David Attenborough

It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde. Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now.

British Journalist

Rufus Wainwright

There's prejudice everywhere. I don't think the music industry is as bad as the movie industry. But I have taken a few hits over the years for my sexuality, and for being honest about my life. In the end, it's the music that rules the roost.

Canadian Musician

William Wallace

I always showed myself in the face of day, asserting the liberty and independence of my country, while some others, like owls, courted concealment and were too much afraid of losing their roosts to leave them for such a cause.

Scottish Revolutionary

Lynn Johnston

That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost.

American Cartoonist

Francis Ford Coppola

My big goal in life was always to figure out how I can make a lot of money so I can go off and make films irrespective of the opinion of the three or four critics who seem to rule the roost.

American Director

George T. Conway III

Trump's lying, his self-regard, his self-soothing, his lack of empathy, his narcissistic rage, his contempt for norms, rules, laws, facts and simple truths - have all come home to roost.

American Lawyer

Naseeruddin Shah

Any youngster who comes to me and says he wants to act, I tell him to complete his education first because, for too long, uneducated actors have ruled the roost in the acting world.

Indian Actor

Kim Shattuck

You can't have an ego when you're a team. One person can't really rule the roost.

American Musician

Charles W. Chesnutt

American Novelist

Benjamin Disraeli

British Statesman

Refers to actual places where animals sleep; not used for humans.

Physical Locations

Suggests a roost is typically a safe, comfortable place for birds or bats.

Safety and Security

Animals often use the same roost regularly, demonstrating habit.

Habitual Action

A roosting bird generally sleeps high up, out of reach.

Elevated Position

Roosting describes birds settling for sleep, primarily at night.

Nighttime Activity

Used metaphorically for people to mean relax or rest in a place.

Settling Down

Implies a temporary stay, not a permanent living situation.

Temporary Rest

Metaphor for dealing with the results of one's actions.

Facing Consequences

Usually used when negative consequences are returning to affect someone.

Negative Repercussions

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Watch the Total Solar...

 which has affected numbers but due to ongoing development they have lost insect prey as well as roosting sites which is having a devastating effect on the species so tell us a bit about the process from when you rescue a swift to caring for it to eventually releasing it

Small Creatures In Need...

 Each must have its own, officially acknowledged stomping ground. They’ll peacefully roost there unless their region borders another dragon of the same type, in which case the matching dragons will go on a rampage. However, fire and ice dragons can border each other,

A riddle of ice and fire...

 all these different pieces of attention, this desperate generation of content, all comes together into a single place. This is where all those deeply weird keywords come home to roost. You cross-breed the finger family video with some live-action superhero stuff,

The nightmare videos of...

 as a country and as citizens in relationship to the world's worst places, the world's worst suffering, killers, and the kinds of killers that could come home to roost sometime in the future? The place that I turned to answer that question was to a man

Samantha Power: Shaking...

 muscles burst into life and the dragonfly floats up into the afternoon sunshine the pale and fragile dragonfly must now find a quiet spot to roost while its exoskeleton hardens and develops the rich core scheme the adult running form

The Secret World of...

 which means that every time one of them enters one of these specially equipped bat boxes, we know where she is, and more importantly, we know with whom she is. So I study roosting associations in bats, and this is what it looks like.

Nicolas Perony: Puppies!...

 each morning the male checks out all the females roosting on his branch courtship can be lengthy and intense 20 minutes of deep grooming licking the female's nether parts with a long roughened tongue

Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...

 chests is refreshing but more importantly it collects water in the hairs to lick off back at the roost and quench their thirst

Bats Dodge Crocodile...

 I reckon there's probably a pair in there that's their little roosting hole. These guys mate for life.