Fox Quotes
355 quotes by 279 authors
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She offered her mouth to him, as if enchanted. A Persian princess, a little Indian, a fox, a morning glory, a lovely wisteria--it always pleased…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The night swallowed him up like a thieving fox.
— Cornelia Funke
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People are all exactly alike. There's no such thing as a race and barely such a thing as an ethnic group. If we were dogs,…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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All that I did," she said, "everything I tried to do. All for nothing." Nothing is done entirely for nothing, said the fox of dreams.…
— Neil Gaiman
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He told me not to seek revenge, but to seek the Buddha,' said the fox spirit, sadly. 'Wise counsel,' said the fox of dreams. 'Vegeance…
— Neil Gaiman
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People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their…
— Andrzej Sapkowski
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He called her a melon, a pineapple, an olive tree, an emerald, and a fox in the snow all in the space of three seconds;…
— Virginia Woolf
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I therefore invite you all," Mr Fox went on, 'to stay here with me for ever.' For ever!' they cried. 'My goodness! How marvellous!' And…
— Roald Dahl
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She didn't even notice right away that a small animal had come out from behind a nearby car and was slowly making its way toward…
— Maureen Johnson
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The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Salander's fingers emerged like something dead from beneath the earth. Had there been any human watching, he would probably have reacted like the fox. He…
— Steig Larsson
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She [Mérian] shook her head sadly. 'What Bran wants is impossible.' 'Well,' I [Will] said, 'I wouldn't be too sure. I have seen the lone…
— Stephen R. Lawhead
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Maybe I'm wrong," Mom said. "Maybe the world really is coming to an end." "Should I try Fox News?" I asked. Mom shuddered. "We're not…
— Susan Beth Pfeffer
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Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?
— Roald Dahl
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What I wanted was to die among strangers, untroubled, beneath a cloudless sky. And yet my desire differed from the sentiments of that ancient Greek…
— Yukio Mishima
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I feel like a fox in a henhouse full of Catholic girls.
— Cate Tiernan
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No one has tamed you and you haven't tamed anyone.Your'e the way my fox was. He was just a fox like a hundred thousand others.…
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Fox dung! I'm a loyal ShadowClan cat. If I'm ever made deputy or leader it will be because I have earned it myself - and…
— Erin Hunter
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My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are…
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Who Wrote These Fox Quotes
279 authors contributed a total of 355 Fox Quotes, led by these top contributors: