Winged Monkeys

Winged monkeys (often referred to in adaptations and popular culture as flying monkeys) are characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, of enough impact between the books and the 1939 movie to have taken their own place in popular culture, regularly referenced in comedic or ironic situations as a source of evil or fear.

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Famous quotes containing the words winged and/or monkeys:

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    Plato (427–347 B.C.)

    The monkeys winked too much and were afraid of snakes. The zebras,
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    and strictly practical appendages
    Marianne Moore (1887–1972)