Bird Quote by Joseph Joubert

He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to it in a speech.

— John Colville

Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he…

— Benjamin Whichcote

“The human bird shall take his first flight,filling the words with amazement,all writings with his fame,and bringing eternal glory to those whose nest whence…

— Leonardo da Vinci

“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

He who speaks, he who writes is above all one who speaks on behalf of all those who have no voice.

— Victor Serge

“A bird doesn't sing because he has an answer-he sings because he has a song.”

— Joan Walsh Anglund

“Not everyone is treated with such respect. But whenever my father sang, all the birds in the area would fall silent and listen. His…

— Suzanne Collins

“a bird no one wants. he’s mine. my bird of pain. he doesn’t sing. that bird swaying on the bough.”

— Charles Bukowski

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

— William Wordsworth

“one day went upon the platform and was ready to deliver a sermon when he heard a swallow singing. "Listen," said he, "that small…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“A bird doesn't sing because it knows the song. It sings because it carries the melody in its heart. May you always dance to…

— Amaka Imani Nkosazana

I think my great book is Born to Sing: An Interpretation and World Survey of Bird Song.

— Charles Hartshorne