Authors are magpies, echoing each other's words and seizing avidly on anything that glitters. — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
I never really got obsessed about one thing for long. I was a bit of a butterfly and a magpie. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Simon remembered a rhyme his mother used to recite to him, about magpies. You were supposed to count them and say: one… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
