“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.”

“The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.”

“Death laid its eggs in the wound”

“It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.”

“Unfortunately, in America, babies are not found in cola cans. I asked my mother when I was four, and she said they came from eggs laid by rabbis. If you aren't Jewish, they're laid by Catholic nuns. If you're an atheist, they're laid by dirty, lonely prostitutes.”

“It had become usual to give Napoleon the Credit for every Successful achievement and every stroke of good fortune. You would often hear one hen remark to another, “Under the guidance of our leader, Comrade Napoleon, I have laid five eggs in six days” or two cows, enjoying a drink at the pool, would exclaim,“thanks to the leadership of Comrade Napoleon, how excellent this water tastes!”...”