(50 quotes found)
“Be on the alert, like the red ant that moves with its claws wide open. Uganda”
African Proverb
“A goose quill is more dangerous than a lion's claw”
English Proverb
“And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.”
Bible
“The foolish think the Eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The Eagle's wings are silken, but its claws are made of steel.”
Sidney Sheldon
“In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.”
Jack Nicholson
“Gentle Reader, The Word will leap on you with leopard man iron claws, it will cut off fingers and toes like an opportunity land crab, it will coil round your thighs like a bushmaster and inject a shot glass of rancid ectoplasm.”
William S. Burroughs
“Nature, red in tooth and claw.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson
“I should have been a pair of ragged claws / Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.”
T.S. Eliot
“A paleontologist searches for others things like teeth, claws, footprints and skin. They search for these clues in rocks that have preserved the dinosaurs for millions of years.”
Christine Buik
“I've never been ashamed of digging, clawing, scratching out a few runs if that's what we've got to do.”
Heather Bruder
