#parrot

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#appears #comes #languages #man #many

Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder. ↗

— Neil Innes

#clapton #come #eric #eric clapton #his

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#economist #got #parrot #supply #teach

Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish. ↗

— Chevy Chase

#goldfish #great #make #more #parrots

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. ↗

— Will Rogers

#gossip #live #parrot #sell #such

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip. ↗

— Billy Graham

#give #gossip #his #parrot #person

I'm a parrot. I can pick up an accent and just do it. ↗

— Brion James

#i #i can #just #just do it #parrot

Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does. ↗

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

#dogs #life #live #longer #love

I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots! ↗

— Michael Landon

#got #grandkids #i #kids #nine

Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#bite #bites #had #i #job