#flea

When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas. ↗

— Jean Harlow

#down #fleas #get #lie #up

But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles. ↗

— Neil Innes

#flea markets #go #had #look #markets

Flea stared at us, "I can't decide what's worse. Losing family members or not having a family member to lose. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#flea #maria-v-snyder #touch-of-power #family

So who gave him his name?" I asked. "Kerrick," Belen answered. Not who I'd expect. "Why 'Flea'?" A full-out grin spread across Flea's face. "Cause I'm fast and hard to catch." "Because he's a pest and hard to squash," Belen said. "Because he jumps about three feet in the air when you scare him," Loren added. "Because he's annoying and makes us itch with impatience," Quain said. "Thanks, guys. I love you too." Flea made exaggerated kissing noises and patted his ass. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#belen #flea #loren #maria-v-snyder #quain

I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was lucky. ↗

— Lynda Barry

#being #flea #flea markets #gay #him

My mother used to take me to flea markets in my stroller, and I would just rummage through the piles. You've got to dig through the overstuffed racks that everyone else just walks by. It's the only way to find the cool stuff. ↗

— Lily Collins

#dig #else #everyone #find #flea

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#better #criticism #fleas #jump #like

I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying. ↗

— Penelope Spheeris

#copies #decline #flea #i #ii

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody. ↗

— Stanislaw Lec

#everybody #fleas #jump #like #man

I like Flea, I like him as a musician. ↗