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.

Susan Cutter

Given the complexities of emergency management in this country, and the increasing professionalism of the community, it seems curious to me that we wouldn't appoint someone who comes out of that tradition.

Gerry Wright

We were curious to see where these things might come from in the first place, so it seemed that was a logical place to start. I expect lots of these (drug-resistant) genes are peppered all over the microbial community.

Eugene Wilson

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.

Suzanne Somers

I find that one of the most curious things is that I have fractionalized audiences. I have people who only know me from the books.

John Griffin

Since I've been doing this I've only been turned down three times, once nearly by gunpoint, ... Most people are curious to see if there was something on their property.

James L. Brooks

I don't know whether I have ideas all the time. I think I'm curious about things all the time; I think I'm always curious, and I think I'm always interested in whatever passes by, and I know I tend to think about things, and I tend to talk about things, and sometimes that takes root and gives me something to chase.

Ken Hitchcock

I am excited and curious to see how we respond. In games 5, 6 and 7, you get a defining message on what you are going to be down the road, whether it's the next series or whatever.

Dana Goodyear

The food being presented at the most expensive restaurants, by the most sophisticated chefs, was not always recognizable as food to the diner - it required a leap of faith, and I felt curious about that phenomenon.

Caroline Dhavernas

I'm curious to see what kind of distribution it's going to get because of that.

Isabella Rossellini

It always amazed me that people believed I was this beautiful object.

Isabella Rossellini

I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

Rick Perlstein

Do people still read before bed? I play 'Words With Friends.'

Robert Mankoff

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.

Robert Mankoff

I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

Robert Teeter

There are not enough people out talking about the President positively.

Roger Penrose

Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.

Kristy Swanson

My parents were like the kind of people who read the 'Enquirer' and believed everything it said.

Malorie Blackman

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.