Bars Quote by William H. Gass

The thing that's interesting about wire walking is that we never get to see it other than looking up. It's like a circus thing.…

— Robert Zemeckis

I walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike.

— Philippe Petit

Birds sat on the telegraph wires that spanned the river as the black notes sit on a staff of music.

— Rebecca West

“Three birds sit on a wire One bird poops Three birds shit on a wire”

— Eric Mancini

A little bird sat on a telegraph wire, and said to his mates; I declare, If wireless telegraph comes into vogue, Well have to…

— Anonymous

“Don't you think it's a small mystery that birds can twitter so loudly that they can hear each other's song from several miles away?…

— Jostein Gaarder

Like two sparrows in a hurricane trying to find their way.

— Tanya Tucker

Dim loneliness came imperceivably into the fields and he turned back. The birds piped oddly; some wind was caressing the higher foliage, turning it…

— Anonymous

Wirewalker, trust your feet! Let them lead you; they know the way.

— Philippe Petit

“Being air and formless but for hands scattering breadcrumbs, and these sparrows on the path, I wonder: who gives here, who receives?”

— Colin Oliver

“The sparrow hops along the veranda, with wet feet.”

— Jack Kerouac

Here is the door of my mom's house, well-remembered childhood portal. Here is the yard, and a set of wires that runs from the…

— Dan Chaon