Amount Quote by Jean-Baptiste Colbert

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount…

— Anonymous

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of…

— Jean-Baptiste Colbert

“The art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing.”

— Jean-Baptiste Colbert

The art of plucking the goose without making it cry out has been developed to a high state of perfection at the hands of…

— Frederic C. Howe

Feather by feather the goose is plucked.

— John Ray

GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These, by some occult process of nature, are penetrated and suffused with various degrees of…

— Ambrose Bierce

Geese are friends to no one, they bad mouth everybody and everything. But they are companionable once you get used to their ingratitude and…

— E. B. White

I want you to notice nature, how geese are in flight and they form a V in a leadership role…The lead goose, when he…

— Judy Bonds

What a dull world if we knew all about geese!

— Aldo Leopold

“Stare at him," said Ghost. "They won't bite you if you keep staring at them." Steve backed away. "They bite?" Not really. They hiss…

— Poppy Z. Brite

“Wild geese fly south, creaking like anguished hinges;”

— Margaret Atwood

“When the geese have cackled they will be still again. First they cackle and then they stop.”

— Anton Chekhov