Bird Quotes

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.

It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.

If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

When I was a kid I had this funny blonde hair and everyone called me 'Chick' because I looked like Tweety Bird.

A duck's nest was found today near the trail on the dry open prairie with as far as could be seen no water or marsh near. The bird flew off but could not tell what species. The eggs nine originally.

I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.

I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none.

I think I've always had that bird's-eye view of myself. I think it's an actor trait... Sometimes it's best just to get lost out there, but other times you have to be aware of where the light's hitting you.

Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise.

When I pair food and wine, I start with the food. If I have a beautiful roasted bird, I might choose a Cabernet or Pinot Noir, or maybe a Syrah, depending on the sauce and what is in my cellar.

Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.

In fact, I heard Bird first, and had got well into listening to him. You know, it's the kind of accidental thing that awareness of a player is: what's available, what somebody happens to play for you.

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.

A fish may love a bird, but where would they live?

I was an ambitious child and I tended to be scatterbrained. If I was at school and saw a bird outside the window I wanted to follow it. I was adventurous.

Put a bird cage near the window so that the bird can see the sky? It's much better to look than not to, even if it hurts.

Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable us to fly from continent to continent with a speed far exceeding that of a bird.

I think there's a certain objectivity that comes from being Canadian. You're partly British and partly American; you have a good bird's-eye view of both countries. So much of the comedy that comes out of Canada is impersonation - it's less 'look at me' than it is 'look at me playing other people.'

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

I've known since I went to the national team when I was very young that I was a different bird.

Basting is evil. Basting does nothing for the meat. Why? Skin. Skin is designed to keep stuff out of the bird, so basting just lets heat out of the oven. That means the turkey will take longer to cook... so don't touch that door!

Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly.

I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird.

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.

As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.

Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement.

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.