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.

Gary Skrinar

Mike is going to be a solid golfer for us. He has shown to be very consistent. With the exception of his 82 at The Farms, he has shot in the upper 70s for us.

Lenny Simpson

McEnroe is what he is. You never know what you're going to get, except you know it's going to be fun to watch.

Jennifer Rodriguez

My lap time, if you take away my start, was one of the fastest except for the top girls. I was really happy with that. Going into the 1,000 meters, you need to have some fast laps.

Robert Gottlieb

'Ocean's Kingdom' is a fairy story with no subtext, no resonance - it's not about anything except its water-logged plot.

J. Horton

No one saw it except that little guy. We'd ripped them to pieces and that got them back in the game.

Christopher Blizzard

Money is one of the last things we worry about and people shouldn't get hung up on the numbers, except to realize that it gives us options.

Francis Bacon

Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.

Ed DeChellis

No one thought we could win except the 12 guys we have and three coaches. There was more pressure on their side.

Chuck Close

No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.

Chad Henne

I go to the spot I'm supposed to be and turn around,'' he said.

Bruce Beresford

There's a bright spot in every dark cloud.

Donald Norman

To me, error analysis is the sweet spot for improvement.

Chase Utley

I don't really like the spotlight.

Brad Thor

There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot.

Brian Eno

I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.

Archibald MacLeish

History, like a badly constructed concert hall, has occasional dead spots where the music can't be heard.

April Bowlby

I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then.

Bob Bathalon

The only trouble spot is parking, and we are working on that.

George H. W. Bush

Unlike that other convention, what you are witnessing is real.

Homer Simpson

Unlike most of you, I am not a nut.

Tina Brown

Unlike his predecessors, Obama is not big on 'Masterpiece Theatre' nostalgia.

Charles Krauthammer

Where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution.

Bruce Kovner

If you don't work very hard, it is extremely unlikely that you will be a good trader.

Ian Stewart

For those two reasons, his candidacy is, if not doomed, unlikely too succeed.

David Rose

The orbs have probably sold better through catalogs because they can be categorized unlike at most stores.

Elaine Paige

I should think it is unlikely but you never know - never say never.

Andreas Rees

It is unlikely that reform-minded politicians will have a lot to say in the new government.

Diane Kruger

I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress... ? No. It's not something for me.

Dennis Rodman

I go out with white women. This...

Dennis Prager

Obviously, the issue for the Left isn't aging white males; it is conservatives, whether they are young or old, white or nonwhite, male or female. If female aborigines were conservative, the Left would have a problem with female aborigines.

Dennis Prager

Since neither black animosity nor the Left's falsehood of 'racial tensions' is based on the actual behavior of the vast majority of white Americans, nothing white America could do will affect either many blacks' perceptions or the leftist libel.

Dennis Franz

Coming from Chicago, I like a white Christmas.

Dee Dee Myers

When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me that I would one day work in the White House. There were plenty of women among the volunteers who stuffed envelopes and walked precincts. But there were fewer and fewer on each successive level of influence and access.

Eleanor Clift

At the unveiling at the White House of the presidential portrait, President Bush pointed out that Hillary Clinton was the first sitting Senator in history to have her portrait hanging in the White House.

Eldridge Cleaver

I have lived those lines and I know that if I had not been apprehended I would have slit some white throats.

Kym Whitley

'College Road Trip' is colorless. It's not a black film. It's not a white film.