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Birds themselves are so interesting and intelligent, and they give so many cues without being verbal, so they say such great things. Feathers are superior to fur, even. They're so beautiful, and nature uses such amazing colors.

Feathers predate birds.

Flight without feathers is not easy.

In painting feathers, you want to create the look of feathers, but if you try to paint all the feathers, you have nothing but disaster.

It is true I am rather taken up with dress; but as to feathers, every one wears them, and it would seem extraordinary if I did not.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

I'm one of those people who was taught not to ruffle any feathers. Of course, I have no problem ruffling feathers.

Everywhere on the Continent, the tourist is looked upon as a bird to be plucked, and presently the bird himself feebly comes to regard plucking as his proper destiny and abjectly holds out his wing so long as there is a feather left on it.

The feather was a thing, when I was a kid, we used to find feathers around the house, and whenever we found them, my mum used to say it was my nan leaving them around for us to find, so that was quite sweet.

If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.