(109 quotes found)
“It is the beautiful bird which gets caged”
Chinese Proverbs
“I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up DOES rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.”
Morgan Freeman
“We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry”
John Webster
“The beast in me Is caged by frail and fragile bars”
Johnny Cash
“Republicans study the financial pages of the newspaper. Democrats put them in the bottom of the bird cage.”
Will Stanton
“I'm gonna break I'm gonna break my I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run”
“A Robin Redbreast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage”
William Blake
“I've actually gone to the zoo and had monkeys shout to me from their cages, "I'm in here when you're walking around like that?"”
Robin Williams
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”
Maya Angelou
“Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself, how it's strange that some rooms are like cages, Sonny's yearbook from high school is down from the shelf and he idoly thumbs through the pages. Some have died, some have fled from themselves, or struggled from here to get there. Sonny wonders beyond his interior walls, runs his hands through his thining brown hair.”
Paul Simon
