Quotes About Bird Brains

#1. Manfred used to be a flock of pigeons
literally, his exocortex dispersed among a passel of bird brains, pecking at brightly colored facts, shitting semidigested conclusions. Being human again feels inexplicably odd. (331)

Charles Stross

#2. Do not say we are weak; we can do anything and everything. What can we not do? Everything can be done by us; we all have the same glorious soul, let us believe in it.

Swami Vivekananda

#3. Your calling is not an afterthought. God does not save you and then say, "Now what am I going to get him to do? What job can I give her in the church?" God saves you because He has a purpose for you.

Derek Prince

#4. I've never been overwhelmed with a desire to become famous. It's not that I didn't want to have my work appreciated, but for some reason - maybe it's because my father disapproved of almost everything I did - in some secret place in my being was a desire to avoid success.

Saul Leiter

#5. Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people. On the contrary, the actor may simply be a person who's more willing than others to reveal some truths about himself.

Wallace Shawn

#6. Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.

Al Gore

#7. All losers are romantics. It's what keeps us from blowing our brains out.

Richard Kadrey

#8. I love hiking to the top of mountains in L.A. and seeing incredible landscapes. It really inspires me.

Ella Henderson

#9. There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.

Victoria Moran

#10. In the world there exists no aesthetic plane, not even the aesthetic plane of goodness.

Clarice Lispector

#11. But we were just picnicking friends

Douglas Preston

#12. Normally with film, it's normal for the screenwriter to never be seen again after finishing until the premiere.

Jane Goldman

#13. I will make time to eat every day. I couldn't do as much as I do, actually, if I didn't eat.

Minnie Driver

#14. A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.

Abraham Polonsky