Parrot Quotes

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites.

I'm a parrot. I can pick up an accent and just do it.

She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.

I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.

The parrot's so funny. He imitates me and I don't even realize he's doing it. I'm walking around the house talking to myself and whistling and the next day he's said something I've said... it's scary you know?

Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.