Nests Quotes

242 Nests quotes by 214 unique authors

It's not the fledgling birds that are thrown out of the nest by their parents and made to fly; it's the parents who are made… — Rosamund Lupton
He was touched in the cavity where his heart should have been, in that nest of addled eggs, where the birds of heaven would have… — Charles Dickens
The birds looked upon me as nothing but a man, quite a trifling creature without wings-and they would have nothing to do with me. Were… — Rabindranath Tagore
A stone lies in a river; a piece of wood is jammed against it; dead leaves, drifting logs, and branches caked with mud collect; weeds… — Cyril Connolly
No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity. — Edith Wharton
Dose it ever amaze and delight you that of all the places in the world - cold grassy nests under hedgerows, warm patches of sun… — Nevada Barr
Everyone needs time to develop their dreams. An egg in the nest doesn't become a bird overnight. — Lois Ehlert
They (the consecrated) are men and woman who can awaken the world. Consecrated life is prophecy. God asks us to fly the nest and to… — Pope Francis
Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without. — Abraham Cowley
The music of the far-away summer flutters around the Autumn seeking its former nest. — Rabindranath Tagore
If you say you've had a nervous breakdown or things aren't right mentally, people run away from you. They think you're from 'One Flew Over… — Frank Bruno
On the holy boughs of the Celestial Tree High up in the heavenly fields, Beyond terrestrial desire My soul-bird a warm nest has built. — Hafez
He who is not a bird should not build his nest over abysses. — Friedrich Nietzsche
In the drowsy dark cave of the mind dreams build their nest with fragments dropped from day's caravan. — Rabindranath Tagore
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses. — Alan Perlis
Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah. — David Mamet
The idea of the nest in the bird's mind, where does it come from? — Joseph Joubert
The rhythm of life is give and take. It is necessary to put things back into the system. To not do that is to foul… — Frederick Lenz
The minute I get into a hotel room, I scatter my stuff everywhere. It's like a bomb site within a minute. So I suppose that… — Carey Mulligan
Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then. It is rather like an established residence for the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel

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