Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
We are but phantoms ... and the phantoms of phantoms, desires like cloud-shadows and wills of straw that eddy in the wind;… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour;… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The coward wants resolution, which the brave man can do without. He recognizes no faith above a creed, thinking this straw by… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I got no respect. My mother breast fed me through a straw. — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
Climate experts say we should tell villagers in developing countries to reduce the amount of cooking smoke they generate to help fix… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Ah, then, upon my bedroom I do draw The blind to hide the garden, where the moon Enjoys the open blossoms as… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I turned on the pillow with a little moan, and at this juncture Jeeves entered with the vital oolong. I clutched at… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
If you look at the other people around at the time - Charles Clarke, Alistair Darling, Jack Straw - they've all gone.… — Alastair Campbell Copy Share Image
Take a straw and throw it up into the air, you may see by that which way the wind is. — John Selden Copy Share Image
Straw mulch, a ground cover of white clover interplanted with the crops, and temporary flooding all provide effective weed control in my… — Masanobu Fukuoka Copy Share Image
A time will come, when fields will be manured with a solution of glass (silicate of potash), with the ashes of burnt… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
When your opponent sets up a straw man, set it on fire and kick the cinders around the stage. Don't worry about… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
Herman Cain is probably well liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican Party. Conservative… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
Tier on tier of beautiful mountains and streams Blue green vistas locked in white clouds The mist makes my bandana wet Dew… — Hanshan Copy Share Image
'Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
In fact, books are still being published by the lunatic fringe with the same explanation. In case this book should be read… — D. V. Ager Copy Share Image
Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Contrary to the rhetoric emanating from the American left, the 'rich' are currently paying a lot more than 'their fair share.' It… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, thou art… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
