“Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.”

—  Robert Southey

Motto.
The Curse of Kehama (1810)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost." by Robert Southey?
Robert Southey photo
Robert Southey51
British poet 1774–1843

Related quotes

Edward Bulwer-Lytton photo

“Curse away!
And let me tell thee, Beauseant, a wise proverb
The Arabs have,—"Curses are like young chickens,
And still come home to roost."”

Edward Bulwer-Lytton The Lady of Lyons

The Lady of Lyons (1838), Act v, Scene ii.

Malcolm X photo

“President Kennedy never foresaw that the chickens would come home to roost so soon. Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they've always made me glad.”

Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist

On the assassination of John F. Kennedy, quoted in New York Times (2 December 1963) "Malcolm X Scores U.S. and Kennedy" http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0812FE35541A7B93C0A91789D95F478685F9. p. 21.

Cesar Chavez photo

“Today, the growers are like a punch-drunk old boxer who doesn't know he's past his prime. The times are changing. The political and social environment has changed. The chickens are coming home to roost — and the time to account for past sins is approaching.”

Cesar Chavez (1927–1993) American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist

What the Future Holds (1984)

Arthur Miller photo

“The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost.”

Arthur Miller (1915–2005) playwright from the United States

Harper's (August 1958)

“When Europeans put millions of their brothers (Jews) into ovens under the Nazis, the chickens were coming home to roost. Such behavior inside of “democratic” Europe was not as strange as it is sometimes made out to be. There was always a contradiction between the elaboration of democratic ideas inside Europe and the elaboration of authoritarian and thuggish practices by Europeans with respect to Africans.”

Walter Rodney book How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Source: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), p. 139.

David Cronenberg photo

“Since I see technology as being an extension of the human body, it's inevitable that it should come home to roost.”

David Cronenberg (1943) Canadian film director, screenwriter and actor

on man's relationship with technology

Margaret Cho photo

“I was on a plane, and the steward was coming down the aisle. "Asian chicken salad…Asian chicken salad…Asian chicken salad…" And he gets to me and he's like, "…chicken salad!"”

Margaret Cho (1968) American stand-up comedian

What does he think I'm gonna do? "Dis is not de salad of my people! In my homeland, dey use mandarin orange slices...and crispy wonton crunches!"
From Her Tours and CDs, Revolution Tour

Charles Bowen photo

“Like my brothers who sit with me, I am extremely reluctant to decide anything except what is necessary for the special case, because I believe by long experience that judgments come with far more weight and gravity when they come upon points which the Judges are bound to decide, and I believe that obiter dicta, like the proverbial chickens of destiny, come home to roost sooner or later in a very uncomfortable way to the Judges who have uttered them, and are a great source of embarrassment in future cases. Therefore I abstain from putting a construction on more than it is necessary to do for this particular case.”

Charles Bowen (1835–1894) English judge

Cooke v. New River Co. (1888), L. R. 38 C. D. 70.

Alistair Cooke photo

“To the goggling unbeliever Texans say — as people always say about their mangier dishes — "but it's just like chicken, only tenderer." Rattlesnake is, in fact, just like chicken, only tougher.”

Alistair Cooke (1908–2004) British journalist and broadcaster

Michael Pollan photo

“When chickens get to live like chickens, they'll taste like chickens, too.”

Michael Pollan book The Omnivore's Dilemma

Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

Related topics