Ornithologist Quotes & Sayings

I am not an ornithologist - I am a bird. — Saul Bellow

It's hard to be an ornithologist and walk through a wood when all around you the world is shouting: 'Bugger off, this is my bush! Aargh, the nest thief! Have sex with me, I can make my chest big and red! — Terry Pratchett

I did stand up first in high school, joined an improv group in college, kept doing stand up after that, no one could deter me. And I have no other skills really, so I'm sorta stuck with this now. It's a little late to switch over to an ornithologist. — Greg Proops

He made a noise like an owl. Since Moist was no ornithologist, he did this by saying woo woo. — Terry Pratchett

It was my ornithologist, calling to remind me that I'm a ptarmigan and must be careful of falcons! — Oddny Eir

My wife determined that my genius should prevail, and that my final success as an ornithologist should be triumphant. — John James Audubon

If you look at mainstream economics there are three things you will not find in a mainstream economic model - Banks, Debt, and Money.
How anybody can think they can analyze capital while leaving out Banks, Debt, and Money is a bit to me like an ornithologist trying to work out how a bird flies whilst ignoring that the bird has wings ... — Steve Keen

Hell of an ornithologist you'd make. — Peter S. Beagle

In my simplicity, I remember wondering why every gentleman did not become an ornithologist. — Charles Darwin

One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about for a name for my protagonist I thought, 'My God, that's the dullest name I've ever heard,' so I appropriated it. Now the dullest name in the world has become an exciting one. — Ian Fleming