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Bird Quotes by Mark Twain
- If there was two birds sitting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first.
- We were surprised how closely the cuckoo imitated the clock-and yet, of course, it could never have heard a clock.
- Rise early. It is the early bird that catches the worm. Don't be fooled by this absurd law; I once knew a man who tried…
- Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.
- I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor thing's blood, and…
- She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that…
- It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.
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- I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. — James M. Barrie
- I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading. — Lynda Barry
- A fish may love a bird, but where would they live? — Drew Barrymore