All John James Audubon Quotes
- But the moment a bird was dead, no matter how beautiful it had been in life, the pleasure of possession became blunted for me. Beautiful
- Look at that mallard as he floats on the lake; see his elevated head glittering with emerald green, his amber eyes glancing in the light!… Amber
- I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband… All
- A Mocking Bird regularly resorts to the south angle of a chimney top and salutes us with sweetest notes from the rising of the moon… Angle
- After all, I long to be in America again, nay, if I can go home to return no more to Europe, it seems to me… All
- One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures... as they changed their hue in twenty varieties of richest… Arrangement
- There is but one kind of love; God is love, and all his creatures derive theirs from his; only it is modified by the different… All
- Patiently and with industry did I apply myself to study, for although I felt the impossibility of giving life to my productions, I did not… Abandon
- My wife determined that my genius should prevail, and that my final success as an ornithologist should be triumphant. Determined
- I feel I am strange to all but the birds of America. All
- To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule. Evils
- I discover that my friends think only of my apparel, and those upon whom I have conferred acts of kindness prefer to remind me of… Acts
- I looked long and carefully at the picture of a stag painted by Landseer - the style was good, and the brush was handled with… Best
- A few days of idleness have completely sickened me, and given me what is called the blue-devils so severely, that I feel that the sooner… Better
- The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me,… Best
- Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend… Art
- Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if… Assure
- In America, business is the first object in view at all times, and rightly it should be so. All
- Reader, persons who have never witnessed a hurricane, such as not unfrequently desolates the sultry climates of the south, can scarcely form an idea of… All
- The eggers destroy all the eggs that are sat upon, to force the birds to lay fresh eggs, and by robbing them regularly compel them… All
- The gay bunting erects his white crest, and gives utterance to the joy he feels in the presence of his brooding mate; the willow grouse… Air
- The Fur Company may be called the exterminating medium of these wild and almost uninhabitable regions, which cupidity or the love of money alone would… Alone
- July 2. A beautiful day for Labrador. Went ashore and killed nothing, but was pleased with what I saw. The country is so grandly wild… Ashore
- There is the morass, wherein you plunge up to your knees, or the walking over the stubborn, dwarfish shrubbery, whereby one treads down the forests… Alone
- The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to… Alas