(691 quotes found)
“The mosquito is the state bird of New Jersey”
Andy Warhol
“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
“A bird on a tether, no matter how long the rope, can always be pulled back.”
Ronald Reagan
“We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry”
John Webster
“Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them”
Bible
“Butterflies... not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures.”
Elizabeth Goudge
“You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.”
Henry David Thoreau
“When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.”
James Whitcomb Riley
“London is a roost for every bird.”
Benjamin Disraeli
“Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees.”
David Letterman
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