Blue Tail Fly

Famous quotes containing the words blue, tail and/or fly:

    But the lark is so brimful of gladness and love,
    The green fields below him, the blue sky above,
    That he sings, and he sings; and for ever sings he—
    ‘I love my Love, and my Love loves me!’
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)

    Who is going to raise the dog’s tail if he doesn’t do it himself?
    —Estonian. Trans. by Ilse Lehiste (1993)

    There are occasions when I would rather feel like a fly than a spider.
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)