Big Bird Quotes

• I like PBS. I love Big Bird ... But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.

  Mitt Romney

  Pbs, Bird, Pay

  First presidential debate between President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney in Denver, Colorado, www.npr.org. October 3, 2012.

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• It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous.

  Jim Henson

  Bird, England, Gorgeous

  1982 interview with Judy Harris, republished in "Aunt Bessie's How to Survive a Day Job While Pursuing the Creative Life" edited by Joel Eisenbergy, Topos Books, (p. 68), 2005.

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• Sesame Street... I think they were all high. With Big Bird, they had to be high.

  Pauly Shore

  Thinking, Bird, Sesame Street

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• Even big-bird gets sad sometimes

  Andrew VanWyngarden

  Bird, Sometimes, Bigs

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• You're attracted to him," Kylie said. "And don't try to deny it. You've even admitted that much to me." "Okay, I won't deny that. He's got that whole hard body, vampire magnetism going for him. But when I was young, I had a crush on Big Bird. That wouldn't have worked out either.

  C.C. Hunter

  Crush, Bird, Vampire

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• You heard about, through word of mouth,
  Big Bird is out, he's in the house.
  He's turnin' up, with Snuffleup,
  They're really gettin' their hustle up.
  They stick together like Velcro,
  There Grover go, there's Elmo.
  And Cookie Monster there, look he likes
  To take selfies with his cell phone.
  They got a homegirl named Abby,
  Her last name is Cadabby,
  I showed her my report card,
  She said, 'Not too shabby!'
  They got all types of cool kids there,
  It's lots of fun if you live there,
  One thing I keep forgettin' about Sesame Street...
  How do you get there?

  Black Thought

  Fun, Rap, Kids

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• I never thought I'd be on Sesame Street with Elmo and Big Bird. I'm still thrilled. I'm on a high.

  Michelle Obama

  Bird, Elmo, Sesame Street

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• We can become very short-sighted in terms of objectives. The first thing to go during times of economic crisis and budget cuts is funding for things that are essential and not-quantifiable, like the arts. Save Big Bird

  Julia Stiles

  Art, Cutting, Bird

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• Look, in particular, at the people who, like you, are making average incomes for doing average jobs- bank vice presidents, insurance salesmen, auditors, secretaries of defense- and you'll realie they all dress the same way, essentially the way the mannequins in the Sears menswear department dress. Now look at the real successes, the people who make a lot more money than you- Elton John, Captain Kangaroo, anybody from Saudi Arabia, Big Bird, and so on. They all dress funny- and they all succeed.

  Dave Barry

  Jobs, Real, Average

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• There is a town in north Ontario,
  With dream comfort memory to spare,
  And in my mind
  I still need a place to go,
  All my changes were there.
  
  Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
  Yellow moon on the rise,
  Big birds flying across the sky,
  Throwing shadows on our eyes.

  Neil Young

  Dream, Stars, Memories

  Neil Young (2008). “Neil Young - Greatest Hits (Songbook)”, p.23, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• That's life (that's life), I tell you I can't deny it
  I thought of quitting, baby, but my heart just ain't gonna buy it
  And if I didn't think it was worth one single try
  I'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly

  Frank Sinatra

  Baby, Heart, Thinking

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• I wanna live like Arnold, Willis and Mr. Drummond...
  And keep my paper sturdy, big birds and tight herbs.

  Pimp C

  Rap, Hip Hop, Bird

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• What could thunderbirds want with us?" I wondered aloud [...] "We'll find out when Big Bird wakes up," Marc said. My father shook his head. "We'll find out now. Wake him up and make him sing.

  Rachel Vincent

  Father, Bird, Wake Up

  Rachel Vincent (2010). “Shift”, p.52, MIRA

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• That knowledge humbles me, melts my bones, closes my ears, and makes my teeth rock loosely in their gums. And it also liberates me. I am a big bird winging over high mountains, down into serene valleys. I am ripples of waves on silver seas. I'm a spring leaf trembling in anticipation.

  Maya Angelou

  Spring, Sea, Rocks

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• Never been to Sesame Street but I flip a Big Bird. And I know "stealers" and they not from Pittsburgh.

  Cam'ron

  Rap, Hip Hop, Bird

  Song: 357, Album: Confessions of Fire, 1998

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