Tail Fin Tip

Famous quotes containing the words tail, fin and/or tip:

    “It is better to be the head of the chicken than the tail of an ox.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Since the fin has come a little early this siecle and anomie is all the rage, wry, dry tenderness is a suspect commodity.”
    —Angela Carter (1940–1992)

    “Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.”
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)