Teddy Kennedy rose to become a liberal lion by collaborating with Republicans.
Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit.
Never look a gift lion in the mouth.
This is to think, that men are so foolish, that they take care to avoid what mischiefs may be done them by pole-cats, or foxes; but are content, nay, think it safety, to be devoured by lions.
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
One lion thinks it's just hilarious to tackle us. He's very funny about it. . . and we always know when it will happen.
I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.
But suppose your dæmon settles in a shape you don't like? Well, then, you're discontented, en't you? There's plenty of folk as'd like to have a lion as a dæmon and they end up with a poodle. And till they learn to be satisfied with what they are, they're going to be fretful about it. Waste of feeling, that is. But it didn't seem to Lyra that she would ever grow up.
A tiny portion of the population controls the lions share of the wealth and most of the command positions of state, manufacturing, banking, investment, publishing, higher education, philanthropy, and media. . . these individuals exercise a preponderant influence over what is passed off as public information and democratic discourse.
We live in a world where you're not being eaten by a lion when you fail, you just have to get another job.
I used to have lots of tigers. I had all sorts of exotic pets when I had some money. Before I was broke, I had everything. Pigeons and vultures, lions, tigers, and bears. I had it all.
I will teach them what it means to put a lion in a cage, Cersei thought.
I seem forsaken and alone, I hear the lion roar; And every door is shut but one, And that is Mercy's door.
I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
A man that is not afraid of a Lion is afraid of a Cat.
Every wolf's and lion's howl Raises from Hell a human soul.
Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are!
I don't mind going into a liberal lion's den. That's where you test yourself.
You have eternity in which to explain and only one night to be a martyr in the amphitheater Get out, darling, and let me see the lions eat you.
Satan prowls but he’s a lion on a leash