Chickens Quotes - Page 19

• In my grandmother's house there was always chicken soup
  And talk of the old country--mud and boards,
  Poverty,
  The snow falling down and necks of lovers.

  Louis Simpson

  Country, Fall, Grandmother

  Louis Simpson (2003). “The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940-2001”, p.182, BOA Editions, Ltd.

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• If I associate with chickens, I will learn to scratch at the ground and squabble over crumbs.  If I associate with eagles, I will learn to soar to great heights.

  Andy Andrews

  Motivational, Friendship, Eagles

  Andy Andrews (2004). “The Young Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success”, p.24, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• 'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.

  Jodie Foster

  Taxi, Weirdo, Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

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• Like other Americans, I've reconciled myself to the idea that an animal's life has been sacrificed to bring me a meal of pork or chicken. However, industrial meat production - which subjects animals to a life of torture - has escalated the karmic costs beyond reconciliation.

  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

  Animal, Ideas, Meat

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• Then I yelled through his door, "It's an anniversary gift for you, asshole. Two whole weeks early. FIFTEEN YEARS IS BIG METAL CHICKENS.

  Jenny Lawson

  Doors, Years, Two

  Jenny Lawson (2012). “Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)”, p.212, Pan Macmillan

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• Secret to what?" "Secret to shutting you up," he said. "I just have to beat you till you're half-dead, then give you chicken soup and"--he raised his hands--"blessed silence.

  Ilona Andrews

  Blessed, Hands, Giving

  Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.96, Penguin

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• I got out of the elevator and confronted Mr. Wexler. “Killing is wrong.” “We kill chickens,” Mr. Wexler said. “We kill cows. We kill trees. So big deal, we kill some drug dealers.” It was hard to argue with that kind of logic because I like cows and chickens and trees much better than drug dealers.

  Janet Evanovich

  Tree, Drug, Cows

  Janet Evanovich (1999). “Three To Get Deadly: A Stephanie Plum Novel”, p.266, Simon and Schuster

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• Ce'Nedra returned, frowning and a little angry. "They won't give me their eggs, Lady Polgara," she complained. "They're sitting one them." "You have to reach under them and take the eggs, dear." "Won't that make them angry?" "Are you afraid of a chicken?

  David Eddings

  Eggs, Giving, Sitting

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• Chickens, cows, and pigs in factory farms spend their whole lives in filthy, cramped conditions, only to die a prolonged and painful death.

  Casey Affleck

  Pigs, Painful Death, Cows

  YouTube Channel "peta2TV"/"Casey Affleck's Banned 'Go Vegan' PSA", February 06, 2013.

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• If you eat chicken, maybe you're on one level. If you wear a mink coat, maybe you're on another level. But if you wear cosmetics, cosmetics that are tested on animals, then you're just unconscious. Really, my message is simple. It's a message of compassion. In this world that is spinning madly out of control, we have to realize that we're all related. We have to try to live harmoniously.

  Woody Harrelson

  Simple, Compassion, Animal

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• Isn't Bunson's training evil geniuses?" "Yes, mostly." "Well, is that wise? Having a mess of seedling evil geniuses falling in love with you willy-nilly? What if they feel spurned?" "Ah, but in the interim, think of the lovely gifts they can make you. Monique bragged that one of her boys made her silver and wood hair sticks as anti-supernatural weapons. With amethyst inlay. And another made her an exploding wicker chicken." "Goodness, what's that for?" Dimity pursed her lips. "Who doesn't want an exploding wicker chicken?

  Gail Carriger

  Wise, Falling In Love, Love You

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• I eat more chicken any man ever seen.

  Howlin' Wolf

  Men

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• What is it with McDonald's staff who pretend they don't understand you unless you insert the 'Mc' before the item you're ordering? It has to be a McChicken burger...a chicken burger gets blank looks. Well, I'll have a McStraw and jam it into your McEyes, you f**cking McTosser!

  Billy Connolly

  Mcdonalds, Looks, Burgers

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• We are civilized animals, right? Then why do we continue to slaughter for sport? What if you were a Chicken, how would you feel? I grew up in a Chicken Coop and I was not a Chicken at first, until I was faced with your World!

  Buckethead

  Sports, Animal, What If

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• the chicken's still dancing the chicken won't stop

  Sarah Kane

  Dancing, Stills

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• My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Men, Wheat Fields, Monotonous Life

  Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.86, eKitap Projesi

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• The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams. So much depends upom a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens.

  John Green

  Rain, White, Water

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• Elodin looked at me. "What a remarkably honest threat," he said. "Normally they're much more growlish and gristly than that." "Gristly?" I asked, emphasizing the 't.' "Don't you mean grisly?" "Both," he said. "Usually there's a lot of, 'I'll break your knees. I'll break your neck.'" He shrugged. "Makes me think of gristle, like when you're boning a chicken.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Mean, Thinking, Knees

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.109, Penguin

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• Chickens have an uncanny sense of direction.

  Daniel Pinkwater

  Uncanny

  Daniel Pinkwater (2011). “Lizard Music”, p.46, New York Review of Books

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• I'm cool with whatever. I'll just keep eating my bread, sipping my soup and serving my time. But the chicken is going to lay some more eggs one day.

  Charles Oakley

  Eggs, One Day, Soup

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• There are a few animals that have won themselves a bad reputation even though they have little or no effect on man. They have won their rating through man's interpretation of their attitude towards lower animals. These animals have been seen feeding in what appears to be a savage manner. But this behavior may perhaps be comparable to a man tearing the flesh off a chicken leg with his teeth.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Attitude, Animal, Men

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• Chicken pot pie--those are my three favorite things.

  Pablo Francisco

  Pie, Three, Favorites Things

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• Rickey got a big ranch. Rickey got a big bull. Rickey got horses. Rickey got chickens and everything. And Rickey got a 20-gallon hat.

  Rickey Henderson

  Horse, Hats, Bulls

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• I wondered about her chicken-and-egg relationship with Dad. Which came first? Her helplessness or his controlling?

  Justina Chen

  Dad, Eggs, Firsts

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• While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and my highly social chickens are dear to me, too.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Dog, Horse, Cat

  "What We Can Learn From Animals" by Rita Mae Brown, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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