Feathers Quotes

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

Feathers predate birds.

Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him 'Plays with Camera.'

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

England have players who can rattle anyone's feathers

Why am I covered in feathers

Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.

So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.

I always loved fish for the colors and birds for the plumage. In the same way, I loved those women of the cabaret. They were birds of paradise.

My problems are as light as a feather because god carries them for me

How wrong Emily Dickinson was! Hope is not "the thing with feathers." The thing with feathers has turned out to be my nephew. I must take him to a specialist in Zurich.

I didn't -- I swear I didn't -- get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends' nests.

Feather by feather the goose is plucked.

I ruffle a lot of feathers. And I'm also selective - that makes you a troublemaker. But so be it. I laid a cornerstone for black actors, and that makes me happy.

First I shall name the eagle, of which there are three species: the great grey eagle is the largest, of great strength and high flight; he chiefly preys on fawns and other young quadrupeds.

A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.

Stefan: "Indian with a dot, not a feather.

Well, I've ruffled a few feathers at all the institutions I've led. But I think that's part of leadership.

If you found a mammal with feathers, then you'd know that Darwin was wrong. Well, it's rather the same with memes.

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.

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.

I'm like the only Kiwi that can fly, I'm the one with the biggest wing.

When I was little, I was like a magpie, which is a bird that's attracted to shiny things. They'll build their nests with Christmas tree tinsel.