Grey Parrots

Famous quotes containing the words grey and/or parrots:

    ... it is probable that in a fit of generosity the men of the United States would have enfranchised its women en masse; and the government now staggering under the ballots of ignorant, irresponsible men, must have gone down under the additional burden of the votes which would have been thrown upon it, by millions of ignorant, irresponsible women.
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    And the chandeliers are neat . . .
    But their mignon, marblish glare!
    We are cold, the parrots cried,
    In a place so debonair.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)