Quacks Quotes

While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit. - Robert Burns

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck. - James Whitcomb Riley

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents, where it belongs, and thrown it upon a gang of irresponsible and unintelligent quacks. - Henry Louis Mencken

The practice of physic is jostled by quacks on the one side, and by science on the other. - Peter Mere Latham

The only clarion call that George Pataki is hearing these days is the one convincing him he can run for president. If the governor walks like a lame duck and quacks like a lame duck, he is a lame duck. The only one who doesn't seem to know it is him. - Blake Zeff

The notion that the Austrians were the only bad apples - anyone who says or writes that, that's embarrassing. And I think given all the stuff that was taken from the Austrians, I think most reasonable, prudent men and women will know if it looks, walks and quacks like a duck, it's a doping duck. - Charles Yesalis

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck. - Proverb

If it walks and quacks like a duck, it's a duck and hopefully the duck won't have oil all over its wings. - Bob Sullivan

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands. - Douglas Adams