Parakeet/species

Famous quotes containing the words parakeet and/or species:

    “Above the forest of the parakeets,
    A parakeet of parakeets prevails,
    A pip of life amid a mort of tails.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)