Famous Quotes & Sayings

In their native land, pythons hang around wading bird rookeries. Our wading bird populations have declined because of insults we've done to their environment, and here we're throwing another insult at them. We're trying to restore their populations, but this could be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

In so many incarnations, you were a worm and an insect; in so many incarnations, you were an elephant, a fish and a deer. In so many incarnations, you were a bird and a snake. In so many incarnations, you were yoked as an ox and a horse.

Instead of 30 or 40 feet, I'm in there at 20 feet. When I hit a good shot, I'm inside 10 feet. I've hit a lot of greens this week but I've also hit it close a lot. Just a lot of good birdie chances.

In rural communities, whether in Vietnam or Turkey, people live very close to poultry. When a bird is prepared for a meal the whole family is involved. And children will play in the dirt, whether in Vietnam, Turkey or parts of America.

In response to a ridiculous statement by Edith: " I've gotta quote for you, Edith. --'A bird that always flies in the fog is called a dingbat.'

Now in the continent, despite the presence of pterosaurs, birds were more numerous and diverse.

Not yet, maybe in two or three days hopefully, because this is a holiday, but looking at the symptoms ... there's a large possibility that it is bird flu.

A number of samples have to be taken from both wild and domestic birds in each member state, and the type of tests that will be done.

A double on public land on the last day of the season. It was like God wanted it to happen. If that thunderstorm hadn't come and made that bird gobble, we would've come home empty-handed.

Martin Luther

A faithful and good servant is a real godsend; but truly 't is a rare bird in the land

David Mann

After a cold night, a bird can be on the verge of starvation. They need food.

So there is enough evidence to suggest that the one-week closure between our second and third seasons is not enough to get the birds back.

Sometimes you can't even see the trees for all the birds that are back there.

Sometimes people think the rare birds are most interesting, but that's not true. This (bird count) is the only way to learn about more commonly seen species like blue jays or Northern cardinals. These common birds are hard to get a handle on because information is not the same about them every year.

Prevention and control of bird outbreaks is of chief importance. If we fail to do that well, then sooner or later there will be transmission from birds to human.

San Diego County residents, especially those in the North County where most of the infected birds have been found, need to take personal protection measures.

A bird sang sweet and strongIn the top of the highest tree,He said, "I pour out my heart in songFor the summer that soon shall be."But deep in the shady wood,Another bird sang, "I pourMy heart on the solemn solitudeFor the springs that return no more.

A bird sang sweet and strong In the top of the highest tree, He said, "I pour out my heart in song For the summer that soon shall be." But deep in the shady wood, Another bird sang, "I pour My heart on the solemn solitude For the springs that return no more.

A bird in the hand does not necessarily mean it is worth two in the bush. The Dodo is in full agreement.

David Howell

A birdie at the 10th really settled the nerves.

It's just a lot more certain. It's a bird in the hand, and better than two birds in the bush.

Skip James

It's a steady bite, but you have to stay with the birds. The trout under the birds are solid fish with quite a few running from 3 to 5 pounds.

It's a Site of Special Scientific Interest up there. Something to do with the butterflies and the birds up there being a bit special.

As long as we're dealing only with migratory birds being found here and there, I don't think it's a big deal, frankly. The big issue is if we start to have domestic poultry infected. Then it would start to be a problem ... a higher risk for transmission to humans.

Brett Keisel

That's what I've heard, that I'm the priority. A little birdie told me that, but birds can bring all kinds of different messages, so who knows?

James Wolcott

You're sitting there having breakfast at the St. Regis with Scooter Aspen, buttering each other's toast, and somehow the name 'Valerie Flame' pops up in your notebook without you knowing how it got there! It's your handwriting, sure enough, but rack your brain much as you will, you just can't remember which little birdie tweeted that name into your ear.

This bird has never been seen in Vermont, and it's extraordinarily rare in the U.S..

Hans Blix

They said they had been surprised themselves ... They were in boxes, never opened -- there were bird droppings on them. But of course they should have been declared and destroyed.

This means out of every 100 birds in wet markets, one is positive and infected with the virus. They look healthy but they can infect others and they can kill people.

There was so much debris in the bottom of this cupboard that the floor was actually moving with the roaches that were underneath the old newspaper pieces and bird droppings.

There was no place for an elderly person to sit down and no trees for birds to land. There's little if any public art. It's a depressing sort of sensation.

There's a lot of concern, to be honest with you. People want to know how is the bird doing, what's wrong with her. That's the office chatter right now.

There may be some resistance developing, but the birds aren't recovering yet.