Tail Quotes

446 Tail quotes by 345 unique authors

... the most fiendish plant I know of, the sort of thing Beelzebub might pluck to make a bouquet for his mother-in-law ... it looks… — Edward Augustus Bowles
My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy. — Diana Ross
He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail. — Niels Henrik Abel
To speak of this subject you must... explain the nature of the resistance of the air, in the second the anatomy of the bird and… — Leonardo da Vinci
I think that’s the only way you can ever be truly successful in this world. You have to acknowledge that it is from above. And… — Willie Robertson
It's funny, I get a little quieter with time. I don't want to chase my tail and one day repeat myself and repeat myself and… — Dave Matthews
He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is the part of me… — Gene Hill
You think so logically... like a hawk soaring - I feel so chaotically... like a kite without a tail plummeting to earth. — John M. Geddes
To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog. — R. Buckminster Fuller
The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail. — John Lyly
Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to. — Josh Billings
The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail. — Rabindranath Tagore
Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made… — Miguel de Cervantes
The Chinese said of themselves several thousand years ago: China is a sea that salts all the waters that flow into it. Theres another Chinese… — Winston Churchill
...the person that had took a bull by the tail once had learnt sixty or seventy times as much as a person that hadn't, and… — Mark Twain
To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off. — Lawrence Durrell
I like cats.... When I meet a cat, I say, "Poor Pussy!" and stoop down and tickle the side of its head; and the cat… — Jerome K. Jerome
As regards this vice, we read that the peacock is more guilty of it than any other animal. For it is always contemplating the beauty… — Leonardo da Vinci
Laughter is wholesome. God is not so dull as some people make out. Did not He make the kitten to chase its tail. — Heinrich Heine
Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and editors were more… — Mike Royko
Like the tail fins on fifties American cars or the parabolic shapes of Populuxe furniture, 'West Side Story' incarnates the dream of momentum in the… — John Lahr
I was at the tail end of the family. The next brother along was already seven years older than me. I remember growing up by… — Ali Smith
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial knowledge… — Tobias Smollett
The beating on the tail of the snake may stop his progress a little, but the more vital parts must be struck before his poisonous… — George Washington Carver
I set my monkey on the log, and ordered him to do the Dog. He wagged his tail and shook his head, and he went… — Bob Dylan

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