Mark Twain Bird Quotations

She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.

We were surprised how closely the cuckoo imitated the clock-and yet, of course, it could never have heard a clock.

If there was two birds sitting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first.

It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.

Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.

You may call a jay a bird. Well, so he is, in a measure--because he's got feathers on him, and don't belong to no church, perhaps;but otherwise he is just as much a human as you be. And I'll tell you for why. A jay's gifts and instincts, and feelings, and interests, cover the whole ground. A jay hasn't got any more principle than a Congressman.