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- Archaeopteryx probably cannot tell us much about the early origins of feathers and flight in true protobirds because Archaeopteryx was, in the modern sense, a…
- On the contrary, there is a considerable body of evidence that these fossil traces, known as 'dino-fuzz', have nothing to do with bird feathers... I,…
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- It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. — Aesop
- Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. — Lord Byron
- Everybody wants to be a Bond villain. That is the coolest. To be able to portray a Bond villain, that is the… — Steve Carell
- Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. — Maya Angelou
- Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers. — Robert Henri
- I don't have feathers, but I feel like a bird sometimes. — Yves Rossy
- Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven :- That is by letters written with their quills. — Leonardo da Vinci
- I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they… — Morgan Freeman
- We flashed our feathers when the feathers were fit to be flashed, and now, in drearier days, many stay indoors. — Anne Roiphe
- What are the odds so long as the fire of the soul is kindled at the taper of conviviality, and the wing… — Charles Dickens
- A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead. — Alexander Pope
- In every man there is a hidden child which is called the urge to create and he prefers as play things and… — Christian Morgenstern