Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

Magpie, n.: A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.

James Austin

Last year, we had a shortage of 2-year-old birds from the poor hatch in 2003, so we didn't have a surplus of those birds to carry over. The fact that there was a shortage of 2-year-olds to hunt last year meant more pressure on the older birds, so that cuts down the carry over on those, too.

Atharva Veda

Learn a lesson from the birds. They feed those who cannot fly far. The bird relieves the itch of the buffalo by scratching it with its beak; they help and serve each other with no thought of reward.

Kent Hall

Many of these birds were raised in captivity. They lost their fear of humans and people should not feed them.

Joan Heller

Many people feed their birds but don't know exactly who is coming to their feeder. This is a good time to find out who these birds are.

John Atkins

Sentiment is somewhat ingrained now regarding bird flu, but there is not a sea change taking place. People suspect there are risks on the horizon but not so material just yet.

Milan Brahmbhatt

So far the impact of bird flu outbreaks has been isolated to the poultry sector and some farm households and has not spilled into the overall economy.

Ann Veneman

So it's very important that we have an education program for families about how to protect children if they have sick birds around their homes.

Jeanne Fair

Minks are susceptible, and of course, pigs will be important, as well. They're sort of a mixing vessel. They have receptors that are similar to birds but also to humans.

Malcolm McDowell

If you dunk your head in cold water, you can't stay under for more than five seconds. I mean, that's it.

Alamgir Hashmi

Love necessitates eagerness / To shake / January's cold hand / Not avert the eye / And look what comes / To love / Before its making.

Jessica Lowndes

L.A. style is more laid back than London, mainly because it's always sunny. In London, the cold means you get to rock layers. And you can't go wrong with a trench coat!

Bob McDavitt

So here comes another wet cold southerly for Wellington, similar to the one late last week.

Unknown

May you have warm words on a cold evening, A full moon on a dark night, And the road downhill all the way to your door.

Irish Blessings

May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night and a smooth road all the way to your door.

Ian Shepherdson

One steep drop in housing starts does not make a downward trend, especially in a month which was very wet in the West and very cold in the Northeast. Still, the data are consistent with other signs of a softening housing market, most notably the drop in homebuilders' confidence. What really matters, though, is whether sales will fall fast enough to turn a softening into a collapse.

Scott Meyers

Obviously, we're rising because of the situation in Nigeria , but it also looks like the coldest period of the year is coming up. We're looking at a 10-day spell of cold weather starting Saturday.

Edward Heath

Ocean racing is like standing under a cold shower tearing up ?5 notes.

Billy Joel

We're on the verge of all things new.

Jason Aldean

Why are you always on the verge of goodbye, before I'll show you how I really feel inside.

Bob Becker

We were on the verge of greatness. This has set us back 70 years.

Johnnie Cochran

As you know, we are on the verge of resting, but I think we are going to have to re-evaluate that.

Reggie Theus

Right now, we're on the verge of something pretty special.