Quotes About Birds

Here, as elsewhere, the gain of creation consists always in the growth of individual minds, which live and aspire, as flowers bloom and birds sing, in the midst of morasses; and in the continual development of that thought, the thought of human destiny, which is given to eternity adequately to express, and which ages of failure only seemingly impede.

When the groundhog casts his shadow And the small birds sing And the pussywillows happen And the sun shines warm And when the peepers peep Then it is Spring

That is how I think of peace and peace of mind—as timid birds that we have to search for, not bold ones that come looking for us.

THE country round the Mill at Pontisbright at five o'clock on a June morning was of itself a spell. The near distance was dizzy with haze, the dew beads were thick on the grass, the waters were limpid and ringing, the birds sang with idiotic abandon, the air was scented with animals and a thousand flowers.

The things that Irish setter cold do! She could scent birds even in dry weather when other dogs just sat down on their haunches and gave up. She could find them if they were hidden in a haystack. She could fly over brush and fences and brooks as if she had wings on her feet instead of feathers.

Animal substance seems to be the first food of all birds, even the granivorous tribes.

Tame birds sing of freedom. Wild birds fly.

You grimy as birds shittin' on the top of ya Fords.

Assumptions are unopened windows that foolish birds fly into, and their broken bodies are evidence gathered too late.

Los pájaros escapan como amores y como amores vuelven a encontrarnos son sencillos como las soledades y repetidos como los insomnios.

It's one of those birds which very helpfully calls out its own name when it is flying. "Kea! Kea! Kea!" Birdwatchers love them for that. It would be great if the Pallas's grasshopper warbler would learn the same trick. Make warbler identification a lot easier.

I only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.

I'm not very interesting. Birds are interesting. I could stand there lip-synching all day long, but it would feel funny, and people would be able to tell. I'm not a good actress.

Scotland is a soggy sort it place, where birds and animals walk around uncooked

I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic and essential human is the woman, and all that we're doing is trying to brighten up the place. That's why all the birds who belong to our sex have prettier feathers because males have got to try and justify their existence.

They stood now in the low, dimly lit hall, hung about with sporting prints and stuffed birds, his aunt and Simon Matchett making small talk smaller.

would flower; and where birds came—and pecked

Clouds of black birds rose up wailing and screaming, like the thoughts of my heart.

Although all poets aspire to be birds, no bird aspires to be a poet.

Baby dodos smell just like chickens.

Los pájaros se entierran en pleno cielo. Incluso la más elegante de las nubes está repleta de sus cuerpecitos yertos. Se dice que de cada 10.189 gotas de lluvia, 1 sería la lágrima de un pájaro y que de cada 16.474 copos de nieve, 1 el fantasma de un pájaro descolgado de la placenta celeste.

The passing of spring The birds weep and in the eyes Of fish there are tears.

Even a summer day isn't long enough for singing skylarks

Spring is passing by! Birds are weeping and the eyes Of fish fill with tears.