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Quotes About Baited

Baited like eagles having lately bath'd…As full of spirit as the month of May,And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer.
~ William Shakespeare
Is it logical," Kirk said, using the word cannily, "to assume the ship was stolen by a full-capacity crew?" "No, sir." Spock tipped his head. "Her crew complement is five hundred. The odds against so many people developing leftist attitudes simultaneously, at one starbase, without a leak, are nine thousand—" "About the same odds as your giving us an answer without decimal points," McCoy barbed. "I think we've been baited.
~ Diane Carey
Vegans and vegetarians are commonly baited by nonvegetarians with "what if" scenarios that typically have no relevance to or bearing on most people's real-life situations.
~ Joanne Stepaniak
The capture, taming, training and keeping of eagles is highly ritualized. Most of the birds, which have a life span of about 40 years, are caught when very young - either snatched from a nest or trapped in a baited net.
~ Stephen Kinzer