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We've found 17 quotes for 'tail feather' (0.103 seconds):



"What am I afraid of I'll tell you a feather. that's right, a feather. How could anyone be afraid of a feather, you say. That's an honest question, and I'll try to give it an honest answer. First of all, did I say it was a poison feather»Jack Handey Deep Thoughts 
"Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely." »Chinese Proverb 
"As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill." »Helen Keller 
"Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail then you can let go when you want to." »Josh Billings 
"Let every fox take care of his own tail." »Italian Proverb 
"Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope." »Edith Newbold Jones Wharton 
"The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread." »Portuguese Proverb 
"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way." »Mark Twain 
"There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation." »W. C. Fields 
"The Liberals are the flying saucers of politics. No one can make head nor tail of them and they never are seen twice in the same place." »John George Diefenbaker 
"America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair." »Arnold J. Toynbee 
"He is a teenager, after all-a strange agent with holes in his jeans, studs in his ear, a tail down his neck, a cap on his head (backward)." »Ellen Karsh 
"If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail." »Fran Lebowitz 
"'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes." »Miguel de Cervantes 
"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this And radio operates exactly the same way you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat." »Albert Einstein 
"The wirless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat." »Albert Einstein 
"Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yieldAgainst stupidity the very godsThemselves contend in vain. Exalted reason,Resplendent daughter of the head divine,Wise foundress of the system of the world,Guide of the stars, who are thou then, if thou,Bound to the tail of folly's uncurb'd steed,Must, vainly shrieking, with the drunken crowd,Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss." »Johann Christian Friedrich von Schiller 
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