Ducks Quotes - Page 11

• You can't understand it until you experience the simple joy of the first time your son points at a seagull and says 'Duck!'

  Russell Crowe

  Son, Simple, Joy

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• A push-and-go wooden duck on wheels can cause quite a lot of damage if wielded with enough force.

  Terry Pratchett

  Damage, Causes, Wheels

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• Tension translates to your guests. They'll have a much better time having chili and baked potatoes than they would if you did roast duck with a wild cherry sauce and then had to lie down and cry for a while.

  Nigella Lawson

  Lying, Sauce, Potatoes

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• Thus we see that the lot of the duck hunter is not a happy one. He is the child of frustration, the collector of mishap, the victim of misfortune. He suffers from cold and wet and lack of sleep. He is punished more often than rewarded. Yet he continues. Why? Because one great day-- and great days do come, days when the ducks are willing and the gun swings true-- repays him many fold for all the others.

  Ted Trueblood

  Children, Sleep, Frustration

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• To some people, I may seem calm. But if you could peer beneath the surface, you would see that I'm like a duck--paddling, paddling, paddling.

  Scott Stossel

  People, Peers, Paddling

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• We are the rags to riches story okay the Robertson's are. Okay? We had very humble beginnings. Everybody's trying to figure out what, what's behind it, and all the Robertsons say, 'hey, it's divine intervention.' Me personally okay, God's gonna take "Duck Dynasty" where he wants it to go okay and to the people that he wants it to go to.

  Si Robertson

  Humble, People, Trying

  "Uncle Si Compares Sacrifice of U.S. Troops to that of Jesus Christ". Interview with Jennifer Wishon, blogs.cbn.com. September 4, 2013.

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• From the time I can first recall the rain falling on the red clay in Florida. I wanted to make things. When my brothers and sisters were making mud pies, I would be making ducks and chickens with the mud.

  Augusta Savage

  Brother, Fall, Rain

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• Daddy had a farm - cows, pigs, OK, a big garden, OK? We did live off the land, and then we would supplement all that with whatever we could kill or catch. Whether we'd kill squirrels, deer, duck, or caught catfish or brim, that was what went on the table.

  Si Robertson

  Garden, Squirrels, Pigs

  "Hey, Look! It's Uncle Si: The Duck Dynasty GQ+A". Interview with Lang Whitaker, www.gq.com. September 4, 2013.

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• No one should be posing for duck-lipped selfies with the plaque of the dead. That wouldn't be right.

  Mira Grant

  Posing, Should

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• In the early days I had a very black-and-white view of everything. I think that's kind of natural for anyone who's just embraced Islam - or any religion - as a convert. It was important for me to duck out of the fast and furious life I'd been living as a pop star. I was in a different mood.

  Cat Stevens

  Stars, Black And White, Thinking

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• Christianity is why the 'Duck Dynasty' family is still together.

  Si Robertson

  Together, Dynasty, Christianity

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• He had a carrying, congressional sort of voice, the kind that sounded good saying things like Less of a tax burden on the middle class and Thank you for your donation and Honey, could you bring me my sweater with the duck on it?

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Class, Voice, Sweaters

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.115, Scholastic Inc.

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• 'Vegetarian' is a slippery word. I don't eat cheese, I don't eat duck - the point is I'm vegan.

  Grace Slick

  Cheese, Vegetarian, Vegan

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• Duck, big brother! Here comes another day!

  Charles M. Schulz

  Brother, Another Day, Bigs

  Charles M. Schulz (2014). “Charlie Brown and Friends: A Peanuts Collection”, p.41, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• They're not chicks. They're ducks.

  Lauren Myracle

  Chicks

  Lauren Myracle (2009). “Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks”, p.204, Penguin

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• Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless. Christmas dinner's dark and blue. When you stop and try to see it From the turkey's point of view. Sunday dinner isn't sunny. Easter feasts are just bad luck. When you see it from the viewpoint of a chicken or a duck. Oh how I once loved tuna salad Pork and lobsters, lamb chops too Till I stopped and looked at dinner From the dinner's point of view.

  Shel Silverstein

  Easter, Sunday, Dark

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• Where do the ducks go in the winter?

  J. D. Salinger

  Winter

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• I do have my ducks in line if I want to do it, but I'd love to see the Republicans pick somebody that was going to win and take over this country and frankly, to use the expression, 'Make America great again.'

  Donald Trump

  Country, Winning, Expression

  "Donald Trump To Fox News: I Have My ‘Ducks In A Row’ For Third Party Run" by Alex Alvarez, www.mediaite.com. January 2, 2012.

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• Gundar seemed to come to a decision. "Well, as my old mam used to say, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's probably a duck." "Very wise," Halt said. "And what exactly do your mother's words of wisdom have to do with this situation?" Gundar shrugged. "It looks like a channel. It's the right place for a channel. If I were digging one, this is where I'd dig a channel. So. . ." "So it's probably the channel?" Selethen said. Gundar grinned at him. "Either that or it's a duck.

  John Flanagan

  Wise, Mother, Decision

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• John Kerry went duck hunting and he's doing that to fulfill his campaign pledge to hunt down the ducks and kill them wherever they are! Kerry did pretty well; he came back with four ducks and three Purple Hearts.

  David Letterman

  Heart, Hunting, Purple

  "Trail Tales: Gore Returns to Florida". "Late Show" with David Letterman, www.foxnews.com. October 22, 2004.

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• Why the critics, like a flock of ducks, always move in perfect unison: Their authority with the public depends upon an appearance of unanimous agreement. One dissenting voice would shatter the whole fragile structure.

  Edward Abbey

  Moving, Agreement, Voice

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.36, RosettaBooks

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• I wonder how many men, hiding their youngness, rise as I do, Saturday mornings, filled with the hope that Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam and Daffy Duck will be there waiting as our one true always and forever salvation?

  Ray Bradbury

  Morning, Men, Waiting

  "Why Cartoons Are Forever". articles.latimes.com. December 03, 1989.

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• Who but an English professor would threaten to kill a duck a day and hold up a goose as an example?

  Richard Russo

  Example, Professors, Geese

  Richard Russo (2017). “Straight Man”, p.151, Atlantic Books

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• I’m not going askew from the principles on which the United States was built; I’m right there with our founding fathers. I’m a patriot and a Christian, and I’m moving forth with what they started. But now it’s gotten to where I’m some kind of nut or Bible beater.
  I say, so be it. I’ll still go across the country spreading God’s Word, like I’ve done since I was twenty-eight. I may be only one man reading Scripture and quotes, carrying his Bible, and blowing duck calls to crowds, but, hey, it has to start somewhere. It’s what makes me happy, happy, happy.

  Phil Robertson

  Christian, Country, Father

  Phil Robertson (2013). “Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander”, p.149, Simon and Schuster

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• I moved from Italy to Oregon in the '80s - sort of like moving to the middle of a "Duck Dynasty" episode, which was massive culture shock to say the least.

  Rose McGowan

  Moving, Oregon, Dynasty

  "Exclusive Interview: Rose McGowan: The Agitator". Interview with Laura Dawn, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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