Famous Quotes & Sayings

Knowing the flyways and the bird species that use them, there is a high likelihood that the virus will continue to spread as it has so far,

I would think the pheasant season will be half as good as it was last year, because there are going to be half as many birds out there. You're not just going to be able to walk out on the Game Lands and expect to shoot a bird.

I think it is a worrisome situation, especially because we think that swans could be an indicator species, meaning that swans are relatively susceptible and so it could well be that other aquatic birds could be infected. Now we have seen it in Greece and Italy and now Germany. It is spreading all over Europe.

Fred Funk

It came down to 18 and I didn't think with the wind and those conditions that I could get home, but I hit a really good drive and a really good three-wood to get it up there. I didn't think birdie would win it, but you just never know in the Skins Game.

He wanted to make sure the birds would still be there when he got back.

There are so many people that go through their entire lives trying to experience happiness. And we have gotten true joy out of being able to do something so simple as to keep a little bird warm to get it to a bird rehabilitator.

We can confirm that he died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

Stephen Ames

Having the opportunity to birdie the last three holes like I did today was good. And maybe a couple of fortunate times, like 18, a little scare on the 3-wood (drive), it ended up being way up the fairway and only a 6-iron in. It was fortunate and the nature of the game.

He said, 'How are you doing?' I said, 'I'm good, I'm having so much fun. He said, 'Good. Because we really need your point.' I got up-and-down for birdie and on the next hole, the 17th, I'm tied with Stuart Appleby. Mr. Nicklaus is on the tee helping me out with what club to hit. To me, that was the coolest thing.

It is a bird flu. It is aptly named. This is a rare human disease.

Norman Rockwell

Lady Bird Johnson had that extra-special Southern charm that you just can't resist. Mrs. Goldwater was charming, too. And she was the smart one. She really didn't want to be the First Lady at all. And she got her wish.

Irwin Redlener

Within the next six months, we'll have infected birds in the U.S..

We're in the middle of our migration season now where birds are flying. Are they going to bring it back to the Midwest on their flight patterns, we don't know. They're monitoring the birds closely--Alaska is the primary spot where they're watching the birds because it's the closest point where we would see contact.

Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

Dennis Richardson

He's been both personally quite generous and he's been generous with Birds Eye resources, ... I'm hoping we can tap into more of his time.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

... there is an ecstatic mechanism in birds that makes them fly upwards in spite of worms.

There is ample evidence that the Nigerian bird flu situation is difficult and worrisome.

Lorena Ochoa

I thought to myself, this is a good start to the tournament. I didn't think it was going to be this good. I just tried to really focus and concentrate. I made birdie on the first hole and a birdie on the second hole. I was very happy about that. Then everything was easy and everything was so clear. It was a really good round.

Maurice Sendak

He was the strangest little bird I'd ever seen. He had fluttered into the world of the studios and, could he not be swatted dead, I knew he would manage. I had total faith in him.

He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art

He died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

He looked like Larry Bird out there for the first five minutes.

W. S. Gilbert

God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest

God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.

Globally, the evidence demonstrates that there is no risk of infection when birds and eggs are well cooked, as this kills the virus.

Joe Johnson

If it gets into the wild birds and then it gets into the domestic poultry, then we've got a very direct contact between humans and infected birds.

If it's just a few sporadic birds dying off, people are then exposed and then get sick and die -- it means it's a very difficult thing to stop when it's on a small scale.

If the birds weren't gone in 30 days, I didn't get paid.

He was building his house and around it there were many chickens and birds running around. Researchers tested those birds and they tested positive for H5N1.

I would have sold out for a birdie in a heartbeat. It's not important to lead the first day. I don't think it would have made much difference if I didn't make it.

Ewan McGregor

If we don't find some more birds fast, our goose is cooked.

Michael Chertoff

If we get a wild bird or even a domestic chicken that gets infected with avian flu, we're going to be able to deal with it, because we've got a lot of experience with that.