Famous Quotes & Sayings

Roger Tory Peterson

Birds ... are sensitive indicators of the environment, a sort of "ecological litmus paper," ... The observation and recording of bird populations over time lead inevitably to environmental awareness and can signal impending changes.

Lydia M. Child

Birds and beasts have in fact our own nature, flattened a semi-tone.

Isaac Bickerstaffe

Fine feathers, they say, make fine birds.

George Herbert

The bird loves her nest.

George Herbert

He that will take the bird, must not skare it.

Todd Campbell

I am not being an alarmist but these things get really large. They are really intelligent. They can find bird rookeries. And they can remember from year to year where to go back.

Todd Campbell

I am not being an alarmist but these things get really large, ... They are really intelligent. They can find bird rookeries. And they can remember from year to year where to go back.

Aaron Mills

I call it the Larry Bird factor. It's when you see things three or four seconds before they happen, and Christian has that. If he doesn't make that play (against Pleasant Hill), we're not here.

Tim Thompson

I'd much rather shoot a bird over point than take a passing shot at one that just flushed wild, just because I happened to be at the end of the field. If you get a bird this time of year, it's really a bonus for you and the dog.

Jim Young

And there is no such thing as a no-sale call. A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made, the only question is who is gonna close? You or him? Now be relentless. That's it, I'm done.

Ryan Evanochko

I wanted to go; I didn't want to call a timeout. But that's our system. That's how we practice. We trusted the system, and it just didn't work out that time.

Charles Grassley

Now is the time for each of us to stand up and demand change. Call your senators at once,

Jack Bicknell

Thank goodness his mom was OK. He couldn't just call down there, and he couldn't go down there (for several days).

John Marshall

It would be useful to the voters if Marc wanted to talk about the issues, but he's now proven he's incapable of civil debate. He's more interested in calling names. Holtzman is desperate for attention.

George H. W. Bush

These extremists distort the idea of 'jihad' into a call for

Johnny Damon

I should call and thank him, he got me off the hook for a few days.

Norman Kember

I've demonstrated, you name it I've been on it, but I feel that's what I'd call cheap peacemaking.

Rod Argent

It wouldn't be unusual for dad to call on Jim and Steve to play if his regular musicians couldn't show.

O. Henry

prepare Christian men and women who will lead our nation and shape our culture with timeless biblical values and fidelity to the spirit of the American founding.

Jan Karon

I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.

C. S. Lewis

Love, in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. It is a state not of the feelings but of the will; that state of the will which we have naturally about ourselves, and must learn to have about other people.

C. S. Lewis

God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than of any other slackers. If you are thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you you are embarking on something which is going to take the whole of you, brains and all ...

C. S. Lewis

God, in the end, gives people what they most want, including freedom from himself. What could be more fair?

Blaise Pascal

I should not be a Christian but for the miracles.

Blaise Pascal

The Christian religion teaches me two points-that there is a God whom men can know, and that their nature is so corrupt that they are unworthy of Him.

Bill Hybels

Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.

Bill Hybels

The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.

Doug Johnson

I've been here four years now, ... and I know this offense. I know what needs to be done. We'll still be a contender. I don't feel any different today than I did yesterday. I was a leader on this team before this happened and I'm going to be a leader now.

Mike Falbo

This is not at all like fourth quarter of last year.

Mark Murray

This is something that's been in the works for three or four months and frankly, it only represents a tiny fraction of Internet users.

Terri Mitchell

All-American players go from four points in the first half to 20.

Brett Ratner

You can't show a four-hour movie in a theater, really.

Tom Odell

The first song I ever wrote was when I was 12, and it had, like, four lines in it. You progress and get better.

Bruce Steinberg

And the signs since the fourth quarter suggest growth picking up in the first quarter more strongly than most people had anticipated. So I would say the recovery is here.

Reggie Sanders

Each day is better, ... I'm not 100 percent. I'm not going to be 100 percent because it's going to take another three to four months for it to heal completely. For me, it's being 100 percent functional and doing what I need to do to help the ballclub win.

Al Northington

We just had to play smart in the fourth quarter. Our girls showed a lot of heart and a lot of grit.

Charles Howard

Once we started doing those three things, we got going.

Andrew Walpole

There would not be any replacements for Vaughan as we have already got three newcomers.

Sinead O'Connor

I've been married three times, really I should only have been married once.

Adam LaRoche

I think I was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts,

James Toney

I thought I won it by two or three points. I thought we had the edge.

Jim Tressel

Where we are at this moment, ... is not where you'd like to be after three games.

Dave Foley

We put a lot of work into three minutes.

H. P. Lovecraft

I should describe mine own nature as tripartite, my interests consisting of three parallel and dissociated groups--(a) Love of the strange and fantastic. (b) Love of the abstract truth and of scientific logic. (c) Love of the ancient and the permanent. Sundry combinations of these three strains will probably account for all my odd tastes and eccentricities.

Jane McGonigal

If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion … you dramatically improve your health and your ability to successfully tackle any problem you're facing.