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"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."

"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."

Saskya Pandita, Tibetan Leader

Birds, Cause, Danger, Misfortune

75

"In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather."

"In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather."

Amos Oz, Israeli Writer

33

"It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you."

"It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you."

Abu Bakr, Saudi Arabian Statesman

Birds, Shame, Saudiarabian

31

"Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds."

"Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds."

Saadi, Iranian Poet

Birds, Old, World

31

"Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body."

"Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body."

Carol P. Christ, American Educator

Birds, Body, Connection, Earth

25

"Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes, birds, etc."

"Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes, birds, etc."

Sergei Eisenstein, Latvian Director

18

"I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could."

"I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could."

John James Audubon, American Scientist

Birds, Day, Habits, Listening

13

"No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky."

"No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

12

"Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble."

"Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble."

Roger Tory Peterson, American Environmentalist

Birds, Environment, Trouble

10

"Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them."

"Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them."

Martin Henry Fischer, American Physician

7

"Closely related species of birds are also chromosomally similar."

"Closely related species of birds are also chromosomally similar."

Peter R. Grant, American Scientist

5

"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."

"Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."

Henry Van Dyke, American Poet

5

"The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds."

"The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds."

Gilbert White, English Scientist

5

"When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression."

"When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression."

Ted Rall, American Cartoonist

Birds, Expression, Eyes

4

"The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft."

"The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft."

Lawrence Hargrave, Australian Scientist

Birds, Sea, Wind

4

"Hempseed produces no observable high for humans or birds."

"Hempseed produces no observable high for humans or birds."

Jack Herer, American Activist

4

"A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices."

"A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices."

William Lyon Phelps, American Educator

Birds, Books, Past

4

"Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody."

"Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody."

Eubie Blake, American Composer

Birds, Hate, Luck, Mind

4

"Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad."

"Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad."

Larry David, American Actor

4

"I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them."

"I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them."

Roger Tory Peterson, American Environmentalist

4

"The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay a long gray line with a black mark down the center. The birds were singing. It was spring."

"The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay a long gray line with a black mark down the center. The birds were singing. It was spring."

Burl Ives, American Musician

Birds, Singing, Spring, Wind

4

"Feathers predate birds."

"Feathers predate birds."

Robert T. Bakker, American Scientist

4

"Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned."

"Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned."

William Bartram, American Environmentalist

4

"I look out of this window and I think this is a cosmos, this is a huge creation, this is one small corner of it. The trees and birds and everything else and I'm part of it. I didn't ask to be put here, I've been lucky in finding myself here."

"I look out of this window and I think this is a cosmos, this is a huge creation, this is one small corner of it. The trees and birds and everything else and I'm part of it. I didn't ask to be put here, I've been lucky in finding myself here."

Morris West, Australian Writer

Birds, Cosmos, Creation, Trees

3

"There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds."

"There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

3

"It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries."

"It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries."

John Masefield, English Poet

3

"When birds burp, it must taste like bugs."

"When birds burp, it must taste like bugs."

Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist

Birds, Bugs, Taste

3

"I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds."

"I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds."

John James Audubon, American Scientist

Birds, English, Habits, Living

3

"Birds evolved from a small raptor like theropod."

"Birds evolved from a small raptor like theropod."

Robert T. Bakker, American Scientist

3

"What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?"

"What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?"

Alfred Russel Wallace, British Scientist

3

"In Kenya you've got the great birds and monkeys leaping through the trees overhead. It's a chance to remember what the world is really like."

"In Kenya you've got the great birds and monkeys leaping through the trees overhead. It's a chance to remember what the world is really like."

Joanna Lumley, English Actress

Birds, Chance, Trees, World

3

"When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first."

"When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Birds, First, Flying

3

"One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste."

"One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Birds, Children, Taste

2

"I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hook round the mesh."

"I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hook round the mesh."

Erich Maria Remarque, German Writer

Birds, Darkness, Faces

2

"If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em."

"If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em."

Darrell Royal, American Coach

2

"Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer."

"Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer."

Rachel Ward, English Actress

Birds, Longevity

2

"The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds - the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall."

"The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds - the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Birds, Flowers, Value

2

"Evolutionary biologists are not content merely to explain how variation occurs within limits, however. They aspire to answer a much broader question-which is how complex organisms like birds, and flowers, and human beings came into existence in the first place."

"Evolutionary biologists are not content merely to explain how variation occurs within limits, however. They aspire to answer a much broader question-which is how complex organisms like birds, and flowers, and human beings came into existence in the first place."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

Birds, Content, Existence, First

2

"But hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns."

"But hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns."

John James Audubon, American Scientist

2

"Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats."

"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, Irish Author

2

"To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds."

"To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds."

Gore Vidal, American Novelist

Birds, Man, Trees

2

"Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at."

"Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

Birds, Books, Self

2

"There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before."

"There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before."

Robert Wilson Lynd, American Sociologist

Birds, Man, Nothing

2

"The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."

"The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."

Eric Berne, American Psychologist

2

"Consider the birds. Be wise as serpents."

"Consider the birds. Be wise as serpents."

Hilda Doolittle, American Poet

1

"Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best."

"Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best."

Bernard Meltzer, American Lawyer

Birds, Joy, Will, World

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