Bird Quotes · Page 61

“The smell of death was thick in the city of Vārāṇasī. And in Tokyo as well. And yet the birds blissfully sang…

— Shusaku Endo

..and me holding this moment that was as fragile as a bird in my hands

— Maggie Stiefvater

Disappear where?" You know what they say: Curiosity killed the mutant bird kid. But I couldn't help myself.

— James Patterson

But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted…

— John James Audubon

The tragedy of man is that the happy moments of life behave like the birds of the forests: They appear and disappear…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“She called, "Au ror a!" in a penetrating voice that could cause a small bird to fall dead out of the sky.”

— Maureen Johnson

You're chasing the dragon, you're chasing the high. A bird with one wing, who's still trying to fly.

— Ozzy Osbourne

“But they fly. It is what fledged birds must do, and she's always known that. The nest can't always be full.”

— Susan Fletcher

The big difference between people is not between the rich and the poor, the good and the evil. The biggest of all…

— Paul Newman

Every day, I get up, and I fill the bird feeders and put out fruit and other food for both the birds…

— Jeff Vandermeer

Fish have got to swim. Birds have got to fly, and Clintons have to run for office. It's what they do. It's…

— George Will

You have tours that go to certain parts of the world to see a specific type of bird, and then you come…

— Ian Harding

Please remember the hundreds of tiny empty stomachs in our communities. Winter is a tough time for birds and other small creatures…

— Alex Pacheco

I live within the vivid colors of my imagination, soaring with rainbow-feathered birds, racing the desert winds on horseback, wrapped in ancient…

— Laurel Burch

The older I get, I realize, 'Man, I'm a very rare bird,' and that's not because of necessarily my talent or ability;…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

One of the three pigeons flew on the same bark just before the second pigeon had flown on it ; and I…

— Chandan Ray

“ I spent my day as I normally spend my days: threatening suppliers, bullying those who are not in line with my…

— Courtney Milan

Tell the story, gather the events, repeat them. Pattern is a matter of upkeep. Otherwise the weave relaxes back to threads picked…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

Wouldn't it be most logical for her to change herself into a living thing, like a cat or dog, a bird or…

— Donita K. Paul

Now therefore, while the youthful hue Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul transpires At every pore…

— Andrew Marvell

He regarded the world-objects right in front of his face-as if from a great distance. For when he moved on the earth…

— Amanda Coplin

North Korea is a necrocracy, or a mauselocracy or a thanatocracy in which the one [Kim Il-sung] is diffused into being with…

— Christopher Hitchens

I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds…

— John Steinbeck

The torments of hell abide for ever… If all the earth and sea were sand, and every thousandth year a bird should…

— Thomas Watson

Basic Instincts It's the way mother birds build nests, and build them high enough to elude

— Anonymous

More than fear of loving bears or birds bigger than cows, I fear pathless nights. How, I wonder, can I find you…

— Toni Morrison

“If a bird settled on only walking on its two feet, it would never fly and achieve its highest potential.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

I wouldn't steal anything because stealing is wrong. If I had to, I'd steal a caged bird and set it free.

— Arthur Darvill

“O, but Everyone Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done.”

— Siegfried Sassoon

Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment…

— Mahatma Gandhi

It's a pity we don't whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading.

— Halldór Laxness

The older I get, the more I think birds are the best musicians on the planet.

— Brian Reitzell

God wove a web of loveliness, Of clouds and stars and birds, But made not anything at all, So beautiful as words.

— Anna Hempstead Branch

Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow why then, oh why can't I?

— Eva Cassidy

You know what the ideal dove gun for any given day is? Your other-the one you left at home.

— Gene Hill

Environmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest.

— Ronald Reagan

“These pigeons seemed to have an inordinate amount of room on their legs.”

— Susan Curnow

Every bird that flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.

— Victor Hugo

Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop.

— Anonymous

I just knew it would get a big laugh when people saw the 'Flying Nun' throwing the bird to a highway patrolman.

— Hal Needham