A Quote by Edmond Rostand

A bird who can gobble is qualified to teach crowing. — © Edmond Rostand
A bird who can gobble is qualified to teach crowing.

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Try this: say the words "global, global, global" aloud several times, as fast as you can. You'll find yourself sounding like a turkey ("gobble, gobble, gobble").
What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.
What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the cock crows in the morning, the country people will always say 'It is for Denmark they are crowing. Crowing they are to be back in Denmark.'
I have done films where we all thought the director didn't know what he was doing and it is going to be a gobble gobble turkey. And you go and watch it and it is great.
Imagine my surprise when it turned out the main thing that I was qualified for was to get another degree and teach Political Science to other people, who would, in turn, teach it to other people! This wasn't higher education, this was Amway with a football team!
I was actually qualified to be an art teacher, but I didn't want to teach.
Don't ever think that there are many ways to the Divine. Jesus is the one qualified mediator, the only qualified sacrifice, and the only qualified savior.
A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.
Early bird Oh, if you’re a bird, be an early bird And catch the worm for your breakfast plate. If you’re a bird, be an early bird— But if you’re a worm, sleep late.
Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.
You cannot teach a bird to fly, only how to let go his branch and begin to fall.
Donald Trump is not qualified to be president because he's not qualified to deal with Vladimir Putin.
Rick Perry is qualified to be President in the same way that Olive Garden is qualified to be Italy.
You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts.
This is what the things can teach us: to fall, patiently to trust our heaviness. Even a bird has to do that before he can fly.
Some women can feel under-qualified due to a general lack of confidence whereas, in fact, they are uniquely qualified.
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