stupid birds, eagles. He couldn't tell the difference between… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
What a fine-looking thing is war! Yet, dress it as we may, dress and feather it, daub it with gold, huzza it,… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
Near beliefs are to blame for a new brand of Christianity that is epidemic in our homes and churches-a faith that has… — Dennis Rainey Copy Share Image
Regardless of your chosen faith, at the end of your life's journey, your heart will be measured in two ways. One, the… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
My soul, what's lighter than a feather? Wind. Than wind? The fire. And what than fire? The mind. What's lighter than the… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Beautiful men and women with distorted shadows came and scorched their handprints onto doors before vanishing skyward, drafts of heat billowing behind… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Who were you before they touched you? Kissed your whole mouth clean? Pressed you into the quiet concave of The Earth? Pinned… — Azra. T Copy Share Image
There will be outrage and disgust and people will turn on me at the last, they will hate me, my reputation will… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I ain't never loan friends money; I give it to 'em and I don't expect to get it back. Even when he… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
NovemberÂ’s days are thirty: NovemberÂ’s earth is dirty, Those thirty days, from first to last; And the prettiest things on ground are… — Edward Thomas Copy Share Image
