Bird Quote by Emma Lazarus

O Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice?

— William Wordsworth

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

— Elizabeth Goudge

“The birders I encountered in books and in the world shared little in common except this simple secret: if you listen to birds, every…

— Kyo Maclear

Although all poets aspire to be birds, no bird aspires to be a poet.

— Mary Ruefle

No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been…

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“the dream except that there was something about a bird, and even that vague detail was so far lost to his waking mind that…

— Brian Harmon

We do not ask what hope of gain makes a little bird warble, since we know that it takes delight in singing because it…

— Johannes Kepler

Thinking is to man what flying is to birds. Don’t follow the example of a chicken when you could be a lark.

— Albert Einstein

A bird is an instrument working according to mathematical law, which instrument it is within the capacity of man to reproduce with all its…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Most birds are geniuses. We had one that became a pet; he learned to talk, use tools and solve problems.

— Jean Craighead George

For most of my life, I didn't pay attention to birds.

— Jonathan Franzen

I could talk about 'Lady Bird' for literally the rest of my life! It never gets old.

— Beanie Feldstein