To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another--that is surely the basic instinct. Baser even than hate, the thing with teeth,… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
You don't have to signal a social conscience by looking like a frump. Lace knickers won't hasten the holocaust, you can ban… — Elizabeth Bibesco Copy Share Image
The Ruffed Pandanga of Borneo and Rotherham spreads out his feathers in his courtship dance and imitates Winston Churchill and Tommy Cooper… — Mike Harding Copy Share Image
When I get my feelings hurt, or when things scare me, or freak out my sensibilities, or when my feathers get ruffled,… — Rose McGowan Copy Share Image
The person who has the most influence on me is my mother. Think of life as a flight where we fly higher… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
After the briskness of loving, loving stops. And you roll over with death stretched out alongside you like a feather boa, or… — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine birds. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Any time you make a big statement about something in the world, you are bound to ruffle some feathers. — Nuseir Yassin 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
When faced with demanding situations, can you keep your heart as light as a feather? Can you laugh your way through challenges… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Winning the world championship in '66 was really the pinnacle of the whole thing, because to win a championship with an Australian… — Jack Brabham Copy Share Image
My head is buried in the sands of tomorrow, while my tail feathers are singed by the hot sun of today. — John Barrymore Copy Share Image
“Feathers!" spluttered Sargatanas. "Feathers are for the birds, my boy. Flaking, peeling, scale-ridden wings, now that's what real beings wear. I'll tell… — George Pendle 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
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Jolly boating weather, And a hay harvest breeze, Blade on the feather, Shade off the trees. — William Johnson Cory Copy Share Image
“Remember, whatever be your attainments, gifts, or graces, ye are decked with borrowed feathers: be not proud of them.” — Thomas Boston Copy Share Image
I remember every wand I’ve ever sold, Mr. Potter. Every single wand. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What I care most about is representing my constituents. If that ruffles a few feathers along the way, so be it. — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
Listen: there was once a king sitting on his throne. Around Him stood great and wonderfully beautiful columns ornamented with ivory, bearing… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
By the River Piedra I sat down and wept. There is a legend that everything that falls into the waters of this… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I look hot and, most of all, skinny. I love the day after throwing up. I felt like a feather. — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
At Last It's a perfect winter day. No wind. No Arctic freeze. Cloudless azure sky. A day to fly. Snow drapes the… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
