Bird Quotes

Naked as a jaybird.

No sadder sound salutes you than the clear, wild laughter of the loon.

This is for the birds.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

Free as a bird.

Once upon a time there was a bird sanctuary in which hundreds of Baltimore orioles lived together happily. The refuge consisted of a forest entirely surrounded by a high wire fence. When it was put up, a pack of foxes who lived nearby protested that it was an arbitrary and unnatural boundary. However, they did […]

Charm the birds out of trees.

“The birds can fly, an’ why can’t I? Must we give in” says he with a grin, ” ‘T the bluebird an’ phoebe are smarter ‘n we be? Jest fold our hands and see the swaller An’ the blackbird an’ catbird beat us holler?… Jest show me that ! er prove ‘t the bat hez […]

The early bird gets the worm.

We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry.