(55 quotes found)
“A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.”
Ernest Hemingway
“The chicken is never declared in the court of hawks. - Cape Coast, Ghana”
African Proverb
“[Michael Durant, who broke a leg and his back when his Black Hawk crashed, recalled in his 2003 memoir that as he recovered,] I had begun to really understand how much my comrades resented the actions of the Clinton administration, and their anger and bitterness over the refusal to provide us with the armor and the air support we needed. ... I wasn't going to stand on the White House lawn and make it appear that all was forgotten and forgiven, while my comrades were barely cold in their graves.”
Gary Gordon
“Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in the same cage, and so we've grown used to each other. That's what passes for love at this dim, shadowy end of the Camino Real.”
Tennessee Williams
“I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw”
William Shakespeare
“Tonya Hawks so fits the pattern it's almost amazing. Typically, they're younger, and when a mom kills her kids, in the majority of cases, she almost always kills them all and she almost always has a plan to kill herself.”
Cheryl Meyer
“We knew at that point it was win or go home early, ... We drew the Sylacauga Hawks as our first opponent in the tournament.”
Chris Rogers
“The Hawks were very diligent about the process and we're very appreciative of how things finished. There was a lot of time between the first conversation and getting a deal done. But in the end, they followed through on everything we discussed at the start of the process.”
Andy Miller
“Lots of turkey vultures are moving through the area. This is also an excellent time to see broad-winged hawks, red-tailed hawks, ospreys and sharp-shinned hawks, along with vultures.”
Craig Thompson
“Lots of turkey vultures are moving through the area, ... This is also an excellent time to see broad-winged hawks, red-tailed hawks, ospreys and sharp-shinned hawks, along with vultures.”
