Squawks The Parrot Quotes & Sayings

Example, not precept, is the best teaching aid. — Sathya Sai Baba

They rule, not because they want to, but because they are; they are not at liberty to play second. — Friedrich Nietzsche

It explodes too close, the heat pulsing through my hasty lightning shield. Dimly, I wonder if I'll die without eyebrows. — Victoria Aveyard

Love without trust? It's not love at all. — J.D. Robb

I believe that there are certain attributes in a woman that give her some advantages over a man. Women are usually more honest, more sensitive to issues and bring a stronger sense of commitment and dedication to what they do. Maybe because they were mothers, and being a mother you have that special attention for the family, for the young, for children. — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Not knowing ... that could be as hard to handle as despair. — Eileen Wilks

I was sorry he had not a cat, or a young dog, or better still, an old dog. But all he had to offer in the way of dumb companions was a pink and grey parrot. He used to try and teach it to say, Nihil in intellectu, etc. These first three words the bird managed well enough, but the celebrated restriction was too much for it, all you heard was a series of squawks. — Samuel Beckett

You jumped like a frog.
You touched like a dog.
You kissed like a bird. — Santosh Kalwar

You just become adaptable and try to lead a good life in ways that make sense, regardless. Because I know at the end of it, if I'm going to meet Jesus or Allah or Buddha, I'm going to be all right. — Neil Peart

The Persian poet Rumi says, The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. — Elizabeth Lesser

I'm gay, it's all a big scam. My kids don't even know who their mother is. — Harry Connick Jr.

The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that which is pretended to be performed, at the same time that one is giving loud pledges of performance. The balking of the intellect, is comedy and it announces itself in the pleasant spasms we call laughter. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friends ... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams. — Henry David Thoreau

He'd sit and listen to Nana's Jesus stories all day, but when she turned to the Old Testament prophets, Louis Valentine's little face would darken. He said, I hate it when God is mean! — Donald McCaig