Bird Quotes · Page 63

I wanna live like Arnold, Willis and Mr. Drummond... And keep my paper sturdy, big birds and tight herbs.

— Pimp C

Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.

— Jimmy Carter

A little bird told me that jumping is easy and the falling is fun, right up until you hit sidewalk shivering and…

— Ani DiFranco

Success is full of promise till a man gets it; and then it is last year's nest from which the birds have…

— Henry Ward Beecher

I bet the sparrow looks at the parrot and thinks, yes, you can talk, but LISTEN TO YOURSELF!

— Jack Handey

Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.

— Carl Sagan

Owls are known as lonely birds; but it is not known that they have the forest as their best friend!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

At the bottom of every frozen heart there is a drop or two of love―just enough to feed the birds.

— Henry Miller

A girl doesn't always want to go out, you know, Mr. Wind-Up Bird. Sometimes she feels like being nasty--like, if the guy's…

— Haruki Murakami

The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars.…

— Black Elk

Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away…

— Jo Brand

...the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing…

— Zitkala-Sa

I love the feeling of shredded wheat. I love healthy bird food with a fun-to-eat feel. Then you spray them with sugar,…

— Penn Jillette

When the groundhog casts his shadow And the small birds sing And the pussywillows happen And the sun shines warm And when…

— Margaret Wise Brown

“Their [the eggs] physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual wonder to the gulls that fly overhead. To the wingless a…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Now for a good twelve-hour sleep, I told myself. Twelve solid hours. Let birds sing, let people go to work. Somewhere out…

— Haruki Murakami

Years and years ago, when I was a boy, when there were wolves in Wales, and birds the color of red-flannel petticoats…

— Dylan Thomas

“one day went upon the platform and was ready to deliver a sermon when he heard a swallow singing. "Listen," said he,…

— Kaiten Nukariya

Up then, fair phoenix bride, frustrate the sun; Thyself from thine affection Takest warmth enough, and from thine eye All lesser birds…

— John Donne

On any given day, something claims our attention. Anything at all, inconsequential things. A rosebud, a misplaced hat, that sweater we liked…

— Haruki Murakami

An absolute patience. Trees stand up to their knees in fog. The fog slowly flows uphill. White cobwebs, the grass leaning where…

— Denise Levertov

China and other members should join efforts to combat serious infectious disease, such as bird flu. To enhance the cooperation on the…

— Wen Jiabao

All she saw, down in the cellar well beneath the stoop, was a light yellow feather with a tip of green. And…

— Toni Morrison

The weeping of the guitar begins. The goblets of dawn are smashed. The weeping of the guitar begins. Useless to silence it.…

— Federico Garcia Lorca

“The soul aids the body, and at certain moments, raises it. It is the only bird which bears up its own cage.”

— Victor Hugo

“You know, birds always find their way home, no matter the distance. Perhaps you will, too.”

— M.A. Kuzniar

Birds sing after the storm, why shouldnt people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them.

— Melchor Lim

Eagles rarely fail to catch their prey. They usually kill it quickly by breaking its neck with their powerful claws.

— Stephen Kinzer

“If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.”

— Laura Stoddart

“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.”

— Kate Chopin

I'm very happy being me, although sometimes I'd love to be a bird so that I could fly.

— Joy Fielding

“Fire at will! And for the love of the Great Bird of the Galaxy, hit something!”

— David Mack

The carnal contact side by side, from heel to armpit, brings shudders that shake up nature like the flights of nocturnal birds.

— Louis Aragon

“It soared, a bird, it held its flight, a swift pure cry, soar silver orb it leaped serene, speeding, sustained...”

— James Joyce

I am fascinated by air. If you remove the air from the sky, all the birds would fall to the ground. And…

— Anonymous

Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.

— George Bernard Shaw

If you gave wings to a cat, it would not condescend to be a bird. It would be an angel.

— Dick Shawn

Man is a bird full of mud, I say aloud. And death looks on with a casual eye and scratches his anus.

— Anne Sexton

“I saw a dead bird flying through a broken sky. I heard it, and it said, "The world will never understand.”

— Nadège Richards

I hide my grief, just like the blessed birds hide themselves when they are preparing to die, my love.

— Omar Khayyam