"You would not think that birds who have no brain at all could become so friendly. I swear some of them are more intelligent than many humans, but that says more about our fellow beings than it does about the birds."

--

Source : Elizabeth Aston (2007). “The Second Mrs. Darcy: A Novel”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

Elizabeth Aston

#Intelligent Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Bird Quotes

“I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.”

Source : Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
“Great is Youth--equally great is Old Age--great are Day and Night. Great is Wealth--great is Poverty--great is Expression-great is Silence.”
“Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.”

Source : "Citizen cane". www.theguardian.com. November 19, 1999.
“Propaganda by censorship takes two forms: the selective control of information to favour a particular viewpoint, and the deliberate doctoring of information in order to create an impression different from that originally intended.”
“Joe Biden once again denied stories that he will be replaced on the ticket in 2012. He says he will continue to embarrass President Obama for another four years.”
“The purpose of my work was never to destroy but always to create, to construct bridges, because we must live in the hope that humankind will draw together and that the better we understand each other the easier this will become.”
“In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.”
“It is seriously time for a miracle.”

Source : "Farrah Fawcett tells own 'Story' on NBC", www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 14, 2009.

You may also like:

Abigail Reynolds
Author
Francine Mathews
Writer
Joan Aiken
Writer
Ken Blanchard
Author
Larry McMurtry
Novelist
Lord David Cecil
Biographer
P. G. T. Beauregard
Military officer
Rachel Billington
Author
Robert Zend
Poet