I was never any good at remembering dates, but now I hardly have to. When the first bulb catalogs get delivered and… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
The unwritten rules of behaviour are infinite in number, finely shaded, and subtle to the last fraction of a degree. They are… — Hal Porter Copy Share Image
hen, there's such a temptation to just constantly write things that are going to make the fans happy. Sometimes it takes a… — Jeff Pinkner Copy Share Image
States organized for war will make war as surely as hens will lay eggs... — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
I think of no news to tell you. It is a serene summer day here, all above the snow. The hens steal… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Cut the Wings of your Hens and Hopes, lest they lead you a weary Dance after them. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
To Cam surprise, she was smiling up at him steadily, her eyes midnight. His expression turned quizzical. "What's so amusing?" Amelia toyed… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I don't pray. When I was young, I vowed I never would be caught begging God. If I want something I get… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Those who are talking sharia in Nigeria are really just politicians exploiting what they think is available. But if it should turn… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Wisdom is a fox who, after long hunting, will at last cost you the pains to dig out; it is a cheese,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
[W]hen I see men callously and cheerfully denying women the full use of their bodies, while insisting with sobs and howls on… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I'm like a big old hen. I can't cluck too long about the egg I've just laid because I've got 5 more… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Interesting, he later reflected, was perhaps not the correct word.By the time he and Henry arrived back at the house for their… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Smoke says the beef is much better than the squawky white birds. Her expression changed from annoyed to dismayed. Squawky white birds?… — Anne Bishop Copy Share Image
I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
There is a patience that cackles. There are a great many virtues that are hen-like. They are virtue, to be sure; but… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Father, I am from a different egg than your other children. Think of me as a duckling raised by hens. I am… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The egg is white though the hen is black as coal...Out of evil comes good, through the great goodness of God. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What's the meaning of all the pious clamor, condemning cocks and hens? Those who have no teeth are the greatest meat-haters. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
She asked him to come and see her that night. He agreed, in order to get away, knowing that he was incapable… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
The argument about zoning and the presidency of Nigeria is like the philosophical argument of the egg or the hen. Who is… — Goodluck Jonathan Copy Share Image
In our day there are no longer any ideas, or they are scarcer than hens' teeth. — Louis Aragon Copy Share Image
I've been called other things too, and some of them uncomplimentary and sexist like the 'Queen of Sprawl', 'Attila the Hen,' 'The… — Hazel McCallion Copy Share Image
Though the hen should sit all day, she could lay only one egg, and, besides, would not have picked up materials for… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image