I don't think in biology it's very controversial at all. Whether certain behavior is culture or is not culture is argued. I… — Hal Whitehead Copy Share Image
Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me And tune his merry note, Unto the sweet bird's throat; Come hither,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Seeing this gradation and diversity of structure in one small, intimately related group of birds, one might really fancy that from an… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Tell me why the caged bird nutters against its prison bars, and I will tell you why the soul sickens of earthliness.… — Randolph Sinks Foster Copy Share Image
Sitting at our back doorsteps, all we need to live a good life lies about us. Sun, wind, people, buildings, stones, sea,… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
Oh, man, I was a stick in high school. I had a bird chest; I got called that a lot: 'Bird chest.'… — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share Image
Each time Stalker called you 'dove', I wanted to hit him. Because you're not a little gray bird... you're all the light… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
The butterfly long loved the beautiful rose, And flirted around all day; While round him in turn with her golden caress, Soft… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
We made it. Despite the fear and predictions of doom. We made it. Even though there were days when we were tired… — Ron Atchison Copy Share Image
Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“Qwilleran, never an early riser by choice, now found himself routed out of bed at dawn when the birds convened for their… — Lilian Jackson Braun Copy Share Image
There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
In that moment Ged understood the singing of the bird, and the language of the water falling in the basin of the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I wish this story were different. I wish it were more civilized. I wish it showed me in a better light, if… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I'm lying in my room listening to the birds outside. I used to think they sang because they were happy. But then… — Jo Knowles Copy Share Image
The big difference between people is not between the rich and the poor, the good and the evil. The biggest of all… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
Every day, I get up, and I fill the bird feeders and put out fruit and other food for both the birds… — Jeff Vandermeer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You have tours that go to certain parts of the world to see a specific type of bird, and then you come… — Ian Harding Copy Share Image
Please remember the hundreds of tiny empty stomachs in our communities. Winter is a tough time for birds and other small creatures… — Alex Pacheco Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
One of the three pigeons flew on the same bark just before the second pigeon had flown on it ; and I… — Chandan Ray Copy Share Image
The first time Calypso came to check on [Leo], it was to complain about the noise. “Smoke and fire,” she said. “Clanging… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Man is the most powerful creature on the planet. And we're arrogant. I mean, people own birds. It's like, there's a creature… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
The birds I heard today, which, fortunately, did not come within the scope of my science, sang as freshly as if it… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Sundown had bloodied the horizon over the uneven rooftops of South Boston. Birds were perched on every roof and seemed to be… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
In all religions, the quickening spirit has been symbolically represented as a bird. At the baptism, when Jesus' body was in the… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
Nor shall this peace sleep with her; but as when The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix, Her ashes new-create another… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved. — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I am lost without you. I am soulless, a drifter without a home, a solitary bird in a flight to nowhere. I… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
...the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing… — Zitkala-Sa Copy Share Image
The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars.… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Geese are friends to no one, they bad mouth everybody and everything. But they are companionable once you get used to their… — E. B. White Copy Share Image