Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Ames

Having the opportunity to birdie the last three holes like I did today was good. And maybe a couple of fortunate times, like 18, a little scare on the 3-wood (drive), it ended up being way up the fairway and only a 6-iron in. It was fortunate and the nature of the game.

He said, 'How are you doing?' I said, 'I'm good, I'm having so much fun. He said, 'Good. Because we really need your point.' I got up-and-down for birdie and on the next hole, the 17th, I'm tied with Stuart Appleby. Mr. Nicklaus is on the tee helping me out with what club to hit. To me, that was the coolest thing.

I think it is a worrisome situation, especially because we think that swans could be an indicator species, meaning that swans are relatively susceptible and so it could well be that other aquatic birds could be infected. Now we have seen it in Greece and Italy and now Germany. It is spreading all over Europe.

Fred Funk

It came down to 18 and I didn't think with the wind and those conditions that I could get home, but I hit a really good drive and a really good three-wood to get it up there. I didn't think birdie would win it, but you just never know in the Skins Game.

Irwin Redlener

Within the next six months, we'll have infected birds in the U.S..

We're in the middle of our migration season now where birds are flying. Are they going to bring it back to the Midwest on their flight patterns, we don't know. They're monitoring the birds closely--Alaska is the primary spot where they're watching the birds because it's the closest point where we would see contact.

We can confirm that he died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

He wanted to make sure the birds would still be there when he got back.

Maurice Sendak

He was the strangest little bird I'd ever seen. He had fluttered into the world of the studios and, could he not be swatted dead, I knew he would manage. I had total faith in him.

He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art

He died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

He looked like Larry Bird out there for the first five minutes.

Kofi Annan

If they are not compensated, they are not going to tell you whether their birds are sick. If other pandemics have taught us anything, it is that silence is deadly.

Fred Couples

I didn't change my stroke, but I just hit the birdie putt way too hard.

Ai Miyazato

I didn't birdie any of the par-5s and it prevented me from shooting a low score. But I think I played very patiently until the end.

Ideally, this would cover all variations on the bird flu virus.

Mark Calcavecchia

I can honestly say I never thought I would say that I actually win a tournament using my head. But honestly this weekend, I think I won this tournament playing smart golf, using course management and staying patient. I mean, somebody is going to have to find out when the last time somebody won a tournament making one birdie on the weekend. That may have never happened before in the history of golf, by the way.

Paula Creamer

I feel great. I knew I had to play good golf coming down the stretch. I knew if I just stayed patient and kept giving myself birdie looks everything would be OK.

We know a person can get the disease from a bird but we're not certain if a person can get it from a dog.

David Suzuki

Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas.

David Nabarro

We are watching very closely to see how the disease associated with bird flu, when it hits humans, is evolving.

Carl Sagan

Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.

We have no idea how she got it. We visited her neighborhood and found no poultry or caged birds near her house.

Alan King

I don't mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.

Charlotte Bronte

I am no bird and no net ensnares me

Charles Spurgeon

Birds sing on a bare bough; O, believer, canst not thou?

Alan Watts

For a decision-the freest of my actions just happens like hiccups inside me or like a bird singing outside me.

Ed Begley, Jr.

Keep in mind, coal plants claim plenty of birds too. Sadly, hydro claims the lives of many fish. There is a price for everything. Solar does the best as far as very minimal wildlife damage.

Dean Acheson

The Iraqi is really not whacky toady, perhaps, even tacky. When they gave him the word, he gave us the bird and joined with the Arabs, by cracky!

We also worry that birds will stop off in some of the U.S. territories in the Pacific like Guam, and Hawaii.

We are awaiting for further results. We will continue to investigate whether she had been in contact with anything that related to bird flu,

There are some challenges we deal with, primarily people management more than bird management.