Wrens Quotes

38 quotes by 19 authors

The market economy needs no apologists and propagandists. It can apply to itself the words of Sir Christopher Wren's epitaph in St. Paul's: 'If you… — Ludwig von Mises
Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind. — Ray LaMontagne
Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me. — John Dryden
Die for adultery! No: The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly does lecher in my sight — William Shakespeare
The world is grown so bad, That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. — William Shakespeare
The authour who imitates his predecessors only by furnishing himself with thoughts and elegances out of the same general magazine of literature, can with little… — Samuel Johnson
The wren-box problem is becoming more acute each year, for wrens now demand better housing conditions and labor-saving devices. — Will Cuppy
He who shall hurt the little wren Shall never be beloved by men. — William Blake
The wren and the nightingale sound nothing alike, but think how dull the world would be without the songs of both birds.-Miss Kanagawa — Kirby Larson
I honor the wisdom of life. I learn from life in all its forms. The tree teaches me. The sparrow and the wren sing my… — Julia Cameron
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of… — Walt Whitman
Shall eagles not be eagles? wrens be wrens? If all the world were falcons, what of that? The wonder of the eagle were the less,… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended; and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day When… — William Shakespeare
For the poor wren (The most diminutive of birds) will fight, Her young ones in her nest, against the owl. — William Shakespeare
There was an old man with a beard, who said: 'It is just as I feared! Two owls and a hen, four larks and a… — Edward Lear
Sometimes I fly like an eagle but with the wings of a wren — Anne Sexton
Have you ever wanted something that you knew was bad for you? Something that you ached for so much you could think of nothing else?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Iâ€™ve never met anyone who had a monkey for a friend before. (Maggie) I donâ€™t know. I think those two guys you were with would… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
And neither do I, asshole. (Wren) Wow. Multiple syllables and a whole sentence from the tiger. Whoâ€™d have ever thought it? Whoever she was, she… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Man, Wren. Iâ€™m impressed. No woman ever sent flowers to thank me. (Serre) Donâ€™t be that impressed. Iâ€™m thinking she didnâ€™t send flowers to thank… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Who Wrote These Wrens Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 38 Wrens Quotes as follows: