Flightless Quotes

#1. Oh God, Mae," said Jamie in a hollow voice, descending the stairs. "I will never drink again. I'm only seeing in black and white. My arms feel all floppy, like flightless wings. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I looked like a very sad penguin.

Sarah Rees Brennan

#2. Still enmeshed from the knees down, Vayl flopped off the cabinet before we realized he needed a hand down, falling fast and hard like a penguin who hasn't bought the whole flightless scenario.

Jennifer Rardin

#3. They don't go in for the fancy or exotic, but stick to conventional food like flightless bird embryos, minced organs in intestine skins, slices of hog flesh and burnt ground grass seeds dipped in animal fats; or, as it is known in their patois, egg, sausage, bacon and a fried slice of toast.

Terry Pratchett

#4. The ill-fated dodo. Slow, flightless and dangerously trusting, the dodo was driven to extinction just seventy years after first being spotted by European sailors on its island home of Mauritius.

Bill Bryson

#5. In fact, I've essentially given up on the idea of flight altogether and accepted that I'm going to be an angel-blood who stays earthbound, a flightless bird, like an ostrich. Maybe, or in this weather, a penguin.

Cynthia Hand

#6. Death is a mystery, and burial is a secret.

Stephen King

#7. Well I haven't seen any free elections in the Arab world. They may be coming someday, except for in Israel. In Israel, Arabs have a chance to participate in free elections. Nowhere else really.

Moshe Arens

#8. When I am not working, I go to the movies, text my friends, my thumbs are faster than lightening on that keyboard!, write songs, sing, dance, Facebook, Twitter and spend time with my besties. I am also a songwriter and I love to write about my life experiences.

Ariel Winter

#9. O name of Mary! Joy in the heart, honey in the mouth, melody to the ear of Her devout clients!

Anthony Of Padua

#10. Every aspect of life is an experiment that can be better understood if it is perceived in that way.

John Brockman

#11. I think sexiness in most people - and this is going to sound superficial - is definitely something you don't plan.

Leonardo DiCaprio

#12. I love New York! You walk around, nobody notices you, you don't notice anybody, you're in your own little world.

Candis Cayne

#13. I'm sorry."
"Say it again and I will kill you.

Nora Sakavic