Bird Quotes

Small: You cant be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a
Hal Borland
"You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet"
Hal Borland, Author
Small: A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on
"A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked"
Anais Nin, Author
Small: I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven
Emily Dickinson
"I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven"
Emily Dickinson, Poet
Small: Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with grea
Robert Browning
"Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top"
Robert Browning, Poet
Small: Birds evolved from a small raptor like theropod
Robert T. Bakker
"Birds evolved from a small raptor like theropod"
Robert T. Bakker, Scientist
Small: Ive got to give Larry Bird his due he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart
"I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart"
Dennis Rodman, Athlete
Small: I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading
"I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading"
Lynda Barry, Cartoonist
Small: I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go
"I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go"
Ziggy Marley, Musician
Small: Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is libe
"Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect"
Jose Marti, Activist
Small: Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away
"Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away"
Walter Benjamin, Critic
Small: Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preac
"Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats"
Rebecca West, Author
Small: Closely related species of birds are also chromosomally similar
"Closely related species of birds are also chromosomally similar"
Peter R. Grant, Scientist
Small: What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act wi
"What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing"
Jay Inslee, Politician
Small: Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that a
"Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that are subject to natural and sexual selection"
Peter R. Grant, Scientist
Small: This music that was supposed to only come from tapes like in any restaurant. Something would happened.
"This music that was supposed to only come from tapes like in any restaurant. Something would happened. One bird will start to do a little jazz thing, and another bird will start to answer"
John Hench, Artist
Small: The show is being changed right now, by the way. Jeff Burke is doing it for the Magic Kingdom. And I think it
"The show is being changed right now, by the way. Jeff Burke is doing it for the Magic Kingdom. And I think it will be better, with new birds, master of ceremonies, etc"
John Hench, Artist
Small: The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love
Germaine Greer
"The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement"
Germaine Greer, Activist
Small: I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having
David Herbert Lawrence
"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself"
David Herbert Lawrence, Writer
Small: When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to micro
"When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when they come in contact and digest plants that are producing materials ranging from plastics to vaccines to pharmaceutical products?"
Jeremy Rifkin, Economist
Small: In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather
"In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather"
Amos Oz, Writer
Small: In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when were pleased. He wills that
"In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when we're pleased. He wills that we be as free as birds to soar and sing our maker's praise without anxiety"
Aiden Wilson Tozer, Clergyman
Small: A bird doesnt sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song"
Lou Holtz, Coach
Small: As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural
John Adams
"As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children"
John Adams, President
Small: However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to of
Norman MacCaig
"However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird"
Norman MacCaig, Poet
Small: When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all
"When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all"
E. O. Wilson, Scientist
Small: My heart is like a singing bird
Christina Rossetti
"My heart is like a singing bird"
Christina Rossetti, Poet
Small: For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive
David Herbert Lawrence
"For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive"
David Herbert Lawrence, Writer
Small: I invented animals and birds - I had about two dozen. After working on them for six months, I sat down and jus
Jack Prelutsky
"I invented animals and birds - I had about two dozen. After working on them for six months, I sat down and just for fun wrote two dozen poems to accompany the drawings. It was for no one to every see, but a friend sent me in to an editor"
Jack Prelutsky, Poet
Small: What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like on
"What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness"
George Martin, Producer
Small: I work as often as I want and yet Im free as a bird
"I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird"
Ethel Merman, Musician
Small: Make no mistake about it. These are not kookie birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the polit
"Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement"
Dick Armey, Politician
Small: I look out of this window and I think this is a cosmos, this is a huge creation, this is one small corner of i
"I look out of this window and I think this is a cosmos, this is a huge creation, this is one small corner of it. The trees and birds and everything else and I'm part of it. I didn't ask to be put here, I've been lucky in finding myself here"
Morris West, Writer
Small: The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the bird
"The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing"
Eric Berne, Psychologist
Small: I think people who dont believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the birds sing
"I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the birds singing these beautiful songs you didn't make?"
Little Richard, Musician
Small: I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment
"I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment"
Pat Buckley, Clergyman
Small: The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay a lo
"The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay a long gray line with a black mark down the center. The birds were singing. It was spring"
Burl Ives, Musician
Small: If I could come back as anything - Id be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice
"If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice"
Nikki Giovanni, Poet
Small: I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineati
"I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could"
John James Audubon, Scientist
Small: But hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns
"But hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns"
John James Audubon, Scientist
Small: Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an as
"Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes, birds, etc"
Sergei Eisenstein, Director