Quotes & Sayings About Parakeets

I grew up with two different parakeets - one that lived for five years, and one that lived for 13 years - so I always had a bit of an attraction to birds and it's an oddly good fit to be in a movie about birdwatchers. — Jim Parsons

I used to just think about what my fans wanted all the time. But it just started feeling weird to me. I want to just show everyone who I am and stick to my vision. I have to trust myself. — Mac Miller

It's really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, 'Why can't I lose weight when I've had a baby?' Well, everyone you're reading about has money for a trainer and a chef. That doesn't make it realistic. — Rachel Zoe

Privately he called them a couple of puffed-up, dressed-up, made-up, stuck-up, brainless parakeets. — Shirley Hughes

Later, I learned that our forgetting of the parakeet had begun even before the species was extinct. — Christopher Cokinos

I got a free beer for a $5 tip — Janet Evanovich

If man survives for as long as the least successful of the dinosaurs-those creatures whom we often deride as nature's failures-then we may be certain of this: for all but a vanishingly brief instant near the dawn of history, the word 'ship' will mean- 'spaceship.' — Arthur C. Clarke

Laissez Faire, laissez passer. Let it be, let it pass. The phrase is not readily translatable. It was widely used by the Physiocrats in urging freedom from government interference and was adopted by Adam Smith. — Francois Quesnay

A handsome prince, such as yourself, deserves someone who is no less than one hundred percent dedicated to him. — Colleen Houck

To be educated is to know how much one wishes to know and to have the courage not to be tempted beyond this limit . — Michael Oakeshott

Life as an actor has toughened me up, and I've learned that you shouldn't take things too personally. Someone once said that to do this job you need talent, luck and a thick skin - which is so true. — Marc Warren

In the garden of existence, there exists two beautiful roses: Music and love. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

If the planters carry politics into the fields they will find it bad business. — Charles E. Merrill

Eleanor Krautz pushed her way through the crowd and stage-whispered to Grandma, "Who's the hottie with your granddaughter?"
"That's Ranger," Grandma stage-whispered back at Eleanor. "I don't think Stephanie knows what to do with him."
"I'd know what to do with him," Eleanor said.
"Jeez Louise," I said. "We can hear this conversation."
Ranger looked down at me. "I could make suggestions if you're really in the dark. — Janet Evanovich

You never count your chickens before they hatch. I used to keep parakeets and I never counted every egg thinking I would get all eight birds. You just hoped they came out of the nest box looking all right. I'm like a swan at the moment. I look fine on top of the water but under the water my little legs are going mad. — Ian Holloway

Three rabbits, two cats, three parakeets, a dove, two parrots, three turkeys, two geese, a canary, and nine ducks at last count were just about what Noah had started with, and he never brought his animals into the house. — Bob Tarte

They held up 'The Outlaw' for five years. And Howard Hughes had me doing publicity for it every day, five days a week for five years. — Jane Russell

Jesus came into our world as a man to embody grace. He left us, the church, to be the body of Christ, not a flock of parakeets that repeat Christian jargon but the ongoing in-the-flesh presence of His grace. We are the evidence that God's grace is more than just words. — Preston Sprinkle

Having shot down a number, some of which were anly wounded, the whole flock swept repeatedly around their prostrate companions, and again settled on a low tree, within twenty yards of the spot where I stood. At each successive discharge, though showers of them fell, yet the affection of the survivors seemed rather to increase; for after a few circuits around the place, they again alighted near me. — Ron Rash

Healthy parakeets have the nervous energy of tennis players. — Mignon McLaughlin

I've nothing to say of the sun and world - I see only the torments of man. — Justin Bryant

Parakeets do best during the day at temperatures of 60 F to 70 F / 15.6 C - 21.1 C, and should never be allowed to experience less than 40 F / 4.4 C at night. Cover the cage at night to give the bird privacy and to keep it warmer. — Rose Sullivan

Oakland's time is coming. In fact, Oakland's time is already here. Tech is coming to Oakland, and it's terribly exciting. — Mitch Kapor

Above the forest of the parakeets,
A parakeet of parakeets prevails,
A pip of life amid a mort of tails. — Wallace Stevens

When someone's success makes you as happy as if it were your own, you know you've found someone worth holding on to. — Charlotte Eriksson