#bird

The bird, the bee, the running child are all the same to the sliding glass door. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#bird #child #door #glass #running

What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness. ↗

— George Martin

#always #birds #bit #convey #emptiness

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked. ↗

— Anais Nin

#bird #coffee #escape #fire #i

There's an unseen force which lets birds know when you've just washed your car. ↗

— Denis Norden

#car #force #just #know #lets

Predators make it much more difficult to find consensus. It's a lot easier to agree about birds and plants than about animals that endanger people and livestock. ↗

— Gale Norton

#agree #birds #consensus #difficult #easier

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

#avoiding #birds #cage #cause #danger

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

— Roger Tory Peterson

#birds #environment #indicators #know #soon

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

#along #been #before #between #binoculars

I can recognize the calls of practically every bird in North America. There are some in Africa I don't know, though. ↗

— Roger Tory Peterson

#america #bird #calls #every #i

I'm the gooney bird that walked to the bank. I'm doing better than most of those guys who said I was crazy. ↗

— Jimmy Piersall

#better #bird #crazy #doing #guys