Ovid
Poet
"We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle."
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Hawks
52 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Edward Abbey
Author, Environmentalist
"The hawk's cry is as sharp as its beak."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Dost thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar Above the morning lark."
Ovid
Poet
"As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves."
Tennessee Williams
Playwright
"Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in the same cage, and so we've grown used to each other. That's what passes for love at this dim, shadowy end of the Camino Real."
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"You cannot friend a hawk, they said, unless you are a hawk yourself, alone and only a sojourner in the land, without friends or the need of them."
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"Republican hawks like John McCain and Lindsey Graham who are very skeptical of [Rex Tillerson]. At the same time the Democrats will portray him as a climate criminal because he heads a big oil company. So, he'll be in for really tough confirmation hearings."
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"But who does hawk at eagles with a dove?"
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"Those of us who love peace must organize as effectively as the war hawks. As they spread the propaganda of war, we must spread the propaganda of peace."
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