Tail Quotes

446 quotes by 345 authors

The way in which men cling to old institutions after the life has departed out of them, and out of themselves, reminds me of those… — Henry David Thoreau
I can't make head or tail of Life. Love is a fine thing, Art is a fine thing, Nature is a fine thing; but the… — Wallace Stevens
Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last Tin Pan Alley.… — Steve Earle
The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and… — Albert Einstein
Someone once told me that children are like kites. You struggle just to get them in the air; they crash; you add a longer tail.… — Unknown Author
If your project has real substance, ultimately the money will follow you like a common cur in the street with its tail between its legs. — Werner Herzog
I came in on the tail end of the old school of Hollywood — Tom Berenger
After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of the ears… — Robert R. McCammon
Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think… — Taylor Mali
A subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship . . . . [H]is master works for the means wherewith… — Ambrose Bierce
A man may smile and bid you hail Yet wish you to the devil; But when a good dog wags his tail, You know he's… — Jerry Smith
I'm a real pussy cat - with an iron tail. — Rona Barrett
Look at Satan. Created as an angel, grows up to be the Great Adversary. Hey, if youâ€™re going to go on about genetics, you might… — Terry Pratchett
The Americans are stuck in Iraq and have no way out. They are like a wolf whose tail has been caught in a trap. — Ali Khamenei
The people who bind themselves to systems are those who are unable to encompass the whole truth and try to catch it by the tail;… — Ivan Turgenev
When people call this beast to mind, They marvel more and more At such a little tail behind, So large a trunk before. — Hilaire Belloc
When I appear in public, people expect me to neigh, grind my teeth, paw the ground and swish my tail - none of which is… — Anne, Princess Royal
What shall I do with this absurdity- O heart, O troubled heart-this caricature, Decrepit age that has been tied to me As to a dog's… — William Butler Yeats
A traveller must have the back of an ass to bear all, a tongue like the tail of a dog to flatter all, the mouth… — Thomas Nashe
From time immemorial, soups and broths have been the worldwide medium for utilizing what we call the kitchen byproducts or as the French call them,… — Louis Pullig De Gouy

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