--- title: "8 Bluebirds Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Bluebirds quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Bluebirds sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/yip-harburg-20358_aviation_if-happy-little-bluebirds-fly-beyond-the_104499.png" --- > [If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yip-harburg/if-happy-little-bluebirds-fly-beyond-the-rainbow-why-oh-why-can-t-i/) [Yip Harburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yip-harburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/yip-harburg-20358_aviation_if-happy-little-bluebirds-fly-beyond-the_104499.png) > [How readily the bluebirds become our friends and neighbors when we offer them suitable nesting retreats!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burroughs/how-readily-the-bluebirds-become-our-friends-and-neighbors-when-we/) [John Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/john-burroughs-1157_bird_how-readily-the-bluebirds-become-our-fri_1106372.png) > [Today...the bluebirds, old and young, have revisited their box, as if they would fain repeat the summer without intervention of winter, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/today-the-bluebirds-old-and-young-have-revisited-their-box-as-if-they/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/henry-david-thoreau-20_bluebird_today-the-bluebirds-old-and-young-have-r_1262396.jpg) > [Birds fly over the rainbow, Why then - oh, why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow why, oh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-frank-baum/birds-fly-over-the-rainbow-why-then-oh-why-can-t-i-if-happy-little/) [L. Frank Baum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-frank-baum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab4/l-frank-baum-1339_bird_birds-fly-over-the-rainbow-why-then-oh-w_1309925.png) > [Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see Bluebirds Singing a song Nothing but bluebirds All day long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-berlin/blue-skies-smiling-at-me-nothing-but-blue-skies-do-i-see-bluebirds-2/) [Irving Berlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-berlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a5/irving-berlin-11857_blue_blue-skies-smiling-at-me-nothing-but-blu_1708215.jpg) > [“As I watch, the sky fills with clouds of snow feathers from every kind of bird there ever was and even some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-atkinson/as-i-watch-the-sky-fills-with-clouds-of-snow-feathers-from-every-kind/) [Kate Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-atkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/kate-atkinson-1265_bird_as-i-watch-the-sky-fills-with-clouds-of_2096849.jpg) > [Long after their associates have gone southward, they linger like the last leaves on the tree. It is indeed "good-bye to summer"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neltje-blanchan/long-after-their-associates-have-gone-southward-they-linger-like-the/) [Neltje Blanchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neltje-blanchan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/888/neltje-blanchan-50573_associates_long-after-their-associates-have-gone-so_2345794.jpg) > [As might be expected of creatures so heavenly in color, the disposition of bluebirds is particularly angelic. Gentleness and amiability are expressed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neltje-blanchan/as-might-be-expected-of-creatures-so-heavenly-in-color-the/) [Neltje Blanchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neltje-blanchan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/neltje-blanchan-50573_als_as-might-be-expected-of-creatures-so-hea_2851336.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bluebirds/#itemlist", "name": "Bluebirds Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yip Harburg" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yip-harburg/if-happy-little-bluebirds-fly-beyond-the-rainbow-why-oh-why-can-t-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/yip-harburg-20358_aviation_if-happy-little-bluebirds-fly-beyond-the_104499.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/yip-harburg-20358_aviation_if-happy-little-bluebirds-fly-beyond-the_104499.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/yip-harburg-20358_aviation_if-happy-little-bluebirds-fly-beyond-the_104499.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?” — Yip Harburg", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How readily the bluebirds become our friends and neighbors when we offer them suitable nesting retreats!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Burroughs" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burroughs/how-readily-the-bluebirds-become-our-friends-and-neighbors-when-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/john-burroughs-1157_bird_how-readily-the-bluebirds-become-our-fri_1106372.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/john-burroughs-1157_bird_how-readily-the-bluebirds-become-our-fri_1106372.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/john-burroughs-1157_bird_how-readily-the-bluebirds-become-our-fri_1106372.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How readily the bluebirds become our friends and neighbors when we offer them suitable nesting retreats!” — John Burroughs", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Today...the bluebirds, old and young, have revisited their box, as if they would fain repeat the summer without intervention of winter, if Nature would let them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry David Thoreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/today-the-bluebirds-old-and-young-have-revisited-their-box-as-if-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/henry-david-thoreau-20_bluebird_today-the-bluebirds-old-and-young-have-r_1262396.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/henry-david-thoreau-20_bluebird_today-the-bluebirds-old-and-young-have-r_1262396.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/henry-david-thoreau-20_bluebird_today-the-bluebirds-old-and-young-have-r_1262396.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Today...the bluebirds, old and young, have revisited their box, as if they would fain repeat the summer…” — Henry David Thoreau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Birds fly over the rainbow, Why then - oh, why can't I? 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