Author Quotes and aphorisms about birds Aesop Victor Hugo Ian Fleming ,, One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornitholo... Rebecca West John Burroughs John Burroughs ,, Birds and animals probably think without knowing that they think; that is, they have not self-consc... John Burroughs John Burroughs John Burroughs John Burroughs ,, The distribution of plants in a given locality is not more marked and defined than that of the bird...