Bird Quote by Charles Darwin

“One of the truly bizarre things about our current cultural situation is that the leading figures of the scientific establishment seem genuinely amazed that…

— Phillip E. Johnson

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…

— David Lack

The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of…

— John Burroughs

I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such a necessary connexion, especially among birds, and often with…

— Alfred Russel Wallace

“In Galapagos, as elsewhere, things of the mind, including intellectual ramifications from evolutionary theory, and things of the spirit, like the feeling one gets…

— Barry Lopez

The radical otherness of birds is integral to their beauty and their value. They are always among us but never of us. Their indifference…

— Jonathan Franzen

The Attic warbler pours her throat, Responsive to the cuckoo's note, The untaught harmony of spring.

— Thomas Gray

“In their natural habitats some of these species may be, like the golden-fronted bowerbird, easy to locate and observe but may nevertheless trick the…

— Eric Dinerstein

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

— Douglas Adams

Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures.

— Elizabeth Goudge

On your life, underestimating the proclivities of finches is likely to lead to great internal hemorrhaging.

— Charles Darwin

Every bird will follow it's specie.

— Rumi