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
The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost. — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've… — Ray LaMontagne Copy Share Image
A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river. — Chinese Proverbs Copy Share Image
And as an ev'ning dragon came, Assailant on the perched roosts And nests in order rang'd Of tame villatic fowl. — John Milton Copy Share Image
Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they've always made me glad. — Malcolm X 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
The chickens are coming home to roost, and you happen to have just moved into the chicken house. — Douglas MacArthur 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
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
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
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
I've gone from being a brilliant captain of a TV soccer team to an average rugby player on a real team. I've… — Tanc Sade Copy Share Image
If you want to have more options as an actor, you just need to watch your weight, and I've ignored that fact… — Cherry Jones Copy Share Image
And when the chickens that didn't hatch come home to roost, we will rue the day when, misled by sloppy accounting and… — Paul Krugman 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
We know that Obama wasn't vetted through the campaign, and now, you know, some things are coming home to roost, if you… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
“Unsettled, a bird lost from the flock -- Keeps flying by itself in the dusk. Back and forth, it has no resting… — Qian Tao 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
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
I have to think that I think it's always been a horse race between this administration's temporary political acumen and their completely,… — Bradley Whitford 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
According to Melissa Mailey, we now live in a world where kings and noblemen rule the roost. And they've turned all of… — Michael Stearns 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 stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back into our own front yard! America's chickens are coming home to… — Jeremiah Wright 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
I could not of any, no I was not, where to roost anywhere | anywhere, not dark like my heart, my desires… — Anonymous 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
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
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
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
What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
