More birds have adapted to a changing world than have failed. Very few have the narrow tolerance of the ivory-billed woodpecker or the Bachman's warbler.

I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them.

The truth of the matter is, the birds could very well live without us, but many -- perhaps all -- of us would find life incomplete, indeed almost intolerable without the birds.

Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.

Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky.

Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.

The more you look, the more you will see.

The other creatures with which we share this world have their rights too, but not speaking our language, they have no voice, no vote; it is our moral duty to take care of them.

Of all the various out-door recreations I have tried, when it comes to genuine, exciting sport, give me hunting with a camera.

Birds are, perhaps, the most eloquent expression of reality.

Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.

I cherished her individuality, that spark of independence no child should lose to life's restrictions and parameters.

A dash of humor will only add intense gravity to the proceedings, even as a flash of lightning only makes midnight dreariness all the more impressive.

I liked comedy, but didn't know it was something you could do for a living. I actually wanted to be an attorney.

Who you are is not defined by what you do, but it is defined according to who Jesus is to you

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.

A lot of people say I'm bent, and I've heard it so many times that I've almost learned to accept it.

Even post-WWII, nobody talked about the Holocaust. It wasn't until the '50s that people started talking about it.

The stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds, and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own.

When you forget that you need Allah, He puts you in a situation that causes you to call upon him. And that's for your own good.

It is continued temperance which sustains the body for the longest period of time, and which most surely preserves it free from sickness.