#bird

Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable us to fly from continent to continent with a speed far exceeding that of a bird. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#century #continent #destined #enable #exceeding

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. ↗

— Rebecca West

#birds #cats #did #done #francis

In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather. ↗

— Amos Oz

#birds #feather #i #many #regard

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise. ↗

— Ivan Pavlov

#bird #enable #facts #fly #man

The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#cheese #early #early bird #get #gets

When I pair food and wine, I start with the food. If I have a beautiful roasted bird, I might choose a Cabernet or Pinot Noir, or maybe a Syrah, depending on the sauce and what is in my cellar. ↗

— Jacques Pepin

#bird #cellar #choose #depending #food

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#birds #books #fly #hands #high

The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#big #big country #bird #brain #country

When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression. ↗

— Ted Rall

#expression #eyes #head #look #lot

My heart is like a singing bird. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#heart #like #singing