Peacock Quotes

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But why wasn't I born, alas, in an age of Adjectives; why can one no longer write of silver-shedding Tears and moon-tailed Peacocks, of eloquent… — Logan Pearsall Smith
Skaters are very much like peacocks. — Jon Heder
The Italians have voices like peacocks - German gives me a cold in the head - and Russian is nothing but sneezing — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The Italians are fond of red clothes, peacock plumes, and embroidery; and I remember one rainy morning in the city of Palermo, the street was… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Play not the Peacock, looking everywhere about you, to see if you be well deck't. — George Washington
Peacock bass like to hide at ambush points, away from the strong canal currents. If you fish early and know those peacock hangouts, you will… — Mark Hall
Women are a source of energy in life. I've always wanted to be in a war or baseball movie, but the thought of having no… — Bradley Cooper
An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from… — Pope Francis
At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy… — Baltasar Gracian
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance. — John Ruskin
How come it canâ€™t fly no better than a chicken?â€™ Milkman asked. Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Canâ€™t nobody… — Toni Morrison
She is a peacock in everything but beauty! — Oscar Wilde
Ruin, weariness, death, perpetually death, stand grimly to confront the other presence of Elizabethan drama which is life: life compact of frigates, fir trees and… — Virginia Woolf
For all the feminist jabber about women being victimized by fashion, it is men who most suffer from conventions of dress. Every day, a woman… — Camille Paglia
I am Plato's Republic. Mr. Simmons is Marcus. I want you to meet Jonathan Swift, the author of that evil political book, Gulliver's Travels! And… — Ray Bradbury
He said that people who loved [animals] to excess were capable of the worst cruelties toward human beings. He said that dogs were not loyal… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Tell me about this Wizard Howl of yours." "He's the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If he'd only had time, he would have… — Diana Wynne Jones
Peacocks have the bright feathers. Fish have the long tails. Women have the mall. — Janette Rallison
The thing you fail to grasp is that people are not basically good. We are basically selfish. We shove and clamour and cry for adoration,… — Christopher Nolan
Let me drive," she said, reaching for the reins. He turned to her in disbelief. "This is a phaeton, not a single-horse wagon." Sophie fought… — Julia Quinn

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