Owl Quotes Quotes

When surrounded by lambs,
choose to be a lion.
When surrounded by lions,
choose to be an elephant.
When surrounded by elephants,
choose to be an owl. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The wolf is strong, and therefore is a warrior. The bear is mighty, and therefore is a general. The lion is invincible, and therefore is a conqueror. The owl is wise, and therefore is king. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If I was a flower, I would sell perfume.
If I was a plant, I would sell herbs.
If I was a seed, I would sell wood.
If I was a tree, I would sell forests.
If I was a garden, I would sell beauty.
If I was a plant, I would sell medicine.
If I was a fish, I would sell oceans.

If I was a bee, I would sell honey.
If I was a spider, I would sell silk.
If I was a firebug, I would sell light.
If I was a sheep, I would sell wool.
If I was a rabbit, I would sell carrots.
If I was a cow, I would sell leather.
If I was a hen, I would sell eggs.

If I was a stream, I would sell lakes.
If I was a river, I would sell seas.
If I was a bird, I would sell skies.
If I was a monkey, I would sell trees.
If I was a dog, I would sell plains.
If I was a bear, I would sell caves.
If I was a goat, I would sell mountains.

If I was a fox, I would sell wit.
If I was a dove, I would sell peace.
If I was a bear, I would sell valor.
If I was a camel, I would sell grit.
If I was an owl, I would sell wisdom.
If I was a lion, I would sell strength.
If I was an elephant, I would sell might. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

As a child, you were a cub; as a youth, you were a fox; as an adult, you were a lion; but as an elder, you became an owl. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I would rather go swimming with great white sharks than wade in romance 'cause I can never find the courage to ask her to dinner or even to dance. ~ Adam Young (Owl City), The Yacht Club

Today, I saw an owl with broken eyes. A blind owl with eyes that look like a dark night filled with bright stars. I used to think that no one could really love a person so broken in so many places. But the broken owl has two eyes filled with a starry universe, and that's when I realised, that you can be loved for your brokenness. Not just despite it. It only takes someone who knows what a starry universe would feel like. Broken is beautiful, too. And sometimes even more beautiful. ~ C. JoyBell C.

Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never met ... <3 ~ Owl City

My toes are going to come,
-Mariann
The Night Owl ~ Emma Holly

I'd rather pick flowers instead of fights. ~ Owl City

You make my frown turn upside down and now my worries are gone. ~ Owl City

I'm scared to death that I'll never be afraid. ~ Owl City

I'll watch the night turn light blue, it's not the same without you cause it takes two to whisper quietly ~ Owl City

I rip off the wrapping and tear through the box
Till I end up with 45 new pairs of socks. ~ Owl City

I twirl through the driveway with angelic grace
Till I slip on the sidewalk and fall on my face ~ Owl City

It makes me smile because you said it best
I would clearly feel blessed if the sun rose up from the west. ~ Owl City

There's a realm above the trees
Where the lost are finally found
Touch your feathers to the breeze
And leave the ground. ~ Owl City

The end is uncertain and I've never been so afraid
But I don't need a telescope to see that there's hope
And that makes me feel brave. ~ Owl City

Dear God your the only north star I'd follow this far! ~ Owl City

I've been to the dentist a thousand times so I know the drill
I smooth my hair, sit back in the chair
But somehow I still get the chills ~ Owl City

I'm a bit of a night owl because that's when I feel the most creative and alive. ~ Christina Aguilera

Dizzy love turned a star lily pink,
And hung above our lids too flushed to blink,
But icy blue froze the fairytale cold,
Though I treasured you and you sparkled with someone to hold. ~ Owl City

I'll dissolve when the rain pours in,
When the nightmares take me,
I will scream with the howling wind,
'Cause it's a bitter world and I'd rather dream. ~ Owl City

This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you too. ~ Owl City

But drenched in vanilla twilight
I'll sit on the front porch all night
Waist deep in thought because when
I think of you I don't feel so alone ~ Owl City

Chills run down my spine as our fingers intwine
And your sighs harmonize with mine
Unmistakably I can still feel your heart
Beat fast when you dance with me. ~ Owl City

Home will always be here
Unseen, out of sight
Where I disappear and hide
I think dreamy things as I'm waving goodbye
So I'll spread out my wings and fly ~ Owl City

Boy I need a hug (boy I need a hug)
'Cause my heart stops without you
There's something about you ~ Owl City

Books keep you company when you're alone. They're your friends through a rainy day. ~ Owl

Friends ask you how you are and wait for an answer. ~ Grey Owl

Dear God, I was terribly lost
When the galaxies crossed
And the sun went dark.
Dear God, you're the only North Star
I would follow this far. ~ Owl City

Do you think I was born in a wood to be afraid of an owl? ~ Jonathan Swift

I've been sleeping with the night light unplugged
With a note on the rocking chair
It says I'm dreaming of the life I once loved
So wake me if you're out there ~ Owl City

I survived
A dreadful accident
In the car crash of the century
My shattered hopes
Collapsed on cold cement
But in the back of the ambulance
I'd never felt so content. ~ Owl City

I'm an early-morning owl. ~ Patrick Wilson

I'd rather waltz than just walk through the forest
The trees keep the tempo and they sway in time
Quartet of crickets chime in for the chorus
If I were to pluck on your heartstrings, would you strum on mine? ~ Owl City

A high-speed collision gave a new sense of sight
To me
And now my vision can render the scene
A blurry image of wreckage and roadside debris
Happiness returned to me
Through a grave emergency ~ Owl City

I saw the autumn leaves peel up of the street, Take wing on the balmy breeze and sweep you off your feet ~ Owl City

When the sky fell in
When the hurricanes came for me
I could finally crash again
And that's how I became the sea. ~ Owl City

As many times as I blink I'll think of you tonight. ~ Owl City

Tell me again was it love at first sight
When I walked by and you caught my eye
Didn't you know love could shine this bright?
Well, smile because you're the deer in the headlights. ~ Owl City

The owl goes not into the nest of the lark. ~ Victor Hugo

I was never in love with someone else
I never had somebody waiting on me
'Cause you were all of my dreams come true
And I just wish you knew
Taylor, I was so in love with you. ~ Owl City

I've always been a night owl. ~ Blake Lively

Where was I when the rockets came to life
And carried you away into the alligator sky
Even though, I'll never know what's up ahead
I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go! ~ Owl City

Oh cat, I'd say, or pray: be-ootiful cat! Delicious cat! Exquisite cat! Satiny cat! Cat like a soft owl, cat with paws like moths, jewelled cat, miraculous cat! Cat, cat, cat, cat. ~ Doris Lessing

I'm like an owl ... I don't give a HOOT! ~ Si Robertson

Who wouldn't want to see some owl eggs?"
I said, "Come on then, they are down here."
He said, "Tallulah, the answer to who wouldn't want to see some owl eggs is ... me!!!! ~ Louise Rennison

If I was an owl, I would peck your eyes out. Wow this lyric is ****ing brilliant. ~ Thom Yorke

We must remember that in the end nature does not belong to us, we belong to it. ~ Grey Owl

I sang my princess fast asleep,
'Cause she was my dream come true,
Oh Annmarie, believe me, I loved you.
But now those lonely lullabies,
Just dampen my tired eyes,
Because I can't forget you.
Because I can't forget you. ~ Owl City

An omen for Haas was not sacred. An omen like a snowy owl wasn't a secret message sent from Heaven but Haas still felt blessed whenever a snowy owl crossed his path. For a snowy owl is a creature of great beauty... The more times the snowy owl crossed his path the more he loved it. Haas had no interest in sacred omens. It was the profane omens he loved. ~ Will Thorpe

from yet another pocket inside his overcoat he pulled an owl - a real, live, rather ruffled-looking owl - a long quill, and a roll of parchment. ~ J.K. Rowling

The silence isn't so bad, till I look at my hands and feel sad. Because the spaces between my fingers are right where yours fit perfectly. ~ Owl City

I believe there are beautiful things seen by the astronauts. The indications revealed. That few of us realize life is quite surreal ~ Owl City

My captain on the snowy horse
He's coming back to take me home
(He's coming back to take me home)
He'll find me fighting back the terrible thwarts
'Cause I'm not afraid to die alone! ~ Owl City

I'm a night owl. ~ Alanna Ubach

I have learned that one of the most important rules in politics is poise - which means looking like an owl after you have behaved like a jackass. ~ Ronald Reagan

Harry Potter, he sends a message on Owl Mail while us poor old muggles have to make do with instantaneous emails and texting. Oh, if only we could be like you Harry Potter, with your four day owl delivery! ~ Craig Ferguson

Thou ominous and fearful owl of death. ~ William Shakespeare

Follow your dreams, not the crowd. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I forget the last time I felt brave, I just recall insecurity
Cause it came down like a tidal wave, and sorrow swept over me
Then I was given grace and love, I was blind but now I can see
Cause I found a new hope from above, and courage swept over me ~ Owl City

From the green belt balcony, the wildfires look so pretty
Ponderosa canopy, I'd never leave if it were up to me
To the ruby redwood tree, and to the velvet climbing ivy painted all mahogany
I'd never leave if it were up to me ~ Owl City

A professional model is like a stuffed owl. These girls are alive. ~ Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec

While scholars are comparing and contrasting theories, debating intellectual questions, and dividing humankind into categories, the world is changed by persons with faith, spirit, emotion, compassion, intuition, and irrational thinking. ~ Grey Owl

When violet eyes get brighter
And heavy wings grow lighter
I'll taste the sky and feel alive again
And I'll forget the world that I knew
But I swear I won't forget you
Oh if my voice could reach back through the past
I'd whisper in your ear:
Oh darling I wish you were here. ~ Owl City

I was born a jackdaw; why should I try to be an owl? ~ Ogden Nash

Circle me and the needle moves gracefully
Back and forth, if my heart was a compass you'd be North
Risk it all cause I'll catch you if you fall
Wherever you go, if my heart was a house you'd be home. ~ Owl City

Birds-eye view
Awake the stars 'cause they're all around you
Wide eyes will always brighten the blue
Chase your dreams
And remember me, sweet bravery
'Cause after all those wings will take you up so high
So bid the forest floor goodbye as you race the wind
And take to the sky ~ Owl City

I write in the mornings or afternoons - I'm not a night owl and can write for only four or five hours maximum. ~ Sarah Hall

I'll be out of my mind
and you'll be out of ideas pretty soon.
So let's spend the afternoon
in a cold hot air balloon.
Leave your jacket behind.
Lean out and touch the tree tops over town.
I can't wait to kiss the ground wherever we touch back down. ~ Owl City

Rabbit and Owl are aging bachelors whose respective megalomania and fussiness are tempered only by their mutual friendship, of which the less said, the better. ~ Frederick C. Crews

Focus on creating value by finding and solving problems for others. ~ Mensah Oteh

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat ... ~ Edward Lear

I come alive at night. I'm such a night owl. ~ Mpho Koaho

Being an owl was simple. It was survival... An owl thinks only: fly, hunt, breed, live. People think, and wonder, and dream, and speak of it all. ~ Elise Forier Edie

Warriors achieve more than worriers. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

There was a wise old owl who sat in a tree
The less he spoke the more he heard
The more he heard the less he spoke
Why can't we be like that wise old owl in the tree?
Speech must die to serve that which is spoken. ~ Paul Ricoeur

Understanding is always in some sense retrospective, which is what Hegel meant by remarking that the owl of Minerva flies only at night. ~ Terry Eagleton

Love is revealed progressively. ~ Mensah Oteh

People will treat you unkindly at times. Forgive them always. ~ Mensah Oteh

You are perfect, not tomorrow, not in the future, but today. ~ Mensah Oteh

The spider is the chamberlain in the Palace of the Caesars The owl is the trumpeter on the battlements of Afrasiyah. ~ Bill Vaughan

If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining, because I've heard it said that
every mushroom cloud has a silver lining. ~ Adam Young Owl City Cave In

Life has a sense of humour; it hides its best treasures in unexpected places. ~ Mensah Oteh

You would not believe your eyes, if ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep. 'Cause they'd fill the open air and leave teardrops everywhere. You'd think me rude but I would just stand and stare. ~ Owl City

A legend, Kludd, is a story that you begin to feel in your gizzard and then over time it becomes true in your heart. And perhaps makes you become a better owl. ~ Kathryn Lasky

A helping hand is better than a critical tongue. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

At home, I love reaching out into that absolute silence, when you can hear the owl or the wind. ~ Amanda Harlech

The higher you rise, the smaller your enemies. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Stop trying to understand people. Love them instead. ~ Mensah Oteh

As I sat in the owl forest, I recognized the owl's deeper message: Trust life. Trust the transformation. Trust the twists in the stream. Face-to-face ~ Leigh Calvez

The Owl thinks slowly, but the Owl thinks long. ~ Ursula K. Le Guin

Don't try to get even with those who wrong you, get ahead. ~ Mensah Oteh

Loggers losing their jobs because of Spotted Owl legislation is, in my eyes, no different than people being out of work after the furnaces of Dachau shut down. ~ David

I'm a guy who likes cake. I'm just throwing it out to you guys, I eat lots of cake. And when people take my cake away, it makes me mad. It makes me mad! ~ Owl City

Two men, one fairly dragging the other along, suddenly entered the clearing and, their eyes trained behind them, ran headlong into the owl's creation and knocked it, every maple branch and every twig of dogwood, to the ground in a splintering crash. The owl fell backward, devastated. ~ Colin Meloy

When we're apart whatever are you thinking of?
If this is what I call home, why does it feel so alone?
So tell me darling, do you wish we'd fall in love?
All the time, all the time ~ Owl City

Intimacy should not be given casually; there should be a price. And it shouldn't be negotiable. ~ Mensah Oteh

The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon. ~ David Mallet

Behind every clever man is an even cleverer woman. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo