Bird Quotations | Page 6

The shivering birds beneath the eaves Have sheltered for the night.

About one thing the Englishman has a particularly strict code. If a bird says Cluk bik bik bik bik and caw you may kill it, eat it or ask Fortnums to pickle it in Napoleon brandy with wild strawberries. If it says tweet it is a dear and precious friend and you'd better lay off it if you want to remain a member of Boodles.

I would like to paint the way a bird sings.

What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.

If a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.

Who are you?' Mo looked at the White Women. Then he looked at Dustfinger's still face. Guess.' The bird ruffled up its golden feathers, and Mo saw that the mark on its breast was blood. You are Death.' Mo felt the word heavy on his tongue. Could any word be heavier?

In the nights sometimes now he'd wake in the back and freezing waste out of softly colored worlds of human love, the songs of birds, the sun.

The freedom of birds is an insult to me.

I live in Topanga Canyon, which is like a faux-rustic enclave in Los Angeles. I love the sounds of all the critters outside - the frogs, owls, crickets, and birds. Some of the birds around here are pretty accomplished musicians. You can learn a lot from them.

We use blue on the handle of the Alessi kettle. Blue is cool, so you're supposed to think that it's not hot. And the bird is red: you're supposed to think to be careful to remove the bird.

We have conquered the SARS epidemic in 2003, and we will surely conquer the bird flu virus,

With a little bird like that - it's only about 5 inches long - it would be easier to believe that might have survived than even the woodpecker.

We consider (them) a very important part of the bird life in Manatee County because of the rookery there.

We climbed the ladder and carefully removed it. The bird was conscious. However, the injury on his leg was bad.

We are coming into a period where the bird flu will be highly transmissible. As the weather warms up, more wild birds will be migrating and it will be easier for the bird flu to be transmitted to a wider area.

There clearly have been ongoing changes in the virus itself, and what that means in terms of its adapting to different bird species or its ability to infect other bird species is unclear, but it may have played a role.

There has been a shift in the susceptibility of wild fowl to H5N1. That's something that needs very careful attention if we're going to be ready for possible introduction of the bird flu virus in other locations through wild fowl.

There is a better chance of a person winning the national lottery than catching bird flu in the UK today.

Whenever I have a bird question, unless I feel like I've called him too many times already, he's the first person I go to. He knows, plus he doesn't laugh at me when I ask dumb questions.

The paperwork began in August. Every day I would see her coming to me with an application and I would say, 'Here's my early bird again.' That was my nickname for her.

The petrel is a bird not much unlike a swallow, but smaller, and with a shorter tail. It is all over black, except a white spot on the rump.

There are infectious diseases that one needs to be aware of in manipulating these various animals. Bird flu is, of course, something we're all concerned about.

Experts agree that a bird flu pandemic could strike and race across the world like wildfire, but experts say with the right amount of preparation and planning, officials in Wisconsin should be able to snuff out any crisis.

The government is making all efforts to combat bird flu, which is a serious epidemic in China.

We've been monitoring. All persons showing high temperature and strange progress of acute respiratory illnesses are examined for possible detection of the bird flu virus, especially if the patient had contact with domestic birds.

We had a strong first 10 minutes and the rest of the first half was very ordinary. Mentally and physically we just weren't there, and we only had ourselves to blame for that. The second half was better but the bird had flown by then.

We've had our bird feeder smashed a couple of times, but we never saw what it was. We kind of figured it was a bear,

We will probably learn a lot about bird migration by discovering where the H5N1 virus crops up.

Those ranchers in Marfa showed up in their cowboy hats and boots, their wives with their Lady Bird hairdos, and they just loved it. There's an incredible intensity that Angelica has. She's onstage when the house opens, and in those 20 minutes she gets into character in a way that's frightening. The audience gets to watch her become Sylvia, one of the most intense women on the face of the earth.

This was another step forward for this team to be able to win a game with Matt Bird on the bench for a big chunk of it. It shows us that we are more than a one-man team.

We cannot lower our guard in the slightest degree against the risk of bird flu triggering a new epidemic.

We cannot kill all the chickens and ducks to prevent bird flu from spreading among them and to humans; therefore, we have to make sure the chickens, ducks and humans do not mingle together.

We cannot afford to be in any way complacent. The fact that there are human cases of bird flu being reported at quite regular intervals now means that the disease is still quite serious.

With goalie it speaks of the individual. You have to work hard to play that position. It takes a different bird to be a keeper. He put in a lot of extra time.

What this paper shows is you can make a vaccine against bird flu. It also points out a lot of weaknesses in the system. It's an important wake-up call.

We monitor the situation and we have not discovered any unconventional respiratory diseases in humans suggesting bird flu infection. Monitoring is underway in all districts of southern Russia. Luckily, no confirmed bird flu cases in humans have been reported.

We feel our system can be very beneficial to the people of Hong Kong and Singapore when used as part of a comprehensive bird flu containment strategy. It is our understanding that government officials in Hong Kong and Singapore would be interested in seeing if our system can be applied in different areas of the poultry processing cycle. What's particularly beneficial about our system is that it is designed to be flexible and to accommodate different needs of different governments. Therefore, we believe our system will be able to accommodate the requirements of this market.

We don't want to take any chances, and we don't want to cause any bird death. But we have people call the next day, 'Why did you turn the lights out early?' You can't keep everybody happy.

This software models any contagious disease. Basically, what we can do is to give the model the characteristics of any contagious disease, such as bird flu, foot and mouth disease or SARS.

We should concretely enhance our sense of urgency and responsibility in the prevention and control of the highly pathogenic bird flu,

We are still facing great challenges of bird flu control.

Even so, the health ministry has confirmed that the six died of bird flu. Tests in Hong Kong are for the purpose of WHO's record.

Bird flu today is not a problem for travelers. There is no case of a traveler contracting the virus. The day a pandemic will start, the picture will change totally.

Bird flu-related issues are now one of our top concerns. We are planning to keep one to three months' worth of anti-flu medicines in storage.

Bird flu may likely become the next pandemic, and this vaccine is worth investigating further.

Bird flu is totally under control, ... The outbreak ... occurred in one area and has been contained. Of course, we need to be careful, we need to do our homework well.

Bird flu is something we should be prepared for, but even if a pandemic never happens, everything we learn now from this vaccine can be applied to vaccines for other emerging infectious diseases.

Bird flu isn't over in Switzerland. We are not finding cases any more but on the other hand we can be quite sure that the bird flu virus will remain in the wild bird population in Switzerland for years to come ? our guess is about five-20 years.

Bird flu is like rubbing salt into the wounds. There have not been cancellations but there is a slowdown in bookings.

Bird flu is a disease among animals; it's very difficult for this virus to move from poultry into humans. Our concern is that it will change in a way that will allow it to easily move between humans, and that will trigger a pandemic.

Bird flu has suddenly become a global concern. It's clear that how Beijing controls it will affect their international image.

Bird flu has not been totally controlled in China and the danger of its spread still exists in some areas,

Bird flu has not been effectively contained. The threat of it mutating so people can transmit it is still there, and the threat is very large.

Bird enthusiasts are encouraged to help Audubon generate a snapshot of the birds seen or heard on this day during spring migration.

Bird droppings often contain fish eggs. This lake was stocked completely by nature.

Everyone was so transfixed. You are seeing a bird that no Western scientist has ever seen. I was shouting. This trip was a once-in-a-lifetime series of shouting experiences.

Every single human infection that is reported is a cause for concern and the threat of a bird flu pandemic grows from month to month.

Every single bird dying should be investigated immediately. A day makes a difference in detecting the virus.

At this point in time, there's no plans to do surgery to remove that bird shot.

At the moment Switzerland's goal is protecting its poultry from bird flu.

Currently China's bird flu prevention and control situation is severe,

Even if bird flu isn't the culprit, there almost certainly will be a disastrous pandemic of some sort in the next 20 years, ... And if we continue on our present course, the U.S. will not be prepared to handle it.

Flu viruses are typically respiratory, but bird flu has been shown to attack intestinal tracts in animals as well. That affects the way pets can pass the virus to each other.

Firstly we can confirm it is actually possible to vaccinate humans against this bird flu virus using existing technology.

Firstly, we can confirm it is actually possible to vaccinate humans against this bird flu virus using existing technology.

First, I was a glacial blonde doing music programmes. Then I was the film kind of sexy bird late at night. It was frustrating like I guess it's frustrating for everyone who is not fully employing their talents.

There's going to be another influenza pandemic. History teaches us that. We don't know if the current bird flu is the start of that, we don't know when it will hit. It could happen soon or it might be years off,

There's literature to support the fact that these ants have eliminated the bird nesting on other islands. They've interrupted bird nesting and eliminated native species in other areas.

There's not this pressure on them of seeing Larry Bird or Isiah Thomas or Jerry West circle the court like was the case last year. The impact they're going to have is now going to be in the college game.

I should make clear from the outset that we do not know if the bird virus we are seeing overseas will ever become ... a pandemic.

The vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. By God, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good.

The risk of Africa getting bird flu is very high.

It was a new opportunity, and they're not an easy bird to get. It's a challenge.

The threat of bird flu is now getting closer to the human species. The possibility for the virus to pass from infected animals, which haven't shown symptoms, to human beings has increased.

The soul that is attached to anything however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for, until the cord be broken the bird cannot fly.

Sometimes I played because I wanted to get out of a bad mood, sometimes because I was worried about an upcoming test. Sometimes basketball was just a great way to forget myself. When I stepped out into the driveway, I was no longer Rebecca Lobo. I was Larry Bird or I was Dr. J.

Some people there (in the countryside) are not alert for bird flu.

Some people there are not alert for bird flu. They don't report serious pneumonia cases to relevant departments when they hear of them.

Sadly, bird illustration has always been an under-appreciated art.

Prevention and control of bird outbreaks is of chief importance. If we fail to do that well, then sooner or later there will be transmission from birds to human.

Sales of seemingly small items such as binoculars and bird seed are becoming a major force in the nation's economy as people take a greater interest in watching wildlife.

Our seniors are the ones that lead this team. Gillespie (.600) has one of the top batting averages on the team and Bird leads by example on the field.

On top of all this, bird flu is like rubbing salt into the wounds. There have not been cancellations but there is a slowdown in bookings.

Oscar is the exact opposite of how I think you should behave. I just think of it as a negative view of the positive mind I have. Big Bird is sweet and nice and also sympathetic, as kids can identify with him even though he looks like such a bizarre character - great 8 feet 2 inches, a beak 18 inches long.

Of those 30 accidental shootings, two were fatalities and a total of 13 were from quail, dove, pheasant and other types of bird hunting.

Of course, we don't know how the bird flu situation will turn out. But, I see no strong reasons we won't see a three to four dollar (per hundredweight) seasonal cattle rally in the first quarter.

A double on public land on the last day of the season. It was like God wanted it to happen. If that thunderstorm hadn't come and made that bird gobble, we would've come home empty-handed.

Adventure travel is an exercise in discovery. Everyone's got their own adventure quotient, from casual bird watching to hiking the Sierras.

After a cold night, a bird can be on the verge of starvation. They need food.

Something generally disturbing is going on at the moment. It's certainly in the bird world, and it's pushing up against the human world in a serious way.

Sometimes I feel if I could fly away like a bird in the sky.Sometimes I feel if I could disappear like a thunder once after lightening the sky.Sometimes I feel if I could vanish like a rain drop falling from the sky.But all these thoughts make me feel that I want to run away from all the questions in my life, dragging me again to the first position feeling that I want to achieve what I need to achieve being in this life itself.Yes that is all my duty during this life time...

Not yet, maybe in two or three days hopefully, because this is a holiday, but looking at the symptoms ... there's a large possibility that it is bird flu.

Now, if the principle of toleration were once admitted into classical education --if it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language, and the stress of the teaching were placed on the few things absolutely essential to this result, if the tortoise were allowed time to creep, and the bird permitted to fly, and the fish to swim, towards the enchanted and divine sources of Helicon --all might in their own way arrive there, and rejoice in its flowers, its beauty, and its coolness.

Despite the major threat to human health posed by these viruses, there was very little information available on the entire genomes of bird flu viruses. Now we're in a much better position to understand what makes these viruses tick. And that could help us learn how to control the avian influenza viruses that threaten humans.

A rare bird on earth, and very like a black swan.

Anything that we don't treat seriously can be a problem, but panic is not the answer, ... In Asia, the bird flu is showing up primarily in people who have close contact with chickens. Either they have chickens living around their homes or they're running filthy facilities where chickens are not healthy and therefore more susceptible to the virus.

A screen around the bird feeder allows the little guys in, while keeping magpies and squirrels out.

As a team, you do not have the advantage of the Bird (rule). But you do get a better opportunity to learn more about the player and build a relationship. (Murray) has done a very good job for us.

(The boy) died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

As long as the bird flu has yet to be stopped, no transport is allowed,