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«Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.»
«Do let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around the room, or perch much like a silent bird of prey on the edge of your most uncomfortable chair. (He will read them anyway, and he should read them, so let him choose his own good time.) Don't make a big exit. Just go. But kiss him quickly, before you go, otherwise he might think you are angry; he is used to suspecting he is doing something wrong.»
Author: Marlene Dietrich
(Actress)
| Keywords:
accusingly, bird of, bird of prey, chair, Edge of, exit, exits, Good Time, papers, perch, perched, perches, prey, suspecting, the edge, tiptoe, tiptoed, uncomfortable
«He's not pining, he's passed on. This parrot is no more. He has ceased to be. He's expired and gone to meet his maker. He's a stiff, bereft of life, he rests in peace. If you hadn't have nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies. He's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot!»
Author: Monty Python
| Keywords:
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«The perch swallows the grub-worm, the pickerel swallows the perch, and the fisherman swallows the pickerel; and so all the chinks in the scale of being are filled.»
«The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.»
«Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.»
«The world is grown so bad, that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.Since every Jack became a gentleman,There's many a gentle person made a Jack.»
«We must not make a scarecrow of the law,Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,And let it keep one shape till custom make itTheir perch, and not their terror.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
bird of prey, custom-make, laws and customs, perch, perched, perches, prey, scarecrow, scarecrows, The Birds, The Scarecrow
«See how the sacred old flamingoes come,Painting with shadow all the marble steps:Aged and wise, they seek their wonted perchesWithin the temple, devious walking, madeTo wander by their melancholy minds.»
Author: William Butler Yeats
(Dramatist, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
aged, Coming of age, devious, flamingo, flamingoes, painting, perch, perched, perches, steps, temple, The temple, wander, wonted
