Free as a bird.
Bird Quotes
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.
A bird can sing with a broken wing, but you cant pluck feathers off a frog.
But calm, white calm, was born into a swan.
I have a bird of paradise Upon a springing cypress tree She sits for hours while daylight dims And not a song by day sings she. Her back is of celestial blue, Her head is purple; flaming dye Upon her wings, of golden hue Like dawn’s reflection in the sky. Only when the earth is […]
I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance
