Quotes of Hoot - somelinesforyou

“ The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on. ”

- Elbert Hubbard

“ Did St. Francis really preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. ”

- Rebecca West

“ When they boo you, you know they mean you. ”

- George Halas

“ A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear is the booing. ”

- Lance Armstrong

“ That strain in Asia has caused high mortality in those birds; the birds that tested positive in Quebec and Manitoba are all healthy. ”

- Jim Clark

“ Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. ”

- Rebecca West

“ Ne'er look for the birds of this year in the nests of the last. ”

- Miguel de Cervantes

“ Badminton is for the birds. ”

- Unknown

“ The eagle suffers little birds to sing. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ We think cag'd birds sing, when indeed they cry. ”

- John Webster

“ Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me. ”

- James Dean

“ When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life. ”

- Elmer Davis

“ Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses. ”

- Dale Carnegie

“ God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. ”

- Jacques Deval

“ Top management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is. ”

- Robert Townsend

“ No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful? ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war. ”

- George S. Patton

“ There's only a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot. ”

- William Kennedy

“ No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is why is it beautiful? ”

- Annie Dillard
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