Birds Quotes

1423 Birds quotes by 965 unique authors

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
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
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
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 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
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
Martin Luther, when he walked in the woods, used to raise his hat to the birds and say, ‘Good morning, theologians—you wake and sing, but… — Richard Wurmbrand
It's probable that in the artistic hierarchy birds are the greatest musicians existing on our planet. — Olivier Messiaen
If we're going to improve the environment, the first thing we should do is duck the government. The second thing we should do is quit… — P.J. O'Rourke
Birds sat on the telegraph wires that spanned the river as the black notes sit on a staff of music. — Rebecca West
How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire! — Belva Plain
Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore; full well they merit all they feel, and more: unaw by precepts, human or divine, like birds and beasts,… — Alexander Pope
I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be… — Rose Kennedy
Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds,… — Sakya Pandita
King Henry: But what a point, my lord, your falcon made, And what a pitch she flew above the rest! To see how God in… — William Shakespeare
Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very flexible and strong,… — Guy Murchie
Lying under an acacia tree with the sound of the dawn around me, I realized more clearly the facts that man should never overlook: that… — Charles Lindbergh
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
The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind. — Carly Simon
Two birds fly past. They are needed somewhere. — Robert Bly

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