Cant is the parrot talk of a profession.

“I talk of love, a scholar's parrot may talk greek, but, self-imprisoned, always end where I begin.”

— phil keaggy

“It goes without saying that even those of us who are going to hell will get eternal life—if that territory really exists outside religious…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I bought myself a parrot, but it did not say "I'm hungry", and so it died.

— Mitch Hedberg

That parrot's non-co-operation with the cage, with its master, will live for ever because it looks upon renunciation, non-co-operation, as a joy.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Intellectual is a parrot; wise man is a crow. One is repetitive; other is creative!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

She is not refined. She is not unrefined. She keeps a parrot

— Mark Twain

Most of the time, I get auditions for deaf characters where the scene has them communicating in really convoluted ways, like reading lips from…

— Shoshannah Stern

The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing…

— Ambrose Bierce

I think my wife is cheating on me, the only thing the parrot knows how to say is, quick out the window.

— Rodney Dangerfield

I have two dogs and a parrot, so they require a lot of attention. They deserve it.

— Cassie Steele

If they'd wanted a nice parrot, they wouldn't have asked for me.

— Gilbert Gottfried

I wanted to get a tape recorder, but I got a parrot instead. I think I did that joke backwards.

— Mitch Hedberg

The parrot holds its food for prim consumption as daintily as any debutante, [with] a predilection for pot roast, hashed-brown potatoes, duck skin, butter,…

— Alexander Theroux

Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.

— Neil Innes

I don't think you see a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder, for example. And even with the accents.

— Ray Stevenson