Short Bird Watching Quotes & Sayings

I don't have a philosophical objection, necessarily, to a travel ban if that is the thing that is going to keep the American people safe. — Barack Obama

What if Earth be but the shadow of Heaven and things therein - each other like, more than on Earth is thought? — John Milton

When advice is freely given, the receiver is free to use it as he or she sees fit. — Harvey MacKay

Moderates in every faith are obliged to loosely interpret (or simply ignore) much of their canons in the interests of living in the modern world. No doubt an obscure truth of economics is at work here: societies appear to become considerably less productive whenever large numbers of people stop making widgets and begin killing their customers and creditors for heresy. The first thing to observe about the moderate's retreat from scriptural literalism is that it draws its inspiration not from scripture but from cultural developments that have rendered many of God's utterances difficult to accept as written. — Sam Harris

A journalist should never join the Establishment, no matter how tempting the blandishments. It is our job to hold power to account, not join it. In a world that increasingly obsesses over the gods of power, money and fame, a journalist and a writer must remain detached, like a bird on a rail, watching, noting, probing, commenting but never joining. In short, an outsider. — Frederick Forsyth

My father used to run auctions. He's now a singer in the Canary Islands. — Jason Statham

I was totally absorbed. I was in another world, or another dimension; all sense of time evaporated. — Prince Charles