Bird on a Wire (past tense)

I invented the cordless extension cord. - Steven Wright

My alone time is for everyone's safety. - Unknown

Safety is a cheap and effective insurance policy. - Unknown

Was there a bird for the souls of people like me? - Ruta Sepetys

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm. - Earl Nightingale

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. - Salvador Dali

The bird who dares to fall is the bird who learns to fly. - Unknown

Egg: 1. A day's work for a hen; 2. A bird's hometown. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. - Rabindranath Tagore

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp. - John Berry

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am. - Joan Jett

A malignant sore throat is a danger; a malignant throat not sore is worse. - American Proverb

The doctors can cure all sorts of ills, except the shock of doctors' bills. - Unknown

One cannot spend one's entire life running into bathrooms when danger calls! - Reif Larsen

The bird, the bee, the running child are all the same to the sliding glass door. - Demetri Martin

I shall make electricity so cheap that only the rich can afford to burn candles. - Thomas Edison

Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety. - Bible

You get an education when you read the small print. You get a shock when you don't. - Buck Tracy

Remember that the danger that is most to be feared is never the danger we are most afraid of. - Andrew Lang

An optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity. - Winston Churchill

In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety. - Abraham Maslow

Good friends are like shock absorbers. They help you take the lumps and bumps on the road of life. - Frank Tyger

Until we extend the circle of our compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace. - Albert Schweitzer

Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization. - Frederick Crane

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit. - Gordon Parks

Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works. - Alma Gluck

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write. - George W. Bush

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet. - Hal Borland

There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid. - Frank L Baum

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it. - Michelangelo

The perfect date for me would be staying at home, making a big picnic in bed, eating Wotsits and cookies while watching cable TV. - Kim Kardashian

Nothing prepared me for being this awesome. It's kind of a shock to wake up every morning and be bathed in this purple light. - Bill Murray

A male frigate bird blows up a wild red pouch on his neck. He can keep it puffed up for hours. It is his way of impressing the girls. - Julie Murphy

Life can be magnificent and overwhelming - that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live. - Albert Camus

If I were a flower,
humming bird would be my favourite bee
And If I were blind,
the light of darkness I'd love to see - Munia Khan

When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity. - John F Kennedy

Like a prisoner awaiting his release, like a schoolboy when the end of term is near, like a migrant bird ready to fly south... I long to be gone. - Malcolm Muggeridge

And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected. - Spike Milligan