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Quotes About Tail

Chris Anderson
~ The Long Tail
Walter the Farting Dog." The six geese spun around and farted, their tail feathers flipping up in sync with the noisy blasts. "Excellent. End story time." The geese slumped
~ Chris Grabenstein
I think that I'm running from something I heard on the radio That everybody's working for the weekend When does the weekend start? What comes at the end of the week? The end? Picture a tired dog chasing its tail
~ Henry Rollins
How doth the little crocodileImprove his shining tail,And pour the waters of the NileOn every golden scale!How cheerfully he seems to grin,How neatly spreads his claws,And welcomes little fishes inWith gently smiling jaws!
~ Lewis Carroll
To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.
~ T. E. Lawrence
TWISTING THE TAIL OF A COW will encourage her to move forward," the text declared. "If the tail is held up over the back, it serves as a mild restraint. In both cases, the handler should hold the tail close to the base to avoid breaking it, and stand to the side to avoid being kicked.
~ Tony Hillerman
A todos los animalitos se les enrosca la cola
~ Tove Jansson
It's furry and sleeps upside down and has a really chewy tail," said
~ Tui T. Sutherland
vegetarian rainforest dragon with a snap of her tail.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
What?" Undauntable could sense a new simmering rage building under his father's skin. "But there was a dead dragon! The last two spies said he has its tail!
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Ice-blue diamonds cascaded from her ears and around her neck and all along her tail band, but none of them glittered as sharply or as dangerously as her eyes.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
while Clay perched on the edge and tried to keep his feet and tail from squashing any of the berries.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
Come, come, you wasp; i' faith, you are too angry. Katherine: If I be waspish, best beware my sting. Petruchio: My remedy is then, to pluck it out. Katherine: Ay, if the fool could find where it lies. Petruchio: Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail. Katherine: In his tongue. Petruchio: Whose tongue? Katherine: Yours, if you talk of tails: and so farewell. Petruchio: What, with my tongue in your tail? Nay, come again, Good Kate; I am a gentleman.
~ William Shakespeare
What, with my tongue in your tail? nay, come again, Good Kate; I am a gentleman.
~ William Shakespeare
GÅ'upota jest bestiÄ… wyjÄ…tkowÄ…, takÄ… która nie mo?e gry??, gdy siÄ™ jÄ… ciÄ…gnie za ogon.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared.
~ Christopher Walken
When people call this beast to mind,They marvel more and moreAt such a little tail behind,So large a trunk before.
~ Hilaire Belloc
I still promise to run, tail between my legs. And since I have a tail, that should be amusing for everyone. Are you satisfied?
~ Holly Black
Cardan's clothes are disarranged from crawling under tables or being captured and tied, and his infamous tail is showing under the white lawn of his shirt. It it slim, nearly hairless, with a tuft of black fur at the tip. As I watch, the tail forms one wavering curve after another snaking back and forth, betraying his cool face, telling its own story of uncertainty and fear. I can see why he hides that thing away.
~ Holly Black
Once upon a time, the Reindeer took a running leap and jumped over the Northern Lights. But he jumped too low, and the long fur of his beautiful flowing tail got singed by the rainbow fires of the aurora. To this day the reindeer has no tail to speak of. But he is too busy pulling the Important Sleigh to notice what is lost. And he certainly doesn't complain. What's your excuse?
~ Vera Nazarian
When sense has left a head, it should be called a tail.
~ Idries Shah
Cuando el sentido ha abandonado a una cabeza, debería ser llamada cola.
~ Idries Shah
Nell wagged her feathery tail. It was good when the goddess descended from the clouds and spoke to you; it gave you a cozy safe feeling in your inside.
~ D.E. Stevenson
This whole force is utterly demoralized by victory. There seems to be neither head nor tail.
~ Unknown