Ramakrishna Quotes, Water Quotes, Bird Quotes

Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.

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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?

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Tags : William Blake Quotes , Bird Quotes , Joy Quotes

You may call a jay a bird. Well, so he is, in a measure--because he's got feathers on him, and don't belong to no church, perhaps;but otherwise he is just as much a human as you be. And I'll tell you for why. A jay's gifts and instincts, and feelings, and interests, cover the whole ground. A jay hasn't got any more principle than a Congressman.

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The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

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Oh, nature's noblest gift, my grey goose quill, Slave of my thoughts, obedient to my will, Torn from the parent bird to form a pen, That mighty instrument of little men.

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No matter. The dead bird does not leave the nest.

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Tis but a base, ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.

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Out of the cradle endlessly rocking, Out of the mocking bird's throat, the musical shuttle, . . . . A reminiscence sing.

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In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.

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Free as a bird to settle where I will.

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And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.

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Foppery, being the chronic condition of women, is not so much noticed as it is when it breaks out on the person of the male bird.

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Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.

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Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Bird Quotes , Might Quotes

We were surprised how closely the cuckoo imitated the clock-and yet, of course, it could never have heard a clock.

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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.

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Tags : Al-Ghazali Quotes , Song Quotes , Bird Quotes

O Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice?

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God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me.

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Tags : Emily Dickinson Quotes , Justice Quotes , Bird Quotes