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Roger Tory Peterson Quotes

I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them.

Roger Tory Peterson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: environmentalist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 28, 1908 - July 28, 1996

Topics

Nature Myself Bird Bridge Birds Way

'You Are So Beautiful,' I think, is probably the, you know, the strongest tune I ever did in just the simplicity in it.

Joe Cocker

Beautiful Simplicity Think You Know

I am a temporary amusement.

Jerry Della Femina

I Am Temporary Amusement Am

It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.

Jeremy Bentham

Good People Measure Wrong Right

That was the producer who produced a couple of my solo albums. He produced my second, third and fourth solo albums. It was his project and I just joined him on it. I sang on one and played bass on another one.

John Entwistle

Project Him Producer Solo Bass Just

David Suchet's Poirot was very charming, and, when I'm away in the U.S., those series remind me of being in Britain and being British on a Sunday night.

Andrea Riseborough

Me Night Sunday Charming British

One thing is for certain: under President Obama, home schooling will become a huge growth industry.

Andrew Breitbart

Growth Home Will Become President

I know how to move the people, but I know also where to stop in my own actions so that, when I strike, I shall be felt and not seen.

Toussaint Louverture

People Stop Know Strike My Own Own

But I like to be thought of as a good father and a good husband.

Treat Williams

Good Father Husband Thought Like

If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.

Robert Fripp

You Playing Stuck Material Huge

Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language.

Roman Jakobson

Light Language Speech Understood

My husband and I are two people who never thought we'd be married.

Miranda July

People Husband Thought Never Two

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.

Lucinda Williams

Strength Trying You Look Find Place