Preening Quotes

14 quotes by 13 authors

Women, more often than not, do things which aren't remotely relaxing but are all about preening, which is just another sort of work. — Julie Burchill
People think it would be fun to be a bird because you could fly. But they forget the negative side, which is the preening. — Jack Handey
Because of her, he had learned to look for the birds - the darting flight of wild canaries (yellow sun on yellow wings), the chesty… — Terry Kay
When the moon shall have faded out from the sky, and the sun shall shine at noonday a dull cherry red, and the seas shall… — William Jacob Holland
It is not the principled partisan, however obnoxious he may seem to his opponents, who degrades our public debate, but the preening, self-styled statesman who… — Tom DeLay
In a bull market, one must avoid the error of the preening duck that quacks boastfully after a torrential rainstorm, thinking that its paddling skills… — Warren Buffett
I think of Nashville as a very natural place. We're easy going, we are ourselves. There isn't a lot of preening or trying to impress.… — Ann Patchett
Americans tote guns because they're assertive citizens, not docile subjects of a permanent governing class. They love their military because they think there's something contemptible… — Mark Steyn
Washington is a place where people have always been suspect of style and overt sexuality. Too much preening signals that you're not up late studying… — Maureen Dowd
Doctor, I had never had anybody like her in my life, she was the fulfillment of my most lascivious adolescent dreamsâ€“ but marry her, can… — Philip Roth
[Tyson] looked him over with that massive baby-brown eye. â€œYou are not dead. I like it when you are not dead.â€ Ella fluttered to the… — Rick Riordan
You both passed out,â€ Percy said. â€œI donâ€™t know why, but Ella told me not to worry about it. She said you wereâ€¦sharing?â€ â€œSharing,â€ Ella… — Rick Riordan
Traditionally, baseball punishes preening. In a society increasingly tolerant of exhibitionism, it is splendid when a hitter is knocked down because in his last at… — George Will
I kid you not, the second she hears the distant click of a paparazzi long lens, that bitch starts posin'! She's kicking out her butt,… — Michelle Trachtenberg

Who Wrote These Preening Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 14 Preening Quotes as follows: