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Favorite bird quote?

Postby coral » Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:02 pm

Whats your favorite bird/parrot quote?
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. <3
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Re: Favorite bird quote?

Postby TheNzJessie » Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:40 am

It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.
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Re: Favorite bird quote?

Postby coral » Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:17 am

I like that one :D
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. <3
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Re: Favorite bird quote?

Postby iknowwhatiknow » Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:47 am

I like the one Becco Lunatico has as her sig: "She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot." ~Mark Twain
"If I think I can figure things out, is that curiosity or arrogance? I know what I know." - Topher Brink, Dollhouse.
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Re: Favorite bird quote?

Postby pirategene » Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:52 am

By Joseph Garner: "Essentially, a parrot is a monkey with wings"

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Re: Favorite bird quote?

Postby zazanomore » Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:18 pm

iknowwhatiknow wrote:I like the one Becco Lunatico has as her sig: "She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot." ~Mark Twain


This.
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Re: Favorite bird quote?

Postby entrancedbymyGCC » Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:08 pm

Well, I didn't know very many so I Googled "quotes about parrots" which turns up a few. There aren't all that many, actually.

I think my favorites of the ones I found are:

"I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night". ~ Marie Corelli

"“The parrot holds its food for prim consumption as daintily as any debutante, [with] a predilection for pot roast, hashed-brown potatoes, duck skin, butter, hoisin sauce, sesame seed oil, bananas and human thumb.” -- Alexander Theroux

I also like: "Teach a parrot the terms "supply and demand" and you've got an economist.” -- Thomas Carlyle. But I think it says more about economists than parrots.
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Re: Favorite bird quote?

Postby pchela » Sun Feb 13, 2011 3:40 am

Well I quite like Jack Handy so my sig is my fave. I also like the Mark Twain quote if we're going for serious.
"I bet the sparrow looks at the parrot and thinks, yes, you can talk, but LISTEN TO YOURSELF!" ~ Jack Handy ~ Deep Thoughts
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Re: Favorite bird quote?

Postby coral » Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:10 pm

those are all really cute :D

i like zazanomore's signature :)
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. <3
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Re: Favorite bird quote?

Postby mrstweet » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:58 pm

I love the Jack Handy and Mark Twain ones, but since I have been on my own in a new state with just my hubby and no job, this is mine:

Birds are angels who lift us up when our own wings forget how to fly.

No idea who it's by.
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