Quotes About Shrike

#1. Look," said Lamia, "what good would telling each other stories do? When we meet the Shrike, we tell it what we want, one of us is granted the wish, and the others die. Correct?

Dan Simmons

#2. I never found either this or the Northern Shrike return to such prey for food. I have seen them alight on the same thorn bush afterwards, but never made any use of this kind of food.

John Bachman

#3. I am unarmed. But Butler here, my ... ah ... butler, has a Sig Saucer in his shoulder holster, two shrike-throwing knives in his boots, aderringer two-shot up his sleeve, garrotte wire in his watch, and three stun greanades concealed in variouse pockets. Anything else, Butler?

Eoin Colfer

#4. I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on the shore. The fishes dried up and decayed.

John Bachman

#5. Where has he gone, my meadow mouse,
My thumb of a child that nuzzled in my palm?
To run under the hawk's wing,
Under the eye of the great owl watching from the elm-tree,
To live by courtesy of the shrike, the snake, the tom-cat.
(from "The Meadow Mouse")

Theodore Roethke

#6. Nature is one with rapine, a harm no preacher can heal; The Mayfly is torn by the swallow, the sparrow speared by the shrike, And the whole little wood where I sit is a world of plunder and prey.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

#7. Shhhh. Don't cry, Ronnie. Just tell me what we like, so I can remember. Because I lost my way, baby.

J.A. Huss

#8. Never eat while doing something else, because you won't get the satisfaction from your food and you'll be more likely to overeat.

Bethenny Frankel

#9. Fighting has taught me that the caterpillar takes a while to turn into a majestic butterfly.

Jesse Taylor

#10. Despite the immense challenges that we have faced and continue to face, we refuse to indulge in negativity or pessimism.
We are an organization that believes in empowering people to be their best.

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

#11. The word 'religion' takes on a sinister cast when one examines its root, religare, meaning 'to bind,' which in turn means 'to hold, to make prisoner, to restrain.

Annie Laurie Gaylor

#12. No life anywhere, no life in this town or this place or in this weary existence

Charles Bukowski

#13. Those who cherish a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in their hearts, will one day realize it.

James Allen

#14. For in those times when our hearts are in the darkest shadows, the slightest rays of hope can gleam like eternal sunshine

A.W.Chrystalis

#15. Tomes on the meaning of life. Poets and playwrights were

John Dickson

#16. Than Blood Spilling Wounds,The Words Of Hatred From Your Loved One's Causes You More Pain

Nithin Kumar

#17. Mary being destined to negotiate peace between God and man, it was not proper that she should be an accomplice in the disobedience of Adam.

Alphonsus Liguori

#18. Nobody can be a success if they don't love their work.

David Sarnoff

#19. I can't stand satisfaction. To me, greatness comes from that quest for perfection.

Mike Schmidt

#20. I know about winning batting titles.

Pete Rose

#21. But that was war did. It made people realize the importance of stupid things.

Sara Raasch