A Quote by Nikita Khrushchev
If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
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If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
The clever cannot catch the genius; such an attempt is just an act of trying to catch the shadow of a flying bird!
It is possible I never learned the names of birds in order to discover the bird of peace, the bird of paradise, the bird of the soul, the bird of desire. It is possible I avoided learning the names of composers and their music the better to close my eyes and listen to the mystery of all music as an ocean. It may be I have not learned dates in history in order to reach the essence of timelessness. It may be I never learned geography the better to map my own routes and discover my own lands. The unknown was my compass. The unknown was my encyclopedia. The unnamed was my science and progress.
It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.
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.
Cecil Jacobs is a big wet hen!
Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise is just paradise. Mournful, monotonous, and superficial though it may be, it is paradise. There is no other.
What is joy? It is a bird That we all want to catch. It is the same bird That we all love to see flying.
College allows you to make better decisions, better friends, and a better future. There's only one catch: when the opportunity comes, you actually have to take it.
The nest may be constructed, so far as the sticks go, by the male bird; but only the hen can line it with moss and down!
Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.
To a Young Poet Time cannot break the bird's wing from the bird. Bird and wing together Go down, one feather. No thing that ever flew, Not the lark, not you, Can die as others do.
If we seek paradise outside ourselves, we cannot have paradise in our hearts.
Take a good rest, small bird," he said. "Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.
But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does.
I used to think a bird couldn't fly if its wings got wet.
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