Bird Quotes · Page 69

“Woods disguised as woods alive without end, and above them birds in flight play birds in flight.”

— Wislawa Szymborska

“A fish may love a bird, but where would they live? - Then I shall build you wings.”

— Drew Barrymore

It's like being a bird, maybe, the perspective of flying over the Earth.

— Peggy Whitson

“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

A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to…

— Patrick MacGill

Years should be nothing to you. Who asked you to count them or consider them? In the world of wild Nature, time…

— Marie Corelli

“Wings can only fly as long as the bird flies Soul blackens when you put on vestment of lies White candle wax…

— Munia Khan

The sky and the earth and the waters and the things that are in them, the fishes, and the birds and the…

— Saint Augustine

“Richard had trained in the Philippines, working to save the Philippines’ monkey-eating eagle, a wildly improbable-looking piece of flying hardware that you…

— Douglas Adams

“‎Rise early. It is the early bird that catches the worm. Don't be fooled by this absurd saw; I once knew a…

— Mark Twain

Inventive man has invented nothing -- nothing from scratch. If he has produced a machine that in motion overcomes the law of…

— Dorothy Thompson

[Richard Crossley's] previous bird guide, for ID'ing Eastern birds, is the most imaginative, original attempt to re-envision the birding guide and set…

— James Wolcott

Smoke says the beef is much better than the squawky white birds. Her expression changed from annoyed to dismayed. Squawky white birds?…

— Anne Bishop

I know I am but summer to your heart, And not the full four seasons of the year; And you must welcome…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

It is interesting to contemplate an entangled bank clothed with many plants of many kinds with birds singing on the bushes, with…

— Charles Darwin

This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I…

— Henry David Thoreau

I'm not going to dinner with somebody who eats like a bird, nor do I want to eat like a bird. But…

— Sophia Bush

“Mockingbirds are the true artists of the bird kingdom. Which is to say, although they're born with a song of their own,…

— Tom Robbins

A week before Thanksgiving, my mother bought the turkey, frozen. Then she froze it some more. Then she let it thaw and…

— Wesley Morris

And when you had made sure of the poor little fool," said my aunt - "God forgive me that I should call…

— Charles Dickens

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

— Maureen Johnson

“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

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

— Ozzy Osbourne

Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.

— Black Elk

Always find a time to sit on a humid autumn bench to feed the poor birds or to think the dying leaves!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“A bird like that must fly free and feed on nostalgia for the same time when he flew alongside someone else.”

— Paulo Coelho's

I think statues are great; they show what great people would look like if a bird sh*t all over them.

— Demetri Martin

As I love nature, as I love singing birds...I love thee, my friend.

— Henry David Thoreau

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly.

— Ivan Pavlov

Man's hope can paint a purple picture, can transform a soaring vulture into a noble eagle or moaning dove.

— Ralph Ellison

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

Ah, to be a bird. To fly the skies, sing my song, and best of all occasionally peck someone's eyes out.

— George Carlin

“If you don't mind, I'd like to watch them," he said. "They're just ugly loud crows." I tugged on his arm.”

— Stacy Claflin

If you want to soar like an eagle in life, you can't be flocking with the turkeys.

— Warren Buffett

I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France.

— Alex Ferguson