Finches Quotes

17 quotes by 13 authors

On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak is the only prominent specific… — David Lack
He was as needy as she was. Alvin Finch only wanted to be needed. Loved. And absent of either, he resorted to deflecting his pain… — Ted Dekker
James Finch has always had pretty stout cars for the restrictor-plate races and I know we'll be very competitive at Daytona. — Kurt Busch
James Finch is exactly what I'm looking for, as far as getting back into the race car to have fun. — Kurt Busch
When I came to the Food Network, I didn't want to do a cooking show. I told Kathleen Finch for nine months I didn't want… — Sandra Lee
Journeyâ€™s end In western lands beneath the Sun The flowers may rise in Spring, The trees may bud, the waters run, The merry finches sing.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat.… — Harper Lee
I don't say anything and he casually leans against my desk, picking up the novel that's sitting there. "It's bullshit," he tells me, flicking through… — Melina Marchetta
hold your head high and keep those fists down - Atticus Finch — Harper Lee
I felt like one who wants to trap and cage a little bird, and after years of waiting and luring and baiting finds that she… — Elizabeth Wein
Finch picked up one of the ancient fax-mags and brought it over to me. "I don't need anything to read," I said. "I'll just sit… — Connie Willis
Calpurnia evidently remembered a rainy Sunday when we were both fatherless and teacherless. Let to its own devices, the class tied Eunice Ann Simpson to… — Harper Lee
Denys (Finch-Hatton) has been written about before and he will be written about again. If someone has not already said it, someone will say that… — Beryl Markham
I had never thought about it, but summer was Dill by the fishpool smoking string, Dill's eyes alive with complicated plans to make Boo Radley… — Harper Lee
When I looked at the painting I felt the same convergence on a single point: a glancing sun-struck instance that existed now and forever. Only… — Donna Tartt
Contrary to the legend, Darwin's finches do not appear to have inspired his earliest theoretical views on evolution, even after he finally became an evolutionist… — Frank Sulloway
Islands are known to differ in the food supply available to ground finches, mainly seeds. — Peter R. Grant

Who Wrote These Finches Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 17 Finches Quotes as follows: