37 Feathers Quotes for You to Enjoy

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all. Emily Dickinson

Hope Soul Words Feathers Never Without Sings Stops Tunes Thing

If you want to know how far gossip travels, do this - take a feather pillow up on a roof, slice it open, and let the feathers fly away on the wind. Then go and find every single feather and re-stuff the pillow. Rebecca Pidgeon

You Feathers Gossip Roof Fly Wind Single Every Slice Find Feather Take Open Know How How Far Pillow Go Up Want Far Then Away Travels

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. William Inge

Environmental Religion Animal Feathers Rest Devil Doubt Creation Fur Our Distant Enslaved Would Able Badly Beyond Cousins Were Human Depict Form Formulate Human Form Treated

A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead. Alexander Pope

Heart Feathers Lead Brain

Coaches will do what they can but it doesn't necessarily bother me. You are an international referee for a reason. If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don't bother doing the job. Alan Lewis

Me You Feathers Will Job Bother Like Doing Referee Going Coaches Your Reason International Things Necessarily

Birds themselves are so interesting and intelligent, and they give so many cues without being verbal, so they say such great things. Feathers are superior to fur, even. They're so beautiful, and nature uses such amazing colors. Bibhu Mohapatra

Beautiful Great Nature Feathers Great Things Amazing Superior Birds Fur Say Give Colors Without Verbal Intelligent Being Interesting Themselves Uses Many Even They Say Things

I do love one-upmanship sometimes, like when you see kids breakdancing and who can do the best tricks. It's common, it's in our nature as animals, like the birds of paradise who've got the best feathers and that sort of stuff. But it's fun when it's impulsive and it's about fun. Bjork

I don't know if it's animalistic or what, but men become like peacocks with their feathers up when women are around. Bradley Cooper

Women Feathers Men Become Animalistic Like Know Around Women Are Up

I think women have long been defined by their roles as procreators and wives, and we're expected to serve, take care of, say 'Yes,' and not ruffle any feathers. Women, in particular, are sometimes not allowed to consider who they are outside of the roles that they play. Carrie Coon

When you're surrounded by feathers and sequins and ridiculous Lycra outfits, it's impossible not to have a smile on your face. Catherine Martin

Smile You Feathers Impossible Face Outfits Surrounded Your Ridiculous

I have made bouquets of pleats, bouquets of flowers, bouquets of ruffles, bouquets of feathers. Often I design in mousseline, held tightly around the waist, and with something else going on all around. Giambattista Valli

Feathers Made Design Else All-Around Something Something Else Bouquet Around Tightly Waist Going Often Held Flowers

I enjoy how women dressed in the 1920s with the shimmering jewels and rich feathers. Janelle Monae

Women Feathers Rich Enjoy Dressed How Jewels

What I care most about is representing my constituents. If that ruffles a few feathers along the way, so be it. Jared Polis

Feathers Care Few Way Constituents About Along Most Representing

I practically lived in the woods when I was a kid, avoiding grown-ups and my dysfunctional family, pretending I was half-wolf, a feral child who napped in nests made out of ferns, ate wild blueberries, and wove sticks and feathers into her hair. Jennifer McMahon

Family Feathers Made Pretending Hair Wild Kid Out Ate Practically Sticks Child Woods Dysfunctional Avoiding Who Lived Grown-Ups Her

I think we could jam a bit more in our coffins than we do. I'm going to have some books, some I haven't finished or haven't read, some feathers and nice bits and pieces, the odd note. Just on the journey for the next bit. Joanna Lumley

I collect firearms, and I've got a Winchester, an Indian rifle. It has tacks for every warrior that was shot, like notches on a pistol, and it's got feathers and beads hanging off it. It's like a work of art. Joe Perry

Work Art Feathers Warrior Every Collect Indian Winchester Beads Firearms Like Got Off Pistol Hanging Notch Shot Rifle

I grew up reading Updike. I remember being alarmed to find that he had published short stories by the time he was 22. I think 'Pigeon Feathers' was the first collection of stories I read. Only much later did I discover his non-fiction reviewing and art criticism. Justin Cartwright

Art Time Feathers Remember Criticism First Reading Think Later Collection Find Only Had He Pigeon Read Non-Fiction Discover His Reviewing Up Did Short Being Grew Stories Short Stories Much Published By The Time

A friend of mine has a big farm in the desert, and she picks up feathers and roadkill for me, then makes it into clothes. I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored. Kesha

Me Feathers Somebody Big Clothes Farm Think Teeth Honored Mine Wear Picks Feel She Around Makes Friend Up Died Wanted Then Cool Desert Neck

I got into animals by drawing hair follicles. I liked drawing hair, and from that I got into feathers and fur, then into images of animals. The patterning is the same, but the proportions of the body change from one animal to the next. A lot of it is just geometry and consciousness. Kiki Smith

Change Animal Feathers Animals Hair Fur Drawing Proportions Liked Got Geometry Lot Same Just Then Next Body Consciousness Images

The feather was a thing, when I was a kid, we used to find feathers around the house, and whenever we found them, my mum used to say it was my nan leaving them around for us to find, so that was quite sweet. Liam Payne

Feathers Sweet Say Kid Find Feather House Around Leaving Quite Whenever Them Us Used Found Mum Thing

My view on politics is much more grassroots oriented; it's not old boy network oriented, so I tend to, you know, come at it a little bit stronger, a little bit more street-wise, if you will. That's rubbed some feathers the wrong way. Michael Steele

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