Aviation Quote by John Townsend Trowbridge

The birds can fly, an' why can't I? Must we give in, says he with a grin, That the bluebird an' phoebe are smarter…

— John Townsend Trowbridge

“Are you smarter than my chicken?” cried a weathered, wild-haired woman holding a nonplussed bird over her head. At her feet was a wooden…

— Scott Lynch

“And I, you, and he; and we, ye, and they, are all bats; and I'm a crow, especially when I stand a'top of this…

— Herman Melville

“The Skeleton Chattering finch and water-fly Are not merrier than I; Here among the flowers I lie Laughing everlastingly. No: I may not tell…

— G.K. Chesterton

“...the great black bird broods outside my window in the high dark night waiting to enfold me when I leave the house tomorrow only…

— Jack Kerouac

“Well, did you know he's the best checker-player in this town? Why, down at the Landing when we were coming up, Atticus Finch could…

— Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird

“...a new day was starting, the things of the garden were not concerned with our troubles. A blackbird ran across the rose-garden to the…

— Daphne du Maurier

“little birdy fly's away from the nest on its own and comes back with one twig and you invite it back in, it will…

— Edna Stewart

“ Oh bats, oh bats, oh snacks with wings– Come and hear how Taggle sings! Oh squirm, oh squeak, my wriggly bats– You'll make…

— Erin Bow

The birds can fly, An' why can't I?

— Anonymous

“Take off the wings, and put him in breeches, and crows make fair average men. Give men wings, and reduce their smartness a little,…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“if a bird could be taught limericks, a slave might be taught to remember as well. Merely glancing at the size of the skulls…

— Colson Whitehead