Bird Quotes

2421 Bird quotes by 1479 unique authors

A mud-stained sunlight began to splatter the sodden fields, and the hateful, nasal world of birds began to come to life. It seemed to me… — Blaise Cendrars
I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about… — John Coltrane
Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes,… — Sergei Eisenstein
Birds, it must be admitted, are the most exciting and most deserving of the vertebrates; they are perhaps the best entre into the study of… — Roger Tory Peterson
The truth of the matter is, the birds could very well live without us, but many -- perhaps all -- of us would find life… — Roger Tory Peterson
I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to… — Roger Tory Peterson
I can recognize the calls of practically every bird in North America. There are some in Africa I don't know, though — Roger Tory Peterson
All living beings, things that move, are equally important, whether they are human beings, dogs, birds, fish, trees, ants, weeds, rivers, wind or rain. To… — Unknown Author
So let us not worry, and look instead as it has been taught us to do, as the birds of the air and the lilies… — Franz Liszt
I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close… — Erich Maria Remarque
Poverty comes from Hell. Prosperity comes from Heaven. Adam had complete dominion over the earth and all it contains. A. Adam could fly like a… — Benny Hinn
Adam was a super being when God created him...he had dominion over the fowls of the air which means he used to fly...well of course… — Benny Hinn
The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds—the… — Chuck Jones
It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving picaninnies; and… — Boris Johnson
I don't see [the jungle] so much erotic. I see it more full of obscenity. It's just - Nature here is vile and base. I… — Werner Herzog
I love everything that makes up a milieu, the rolling of the carriages and the noise of the workmen in Paris, the cries of a… — George Sand
The mosquito is the state bird of New Jersey. — Andy Warhol
Larry Bird is overrated in a lot of areas. ... Why does he get so much publicity? Because he's white. You never hear about a… — Dennis Rodman
About one thing the Englishman has a particularly strict code. If a bird says Cluk bik bik bik bik and caw you may kill it,… — Clement Freud
The Universe story is the quintessence of reality. We perceive the story. We put it in our language, the birds put it in theirs, and… — Thomas Berry
When they turned off, it was still early in the pink and green fields. The fumes of morning, sweet and bitter, sprang up where they… — Eudora Welty
I have been feeding pigeons, thousands of them for years. But there was one, a beautiful bird, pure white with light grey tips on its… — Nikola Tesla
The early bird catches the worm. But I have never been one for worms. I am not sure what the late bird catches but I… — Donald Miller
Someone once asked me why people sing. I answered that they sing for many of the same reasons the birds sing. They sing for a… — Linda Ronstadt
People habitat has to take priority over bird habitat. — Byron Dorgan

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