"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches…" — Emily Dickinson

More Feathers Quotes

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• It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. — Aesop
• Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. — Lord Byron
• Everybody wants to be a Bond villain. That is the coolest. To be able to portray a Bond villain, that… — Steve Carell
• Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. — Maya Angelou
• Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers. — Robert Henri
• I don't have feathers, but I feel like a bird sometimes. — Yves Rossy
• Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven :- That is by letters written with their quills. — Leonardo da Vinci
• I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And… — Morgan Freeman
• We flashed our feathers when the feathers were fit to be flashed, and now, in drearier days, many stay indoors. — Anne Roiphe
• What are the odds so long as the fire of the soul is kindled at the taper of conviviality, and… — Charles Dickens
• A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead. — Alexander Pope
• In every man there is a hidden child which is called the urge to create and he prefers as play… — Christian Morgenstern

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