Want is a thing that unfurls unbidden like fungus, opening large upon itself, stopless, filling the sky. But needs, from one day to the next, are few enough to fit in a bucket, with room enough left to rattle like brittle brush in a dry wind.
Rattlesnakes would be a lot more dangerous if they didn't have the rattle.
There's keen delight in what we have: The rattle of pebbles on the shore Under the receding wave.
Clang Clang Rattle Bing Bang, Gonna make my noise all day!
In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying.
It gives a fellow an awful shiver to hear the first shovelful of dirt and gravel rattle down upon the coffin; but after it is covered, it falls gently and makes no sound. The feeling of rest is perfect. There's no more nagging, no more pain!
The rumble of a subway train, the rattle of the taxis.
To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the countryside, which bore so clearly the mark of the waning year, Yellow leaves carpeted the lanes and fluttered down upon us as we passed, The rattle of our wheels died away as we drove through drifts of rotting vegetation--sad gifts, as it seemed to me, for Nature to throw before the carriage of the returning heir of the Baskervilles.
I try to shake it loose-but these ideas, they cling. It's like I'm shackled to them with an iron chain. They rattle along behind me, dragging against the ground, always reminding me of their presence.
Royalty is but a feather in a man's cap; let children enjoy their rattle.
You can't just rattle it off like a demented parrot.
You've got to rattle your cage door. You've got to let them know that you're in there, and that you want out. Make noise. Cause trouble. You may not win right away, but you'll sure have a lot more fun.
Carpe Dium, I say. Seize the day. Grab it by the throat and rattle its bollocks
I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.
England have players who can rattle anyone's feathers
And then I am going to rattle the stars.
I have a tendency to kick it up. I like to rattle the cage.
There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?
TV by and large has become a dime-store business so far as creativity and talent are concerned. The half-hour and sixty-minute series rattle off the production lines like cans of beans, with an occasional dab of ham inside.
Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.