Biology Quote by Jenny Johnson

What is the singing of birds, or any natural sound, compared with the voice of one we love.

— Henry David Thoreau

Even the song of birds, which we can bring under no musical rule, seems to have more freedom, and therefore more for taste, than…

— Immanuel Kant

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

Everybody loves birdsong. It's a human need... the sound of birds gives a deep, if sometimes almost unnoticed, pleasure

— Simon Barnes

We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly,…

— Johannes Kepler

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

— Anonymous

Someone once asked me why people sing. I answered that they sing for many of the same reasons the birds sing. They sing for…

— Linda Ronstadt

the bird sings as if to say that delight is easy, for those who desire it

— Philippa Gregory

I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult.

— Renee Fleming

All birds are incipient or would-be songsters in the spring. I find corroborative evidence of this even in the crowing of the cock.

— John Burroughs

I love the idea of birds having human qualities...I think all humans want to be birds so we can fly.

— Aoife O'Donovan

People should relate to nature as birds do. Birds don't run around carefully preparing fields, planting seeds, and harvesting food. They don't create anything…

— Masanobu Fukuoka