Flies

Famous quotes containing the word flies:

    creamy iridescent coats of mail,
    with small iridescent flies crawling on them.
    Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)

    The wild beasts, sparrows pecking the llamas’ grain,
    Pigeons settling on the bears’ bread, buzzards
    Tearing the meat the flies have clouded. . . .
    Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)

    I don’t know why I ever come in here. The flies get the best of everything.
    Otis Criblecoblis, U.S. screenwriter. W.C. Fields (W.C. Fields)