Quotes About Claws

wolves are so frightening not because of their fangs and claws but because of their intelligence, because of their hunger.

Jun Do was thinking about all the popular definitions of love, that it was a pair of bare hands clasping an ember to keep it alive, that it was a pearl that shines forever, even in the belly of the eel that eats the oyster, that love was a bear that feeds you honey from its claws.

With a few exceptions, birds are not to be trusted; it is not normal to have such soft, vulnerable bodies bookended with slashing beaks and razor-sharp claws. It is as unnatural as an armed marshmallow.

I did a shoot with massive iguanas in Costa Rica when I was modeling back then. They were like little dinosaurs, and they sat right across my arms and by my face. The guy told me not to make any sudden movements because they had enormous claws. The guy said he would rip my skin if he attacked.

So, what's first? Dexterity. I throw things at you. You avoid them. You're not a complicated person, are you? Let's do it. 20 seconds later You hib me wib a girder! How many claws am I holding up? You hib my face wib a whole girder! You were meant to duck. Can we skip degsteriby?

Verifiable knowledge makes its way slowly, and only under cultivation, but fable has burrs and feet and claws and wings and an indestructible sheath like weed-seed, and can be carried almost anywhere and take root without benefit of soil or water.

He gave me a look of mingled anticipation, curiosity, and compassion, like a cat with a captive bird in its claws.

I used to have a pet crawfish, so my friend made a mold of its claws and bronzed a key chain for me out of it.

I know there isn't no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn't no fear, either." Piggy paused. "Unless—" Ralph moved restlessly. "Unless what?" "Unless we get frightened of people.

If the claws didn't retract, cats would be like Velcro

I wouldn't mind being like X-Men and having the claws. I mean, I don't think they'd let me play football, but it would look cool.

Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent.

I called to Ash, still doing small laps and not paying attention. I jumped to my feet, still backing up and pointing in the cluster of peeping eyes under the pier, now bobbing and stirring toward me. Ash finally looked over, silencing his splashes enough to hear the chattering and clipping of claws beside me. He barreled out

From Old Mortality ] ...religion put claws on Aunt Sally and gave her a post to whet them on.

Indeed, nobility is not always found in the flash of battle claws or flying through the embered wakes of firestorms, or even in making strong the weak, mending the broken, vanquishing the proud, or making powerless those who abuse the frail." Soren's gizzard grew quiet as Boron spoke. "It is also found in the resolute heart, the gizzard that can withstand the temptations of false dreams, the mind that has the imagination to comprehend another's pain

I must stop him from being one of those who call themselves good because they have no claws.

Minou, minou, en poil de chou, t'as le cul qui gèle sur ta colline, fais-toi un lit d'homme, t'as des griffes comme une charrue et ta langue râpe, c'est Janet qui te cause; je te rognerai les griffes à coup de serpe, moi. »

Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws.

Fate, I say, has claws.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is just perfect in 'Veep.' She gets to show off the spiky claws beneath her patrician finesse. The obvious way to play 'Veep' would be to make Louis-Dreyfus a folksy heroine, one with more common sense or populist heart than her enemies. But she isn't one.

she never knew when she might offend this inner harpy, Conscience, unwittingly: and lived in terror of those brazen claws, should she ever let it be hatched from the egg.

That was a long time ago, but it's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out.

but it's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out.

It's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out