(691 quotes found)
“I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up DOES rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.”
Morgan Freeman
“That's like asking you to pick your favorite child... I do however, think Bird on a Wire was one of my finest works. Oscar caliber.”
Mel Gibson
“Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it.”
Swedish Proverb
“And Father, how can I love youOr any of my brothers more?I love you like the little birdThat picks up crumbs around the door.”
William Blake
“Some say that ever 'gainst the season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor wi”
William Shakespeare
“How do the birds make great sky circles... They fall and falling they are given wings.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“It is something-it can be everything-to have found a fellow bird with whom you can sit among the rafters while the drinking and boasting and reciting and fighting go on below.”
Wallace Stegner
“Like an immense flock of chattering birds observing precise migratory habits, every Wednesday, just a few minutes before noon, they swoop down upon the midtown area.”
Deirdre Carmody
“I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: / Of April, May, of June, and July-flowers. / I sing of maypoles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes, / Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes.”
Robert Herrick
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
John Lennon