Ornithology Quotes

• Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Philosophy, Science, Engineering

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• It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully from a book.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Learning, Science

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson (1904). “The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”

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• Music criticism should be to musicians what ornithology is to the birds.

  Yuja Wang

  Bird, Criticism, Musician

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• The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being.

  Konrad Lorenz

  Friendship, Dog, Responsibility

  Konrad Lorenz, Marjorie Kerr Wilson (2002). “Man Meets Dog”, p.135, Psychology Press

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• Aesthetics is for the artist like ornithology is for the birds.

  Barnett Newman

  Art, Bird, Aesthetics

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• Aesthetics is to artists as ornithology is to birds.

  Barnett Newman

  Artist, Bird, Aesthetics

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• [Audubon's works are] the most splendid monuments which art has erected in honor of ornithology.

  Georges Cuvier

  Art, Honor, Splendid

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• As for fowling, during the last years that I carried a gun my excuse was that I was studying ornithology, and sought only new or rare birds. But I confess that I am now inclined to think that there is a finer way of studying ornithology than this. It requires so much closer attention to the habits of the birds, that, if for that reason only, I have been willing to omit the gun.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Gun, Thinking, Hunting

  Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.152, Xist Publishing

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