Birds quotes

“There's nothing in my life to keep me here anymore. I wish I could die and be born again as a bird.”
Matthew Modine - Birdy

“- Harry Lime: Why the hell did you take your shoes off?
- Marv Merchants: Why the hell are you dressed like a chicken?”

Joe Pesci - Harry Lime
Daniel Stern - Marv Merchants

“If you want wild bird to sing do not put it in cage.”
Warner Oland - Charlie Chan

“- Mary Jane: Are you an ornithologist as well?
- Bartell D'Arcy: An amateur. I suppose being a singer makes me susceptible to other creatures that sing. Birds are the most beautiful singers of all. Just think of the widow warbler and the wren.”
Ingrid Craigie - Mary Jane
Frank Patterson - Bartell D'Arcy

“I know but this guy has no flying experience at all. He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air... yes, birds too.”
Kenneth Tobey - Air Controller Neubauer

“You know, at one time, I used to break into pet shops to liberate the canaries. But I decided that was an idea way before its time. Zoos are full, prisons are overflowing. Oh my, how the world still dearly loves a cage.”
Ruth Gordon - Maude

“- Polinsky: Has anyone ever told you about the birds and the bees?
- Lenny: Yeah, we learned about it in biology. Bees sting and birds crap on your head.”
Richard V. Licata - Mort Polinsky
Ryan Merriman - Lenny Levine

“I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone.”
Morgan Freeman - Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

“Do you know what they call a gathering of crows? Curve? A murder. A murder of crows. Think about it.”
Vincent Perez - Ashe Corven

“I'm starting to worry that I'll never really fly the way I've been going. As scary as a bird's life must be... at least they have that. They can always fly away.”
Matthew Modine - Birdy

“- High Aldwin: Go in the direction the bird is flying!
- Burgelcutt: He's going back to village!
- High Aldwin: Ignore the bird. Follow the river.”

Billy Barty - High Aldwin
Mark Northover - Burglekutt