Defeathering Quotes & Sayings

It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in her 20s to have power that I seized the power but tried not to flaunt it. — Marlo Thomas

There was one face that looked like another face before it and then another face that looked like the face before it. This went all the way back until the beginning of time. Who knew what this face would look like a thousand years from now. Me? — Scott McClanahan

Yes, word had gotten around about my amusing little defeathering trick (note: made the chicken naked). Apparently we couldn't just eat the poor thing and be done with it. Apparently we had to knit cunning lil' sweaters for it so it could squawk around the yard, feeling fancy. — Cate Tiernan

One of the more fascinating things about human behavior is the degree to which we conceive of countless boundaries that constrain and inhibit us in extraordinary ways, even though they are nothing but mental constructs that, in reality, do not exist. — Dee Hock

There's always another story. When you read a book again and let your imagination take over, it can take you to new stories, so it's like a book inside the book! — Kate Westerlund

What stands in the way of effortless effort is caring, or a conscious attempt to do well. — Joe Hyams

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help ... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. — Barack Obama

Cannot find the comfort in this world. — Eddie Vedder

Making the best of what we do have, instead of begrudging what we don't, has a way of creating all that we'll ever need. — Charles F. Glassman