Bird Quotes

2421 Bird quotes by 1479 unique authors

Speaking about symmetry, look out our window, and you may see a cardinal attacking its reflection in the window. The cardinal is the only bird… — Martin Gardner
There are some viviparous flies, which bring forth 2,000 young. These in a little time would fill the air, and like clouds intercept the rays… — Carl Linnaeus
Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky. — Roger Tory Peterson
Perhaps it was Maggie, perhaps not. In solitary moments magpies will perch on a branch and mutter soft soliloquies of whines and squeals and chatterings,… — Stanley Crawford
I sincerely congratulate you on the arrival of the mockingbird. Learn all the children to venerate it as a superior being in the form of… — Thomas Jefferson
At the sight of blackbirds Flying in a green light, Even the bawds of euphony Would cry out sharply. — Wallace Stevens
The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind. — Carly Simon
That little bird has chosen his shelter. Above it are the stars and the deep heaven of worlds. Yet he is rocking himself to sleep… — Martin Luther
Two birds fly past. They are needed somewhere. — Robert Bly
The bird thinks it a favor to give the fish a lift in the air — Rabindranath Tagore
Find a day for yourself-better yet, late at night. Go to the forest or to the field, or lock yourself in a room ... You… — Nachman of Breslov
Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off. — Carl Sagan
I tried to think of my knowledge, but it was a squirrel's heap of winter nuts. There was no strength in my knowledge any more… — Stephen Vincent Benet
The early bird catches the worm. — William Camden
Look at the animals roaming the forest: God’s spirit dwells within them. Look at the birds flying across the sky: God’s spirit dwells within them.… — Pelagius
Silence is the nest and music is the bird. The bird leaves the nest early in the morning and returns to the nest in the… — Sri Chinmoy
The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room enough in the… — George Crook
I always give my bird a generous butter massage before I put it in the oven. Why? Because I think the chicken likes it --… — Julia Child
I sat in the gradually chilling room, thinking of my whole past the way a drowning man is supposed to, and it seemed part of… — M.F.K. Fisher
When I pair food and wine, I start with the food. If I have a beautiful roasted bird, I might choose a Cabernet or Pinot… — Jacques Pepin
The mind we have when we practice zazen is the great mind: we don't try to see anything; we stop conceptual thinking; we stop emotional… — Shunryu Suzuki
Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims in the water. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky. — Chogyam Trungpa
The sky is my prayer, the birds are my prayer, the wind in the trees is my prayer, for God is all in all. — Thomas Merton
As I lay stretched upon the beach of Nice, I began to feel hatred for birds which flew back and forth across my blue sky,… — Yves Klein

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