Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Votes: 4
Langston HughesI am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. Votes: 4
Charlotte BronteI'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance. Votes: 4
e. e. cummingsGod loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. Votes: 3
Jacques DevalWhen I do a picture and it's 90% black, like 'Bird,' I use 90% black people. Votes: 3
Clint EastwoodIt's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. Votes: 3
Muhammad AliSesame Street... I think they were all high. With Big Bird, they had to be high. Votes: 3
Pauly ShorePeople say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Votes: 3
Oscar RobertsonLarry Bird just throws the ball in the air and God moves the basket underneath it. Votes: 3
Howie ChizekThe overwhelmingly successful trial book of my early adolescence had been To Kill A Mocking Bird. Votes: 3
Scott TurowI think my great book is Born to Sing: An Interpretation and World Survey of Bird Song . Votes: 3
Charles HartshorneFall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. Votes: 3
David LettermanThese are the days when birds come back, a very few, a Bird or two, to take a backward look. Votes: 3
Emily DickinsonI never thought I'd be on Sesame Street with Elmo and Big Bird. I'm still thrilled. I'm on a high. Votes: 3
Michelle ObamaI've learned to say, 'I'm a friend of Big Bird. He even taught me how to sound like him.' Votes: 3
Caroll SpinneyI've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart. Votes: 3
Dennis RodmanA bush-warbler,Coming to the verandah-edge,Left its droppingsOn the rice-cakes. Votes: 1
Matsuo Bash?BirdsThe bird, the bee, the running child are all the same to the sliding glass door. Votes: 1
Demetri MartinIt's impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do. Votes: 1
Eric Jerome DickeySaying of the ProphetOppressionWhen oppression exists, even the bird dies in its nest. Votes: 0
Idries ShahThe sound of the harpsichord resembles that of a bird-cage played with toasting-forks. Votes: 0
Thomas BeechamObserve everything silently, like a little bird! This invites the angels of wisdom! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanYou cannot save every fallen bird," said Woolsey. "One will do," said Magnus. Votes: 0
Cassandra ClareJacksonville's official bird is the butterfly. The butterfly is also Jacksonville's official flower. Votes: 0
Jarod KintzEveryone's sort of the same height when you're looking from bird's eye view. Votes: 0
Marcus DunstanUnless you want a horrible surprise, never go bird watching with an open mouth. Votes: 0
Kent Allan ReesHe carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast. Votes: 0
Herbert GoldLiving unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly. Votes: 0
William P. YoungMorning has broken Like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken Like the first bird. Votes: 0
Eleanor Farjeonthough what bird in the best of circumstances does not look a little stricken? Votes: 0
Lorrie MoorePerhaps the same bird echoed through both of us yesterday, seperate, in the evening. Votes: 0
Rainer Maria RilkeHark! o'er the dread abyss the sea-bird screams-- The rocks resound--again the lightning gleams! Votes: 0
John RamsayThe cockroach and the bird were both here long before we were. Both could. Votes: 0
Joseph Wood KrutchThe bird That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet complainings. Votes: 0
William SomervileA bird half wakened in the lunar noon Sang halfway through its little inborn tune. Votes: 0
Robert FrostQuestion: What is the white stuff in bird poop? Answer: That is bird poop, too. Votes: 0
Kurt VonnegutHold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly. Votes: 0
Langston HughesEnvironmental extremists ... wouldn't let you build a house unless it looked like a bird's nest. Votes: 0
Ronald ReaganWatch the sunset without speaking, just like a bird watching the sunset in complete silence! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanSurely no child, and few adults, have ever watched a bird in flight without envy. Votes: 0
Isaac AsimovIf you dissect a bird / to diagram the tongue, / you'll cut the chord / articulating song. Votes: 0
Sylvia PlathMy soul-bird loves my body-cage Only when it is kept fit, Pure and absolutely immaculate. Votes: 0
Sri ChinmoyI hear the mad song of a little bird and crush butterflies between my fingers. Votes: 0
Clarice LispectorLike a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow. Votes: 0
Robert Louis StevensonGod gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest. Votes: 0
Josiah Gilbert HollandTis but a base, ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareFlutter like a hummingbird, Dive like an eagle, Ain't no bird that's my equal. - Twilight Votes: 0
Kathryn LaskyIf only the bird with the loveliest song sang, the forest would be a lonely place. Votes: 0
John James AudubonThey cripple the bird's wing, and then condemn it for not flying as fast as they. Votes: 0
Malcolm XThe bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. Votes: 0
Douglas AdamsFaith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. Votes: 0
Rabindranath TagoreHis dagger was out, poised at her throat. "Sing, little bird. Sing for your little life. Votes: 0
George R. R. MartinLike a bird she seems to wear gay plumage unconsciously, as if it grew upon her. Votes: 0
Henry Ward BeecherHer mind is a bird that's trapped inside her skull, flapping and thrashing, never breaking free. Votes: 0
Lauren DeStefanoAnd if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheMovement is most of what a bird is. When they're dead, they're only feathers and air. Votes: 0
William WhartonSometimes the early bird gets the worm, but sometimes the early bird gets frozen to death. Votes: 0
Myron ScholesThe early bird gets the worm but the late bird doesn't even get the late worm. Votes: 0
Charles M. SchulzAt heart I am a librarian, a bird-watcher, a transcendentalist, a gardener, a spinster, a monk. Votes: 0
Juliana HatfieldThe sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught. Votes: 0
Rachel FieldThe early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese. Votes: 0
Jeremy PaxmanO lyric Love, half angel and half bird. And all a wonder and a wild desire. Votes: 0
Robert BrowningTell your little mascot to get out of here, cause I have no problem flippin' the bird. Votes: 0
EdgeThat old saw about the early bird just proves that the worm should have stayed in bed. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinNo bird can fly without opening its wings, and no one can love without exposing their hearts. Votes: 0
Mark NepoTwo birds went for dating. The male bird was killed and the female bird is being murdered. Votes: 0
Santosh KalwarThe bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. Votes: 0
Kate ChopinJust as the bird needs wings to fly, a leader needs useful information to flow. Leaders learn. Votes: 0
Israelmore AyivorThe Love bird is one hundred percent faithful to his mate-who is locked into the same cage. Votes: 0
Will CuppyCats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird! Votes: 0
Pliny the ElderMagpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceThe bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove. Votes: 0
John MiltonWhy does a silly bird go on saying "chiff-chaff" all day long? Is it happiness or hiccups? Votes: 0
A. A. MilneEveryone needs time to develop their dreams. An egg in the nest doesn't become a bird overnight. Votes: 0
Lois EhlertEvery bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAs a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view. Votes: 0
Felix BaumgartnerTo feel free like a bird, some things on our minds must be left in the past. Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanIt is of no account; after all, the old bird does not fly far from his nest. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillThe walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird. Votes: 0
Truman CapoteWhy do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird? Votes: 0
Pablo PicassoIf I saw an ugly bird but she was a celebrity, she wouldn't attract me at all. Votes: 0
Rio FerdinandDeep in my heart subsides the infrequent word, And there dies slowly throbbing like a wounded bird. Votes: 0
Francis ThompsonYou put his brain in a bird, the bird would fly backwards" -Secret Life of the Bees Votes: 0
Sue Monk Kidd... Let the cage bird and the cage bird mate and the wild bird mate in the wild. Votes: 0
William Butler YeatsI prefer empty cages, Sabina, until I find a unique bird I once saw in my dreams. Votes: 0
Anais NinWhen the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears. Votes: 0
Hans Christian AndersenProfessor," Harry gasped. "Your bird " I couldn't do anything " he just caught fire " Votes: 0
J. K. RowlingThe earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it. Votes: 0
Leonardo da VinciBut now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird. Votes: 0
Audrey NiffeneggerIf he gimme the word then I'm flippin the bird & then I'm spinnin around & I'm grippin the burn Votes: 0
Nicki MinajThe canary bird in the coal mine theory of the arts: artists should be treasured as alarm systems. Votes: 0
Kurt VonnegutWhen I die, I will see the lining of the world. The other side, beyond bird, mountain, sunset. Votes: 0
Czeslaw MiloszYou're chasing the dragon, you're chasing the high. A bird with one wing, who's still trying to fly. Votes: 0
Ozzy OsbourneGirdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage. Votes: 0
Marilyn MonroeWhen the wind stops, kite falls but bird flies; because bird did not borrow the wind when rising! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanIts impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do. Votes: 0
Eric Jerome DickeyI'm very happy being me, although sometimes I'd love to be a bird so that I could fly. Votes: 0
Joy FieldingWe weep for a bird's cry, but not for a fish's blood. Blessed are those with a voice. Votes: 0
Mamoru OshiiFor us, a pretty bird is a pretty bird; for an insect, pretty bird is an ugly enemy! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanA bird only flies. It does not turn to another bird and ask, am I doing this right? Votes: 0
Mary Anne RadmacherThe power that makes grass grow, fruit ripen, and guides the bird in flight is in us all. Votes: 0
Anzia YezierskaThe gloom encroaches upon my mind, and my heart flutters like a bird held fast in a fist. Votes: 0
Hannah KentEvery nation needs two wings to fly. Any bird torn at the wings will never soar the skies. Votes: 0
Suzy KassemAnd hear the pleasant cockoo, loud and long - The simple bird that thinks two notes a song. Votes: 0
W. H. DaviesThe heart is like a bird: love as its head and its two wings are hope and fear. Votes: 0
Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawzziya...better a live bird in the jungle of the body than two stuffed birds on the library table. Votes: 0
Nathanael WestThe sun is shining and the bird are singing what more could you ask for in a day! Votes: 0
Heather MillsUnclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams. Votes: 0
Haruki MurakamiUnclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in fight, searching the skies for dreams. Votes: 0
Haruki MurakamiThis is why I keep telling Ash to get you a cat or a bird. Guns aren't proper pets. Votes: 0
Andrea CremerI'd rather be a success as a fish than a failure as a fish trying to be a bird. Votes: 0
Eva Le GallienneIf liberty sang a song, little,as the larynx of a bird,nowhere would there remain a tumbling wall. Votes: 0
Ahmad ShamlouMake my heart, O heart of the universe, a divine bird that nests only on the throne of God. Votes: 0
RumiFaith is a bird that can see the light when it is dawn and starts singing in the dark. Votes: 0
Rabindranath TagoreI am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. Votes: 0
Charlotte BronteI don't want a be bird because birds get attacked too much. But it would be cool to fly. Votes: 0
David ArchuletaA believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing. Votes: 0
Robert Green IngersollI caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing. Votes: 0
Richard PeckToday, when I stepped outside, I got shit on by a bird. But I'm still going back outside tomorrow. Votes: 0
Christie CraigFly silly sea bird, no dreams can possess you, no voices can blame you for sun on your wings. Votes: 0
Joni MitchellThe early bird might catch the worm, but I bet it also needs a ton of under eye concealer Votes: 0
Nicole RichieI never know which is worse: the sorrow when you hit the bird or the shame when you miss it. Votes: 0
Julian FellowesMan is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song. Votes: 0
Joseph JoubertIve known since I went to the national team when I was very young that I was a different bird. Votes: 0
Tiffeny MilbrettFor why trap what is already trapped? It is only in flight that we know the freedom of the bird Votes: 0
Josephine HartThe bird of truth would not be able to fly if it weren't for the air of lies we breathe. Votes: 0
Eugene J. MartinIf you gave wings to a cat, it would not condescend to be a bird. It would be an angel. Votes: 0
Dick ShawnWhen nations resort to arms, the human spirit is like a bird that cannot stand to hear its own song. Votes: 0
Phoenix DesmondI've known since I went to the national team when I was very young that I was a different bird. Votes: 0
Tiffeny MilbrettFor thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly. Votes: 0
Khalil GibranOnly to the rude ear of one who is quite indifferent does the song of a bird seem always the same. Votes: 0
Rosa LuxemburgI think statues are great; they show what great people would look like if a bird sh*t all over them. Votes: 0
Demetri MartinCats kill far more birds than men. Why don't you have a slogan: 'Kill a cat and save a bird?' Votes: 0
Prince PhilipLove is a speedy bird that looks like a fish. If you catch one in the sky, try not to drown. Votes: 0
Jarod KintzA man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerI love to swim in the nude and roam around the house in the nude. You're just as free as a bird! Votes: 0
Bettie PageLike a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free!! Votes: 0
Leonard CohenOh it's the bingo playing wizard I love you guys so much, but not as much as my bird and my bingo! Votes: 0
Louis TomlinsonMan is a bird full of mud, I say aloud. And death looks on with a casual eye and scratches his anus. Votes: 0
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