Books Quote by Tim Birkhead

Mr. Jesmond made a peculiar noise rather like a hen who has decided to lay an egg and then thought better of it.

— Agatha Christie

A hen's egg is, quite simply, a work of art, a masterpiece of design and construction with, it has to be said, brilliant packaging!

— Delia Smith

“To the broody hen the notion would probably seem monstrous that there should be a creature in the world to whom a nestful of…

— William James

The egg cackles and lays the chicken.

— Robin Morgan

“Destiny The chicken I bought last night, Frozen, Returned to life, Laid the biggest egg in the world, And was awarded the Nobel Prize.…

— Marin Sorescu

“The Easter egg which was not found contained a letter from the hen who laid it, saying "Fuck your kids, What about mine?”

— Shay Caroline

It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.

— Navjot Singh Sidhu

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

— Samuel Butler

Translator Dlique was saying, very earnestly, “Eggs are so inadequate, don't you think? I mean, they ought to be able to become anything, but…

— Ann Leckie

I wonder who the first person was to see an egg come out of a chickens butt and think...'That looks tasty, I'm gonna eat…

— Anonymous

The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.

— Richard Dawkins

Then if the egg don't stain you'll be ringing off the hook, you're on the hit list wanted in the telephone book. I like…

— Sum 41