Common Cuckoo Eggs

Famous quotes containing the words common, cuckoo and/or eggs:

    “The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it.”
    —Andrea Dworkin (b. 1946)

    “When daisies pied and violets blue,
    And lady-smocks, all silver-white,
    And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
    Do paint the meadows with delight,
    The cuckoo then on every tree
    Mocks married men, for thus sings he:
    Cuckoo!
    Cuckoo, cuckoo—O word of fear,
    Unpleasing to a married ear.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The common cormorant or shag
    Lays eggs inside a paper bag.”
    —Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986)