Brown Tree Snakes

Famous quotes containing the words brown, tree and/or snakes:

    “Oh, little brown girl, born for sorrow’s mate,
    Keep all you have of queenliness,
    Forgetting that you once were slave,
    And let your full lips laugh at Fate!”
    —Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981)

    “On a tree by a river a little tom-tit Sang “Willow, titwillow, titwillow!”
    And I said to him, “Dicky-bird, why do you sit Singing, “Willow, titwillow, titwillow!””
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Granddaddy used to handle snakes in church. Granny drank strychnine. I guess you could say I had a leg up, genetically speaking.”
    —Wesley Strick, U.S. screenwriter, and Martin Scorsese. Max Cady (Robert DeNiro)