“ Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer. ”
- Katharine Hepburn- Copy
- 2.7K
“ You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed. ”
- Samuel Rutherford- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. ”
- Maya Angelou- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Love melts the rigor which the rocks have bred; a flint will break upon a feather bed. ”
- John Cleveland- Copy
- 1.8K
“ I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair. ”
- Cameron Diaz- Copy
- 3.8K
“ The power of philosophy floats through my head, light like a feather, heavy as lead. ”
- Bob Marley- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Aim high! It is no harder on your gun to shoot the feathers off an eagle than to shoot the fur off a skunk. ”
- Troy Moore- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account? ”
- Jean Paul Richter- Copy
- 821
“ Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind. ”
- Shania Twain- Copy
- 2.8K
“ The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress. ”
- Dalton Trumbo- Copy
- 834
“ That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. ”
- Edmund Waller- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope. ”
- Edith Wharton- Copy
- 3K
“ "Hope" is the thing with feathers — That perches in the soul — And sings the tune without the words — And never stops — at all — . ”
- Emily Dickinson- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its grief. I believe we could well follow the pattern of our feathered friends. ”
- Robert S. Walker- Copy
- 718
“ Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown. ”
- Leonardo da Vinci- Copy
- 277
“ Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom, See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart, Which rank corruption destines for their heart! ”
- Thomas Moore- Copy
- 1.5K
“ PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
- 3.6K
“ The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest amount of hissing. ”
- Jean Baptiste Colbert- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all. ”
- Emily Dickenson- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather. ”
- Robert Jordan- Copy
- 2.5K
“ In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king… and the one-eyed man with the high heels and the feather boa is queen. ”
- Dr. Squid- Copy
- 2.6K
“ A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect. ”
- Charles Lamb- Copy
- 2.7K
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