Famous quotes containing the words villages of, villages and/or oriole:
“Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“It’s like a jumble of huts in a jungle somewhere. I don’t understand how you can live there. It’s really, completely dead. Walk along the street, there’s nothing moving. I’ve lived in small Spanish fishing villages which were literally sunny all day long everyday of the week, but they weren’t as boring as Los Angeles.”
—Truman Capote (1924–1984)
“The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole lurking behind it.”
—Chinese proverb.