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.

Isabella Rossellini

I'd love to meet Darwin. He caused such controversy over whether God created the earth in six days or whether we evolved over time. I'd love to discuss that with him - what a fantastic conversation!

Hasidic Proverb

Lies are usually caused by undue fear of men

Jane Brown

Lots of us expected the ice would go out today. While it hasn't been very warm, all the movement caused by the wind and the water rushing in from brooks, continued to melt and shift the ice until it finally moved enough for the clock to stop.

Bill Saunders

Last year's fuel price run-up and Middle East crises may have not only hurt American drivers' pocketbooks but also caused them to feel guilty about operating large, gas-only vehicles. Ethanol power not only allows owners to enjoy large vehicles, but it can also let them feel good about the domestic agricultural economy, American energy independence and the environment.

R. Inge

Many of the disasters and incidents that have occurred around the world have been caused by a corrupt turnstile operator.

David Gilmore

Meanwhile, public works spending has caused a mountain of future liabilities to pile up, and without United States-like growth rates, paying them off is simply not in the cards.

Don Arnold

No conclusion has been reached ... there's still no word what caused this.

Erika Slezak

Multiple personalities are never caused by some mild incident; they're always caused by trauma to the child, either sexual or physical abuse.

Keith Davis

My guess is that warm weather in January caused people to go out and work on their houses.

Zdenko Tomanovic

Milosevic pointed out that during the last five years he had never used any such antibiotics, especially since he had never had leprosy or tuberculosis or any kind of infectious disease except for the flu.

Allen Johnson

My disease is shared by many Americans, and you either understand it or you don't,

David Reuben

Now there are more venereal diseases than there are signs of the zodiac.

John Green

We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle.

Laila Ali

I can't really do that. I can't share a lot of things with him. I feel like the disease is progressing.

Sean Morrison

I can't sit here and tell you today what diseases we're going to treat as a result of this research. All I can tell you is that we're never going to get to that point unless we can do the research.

Steven Nissen

Getting rid of that plaque is a fundamental step in stopping this disease.

Paul Jacob

Frankly, the experience is you can't trust a politician. They drink the water in Washington, and the disease sets in.

James Hill

We've never done anything on this scale before. This is a tremendous opportunity for us to treat one of the most disabling disfiguring diseases in the world.

Newt Gingrich

Less than 10% of our analysts of North Korea are fluent in Korean.

Jane Hirshfield

One reason to write a poem is to flush from the deep thickets of the self some thought, feeling, comprehension, question, music, you didn't know was in you, or in the world.

Jed Whedon

One of the things that's fun about TV is it grows, and you set goals and aim towards stuff, and one of the writers has an idea, and you say, 'Ooh, that's so much cooler. Let's do that instead.' It's so much more fluid and organic that way, and that's the most fun part about it.

Dani Shapiro

One of the stranger things about me is that I was raised as an Orthodox Jew. I went to a yeshiva until I was thirteen years old and spoke fluent Hebrew.

Jenny Lewis

I can't imagine how people will react to my music. For me, it's a really fluid process from one record to the next, but it's really up to the listener.

Eric Gagne

I was fluid today but I didn't throw enough strikes.

Maria Sharapova

I was sick, down with flu and an upper respiratory illness.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

I love clothes, and yes, we go out, but it's not like I'm walking around all day in a negligee with fluffy mules.

Jason Streets

She was outstanding. Lindsay had the flu and it was questionable that she would even play.