(20 quotes found)
“There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow”
William Shakespeare
“Whenever I hear the sparrow chirping, watch the woodpecker chirp, catch a chirping trout, or listen to the sad howl of the chirp rat, I think: Oh boy! I'm going insane again.”
Jack Handy
“Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.”
Alfred A. Montapert
“I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.”
Henry David Thoreau
“The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song.”
Charles Kuralt
“Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh”
Burmese Proverb
“All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist nation that is supporting the colonial regime in the colonies is the United States of America.”
Nikita Khrushchev
“The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out.”
Benito Mussolini
“I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows.”
Evita Perón
