Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost Nor found an… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
A gourmet can tell from the flavor whether a woodcock's leg is the one on which the bird is accustomed to roost. — Lucius Beebe Copy Share Image
Gipsies, who every ill can cure, Except the ill of being poor Who charms 'gainst love and agues sell, Who can in… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
You watched and you saw what happened and in the accumulation of episodes you saw the pattern: Daddy ruled the roost, called… — Anne Taylor Fleming Copy Share Image
The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
I've been so mistreated by male authority in my life that I had a terrible time in my marriage trying to be… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
There's prejudice everywhere. I don't think the music industry is as bad as the movie industry. But I have taken a few… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
One thing is certain. At some point global investors will lose confidence in our (U.S.) easy dollars and debt-financed prosperity, and then… — David Stockman Copy Share Image
My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,-"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
I don't know if this is a true statistic, but I heard somewhere that there are three times as many single women… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
In the hollow tree, in the old gray tower, The spectral Owl doth dwell; Dull, hated, despised, in the sunshine hour, But… — Bryan Procter Copy Share Image
What frustrated me was the thought that with three thousand years of history someone in China, some monk in a monastery halfway… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
Our avian brothers are back to roost on the first leg of their annual sojourn south. Why them and not us? Maybe… — Mitchell Burgess Copy Share Image
That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of… — Lynn Johnston Copy Share Image
Dad was a very gentle, sweet man. Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family. She ran the roost with… — Tony Scott Copy Share Image
In the annals of science fiction, where dystopias rule the imaginative roost, Star Trek stood nearly alone in telling us that our… — Charles Shaar Murray Copy Share Image
Today, the growers are like a punch-drunk old boxer who doesn't know he's past his prime. The times are changing. The political… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Men ruled the roost and women played a subservient role [in the 1960s]. Working wives were a rarity, because their place was… — Jon Hamm Copy Share Image
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
The grass is always greener on the other side. We are busy applying fairness creams while people in the West go bare-bodied… — Shilpa Shetty Copy Share Image
It is a wise provision that youth cannot see what it owes the previous generation. This is a chicken that comes back… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
