Flamingos Quotes

• A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.

  Charley Harper

  Flirting, Dancing, Passionate

  Charley Harper (1994). “Beguiled by the wild: the art of Charley Harper”, Flower Valley Pr

  221 Copy quote

  Show source

• The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo.

  Lewis Carroll

  Firsts, Found, Chiefs

  Lewis Carroll (1972). “Alice in Wonderland”, p.55, Jeff Koo

  189 Copy quote

  Show source

• I feel these days like a very large flamingo. No matter what way I turn, there is always a very large bill.

  Joseph O'Connor

  Business, Debt, Bills

  Joseph O'Connor (1994). “The secret world of the Irish male”

  150 Copy quote

  Show source

• She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

  Truman Capote

  Queens, Wonderland, Red

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  160 Copy quote

  Show source

• A change fell upon all things. Strange brilliant flowers, star-shaped, burst out upon the trees where no flowers had been before. The tints of the green carpet deepened; and when, one by one, the white daisies shrank away, there sprang up, in place of them, ten by ten of the ruby-red asphodel. And life arose in our paths; for the tall flamingo hitherto unseen, with all gay glowing birds, flaunted his scarlet plumage before us. The golden and silver fish haunted the river.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Stars, Flower, Gay

  Edgar Allan Poe (2009). “The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe”, p.314, Cosimo, Inc.

  133 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm doubtful about the temper of your flamingo. Shall I try the experiment?

  Lewis Carroll

  Trying, Programming, Temper

  Lewis Carroll (1869). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”, p.133

  121 Copy quote

  Show source

• He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Soldier, Looks, Filthy

  KURT VONNEGUT JR (1969). “SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE”

  98 Copy quote

  Show source

• A curse on this game. How can you stick at a game when the rules keep on changing? I shall call myself Alice and play croquet with the flamingos. In Wonderland everyone cheats and love is Wonderland, isn't it?

  Jeanette Winterson

  Love Is, Games, Play

  100 Copy quote

• For each and every person, our Lord and Master provides sustenance. Why are you so afraid, O mind? The flamingos fly hundreds of miles, leaving their young ones behind. Who feeds them, and who teaches them to feed themselves? Have you ever thought of this in your mind?

  Guru Nanak

  Leaving, Mind, Lord

  88 Copy quote

• How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo. Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank. It shines on a good many folk, but on none, I dare bet, who are on a stranger errand than you and I. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Sweet, Nature, Morning

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, p.121, Race Point Publishing

  80 Copy quote

  Show source

• Spain travel tip: If bathroom genders are indicated by flamingos, the boy flamingo is the one with a hat. I learned this the hard way.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Travel, Boys

  Twitter post from Jul 10, 2009

  78 Copy quote

  Show source

• How sweet the morning air is! ...How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Sweet, Morning, Ambition

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, p.121, Race Point Publishing

  58 Copy quote

  Show source

• One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.

  Wayne Newton

  Inspiration, Hero, Night

  Wayne Newton, Dick Maurice (1991). “Once Before I Go”, Avon Books

  47 Copy quote

  Show source

• I love you more than anything in the world combined.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Happy Mothers Day, I Love You More, Lobster

  35 Copy quote

• I don't suppose I can wear the flamingo tie," he said as he pulled on black socks. "It's a bit festive, given the occasion," I responded. "Can't wear it to the opera," said the Colonel, almost smiling. "Can't wear it to a funeral. Can't use it to hang myself. It's a bit useless, as ties go." I gave him a tie.

  John Green

  Ties, Funeral, Black

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.113, Penguin

  50 Copy quote

  Show source

• Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. John's, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingos flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it. John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together. John had no friends, Michael had friends at night, Wendy had a pet wolf forsaken by its parents.

  James M. Barrie

  Night, House, Parent

  40 Copy quote

• I used to skip school to go there when I was growing up in Newark, ... I saw the Flamingos, the Heartbeats, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Jackson.

  George Clinton

  Growing Up, Heart, School

  40 Copy quote

• [My catholic education] sticked with me. It caused the rage I had to make 'Pink Flamingos.'

  John Waters

  Catholic, Rage, Catholic Education

  29 Copy quote

• and if i if i ever let love go because the hatred and the whisperings become a phantom dictate i o- bey in lieu of impulse and realities (the blossoming flamingos of my wild mimosa trees) then let love freeze me out. (from i must become a menace to my enemies)

  June Jordan

  Reality, Hatred, Tree

  June Jordan (2012). “Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan”, p.232, Copper Canyon Press

  29 Copy quote

  Show source

• They carried on sniping in the front seat, and Mae turned back to Jamie. "You doing okay?" she murmured. "Yes," said Jamie, a bit too earnestly. "I love you, Mae. Your hair is the color of flamingos! And I love Nick as well." He gazed soulfully in Nick's direction. "Sometimes when you are not being psychotic, you are quite funny. And you!" He regarded Seb for a long moment. "No, I still don't like you," he decided. "Maybe I need another drink." "I don't think so," Nick said.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Love You, Thinking, Hair

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2010). “The Demon's Covenant”, p.294, Simon and Schuster

  29 Copy quote

  Show source

• The first music I bought when I was nine or 10 was pop music from the '50s and '60s, like The Everly Bros., Elvis, Del Shannon, The Flamingos, The Platters, whatever I could get my hands on. And then some musical things, like Camelot, Singing in the Rain and Hair.

  Will Oldham

  Rain, Hair, Hands

  29 Copy quote

• Amos sipped his coffee. "Sorry if that distubed you. Khufu's very picky. He only eats foods that end in -o. Doritos, burritos, flamingos." I blinked. "Did you say-" "Carter," Sadie warned. She looked a little queasy, like she'd already had this conversation. "Don't ask.

  Rick Riordan

  Sorry, Coffee, Khufu

  26 Copy quote