Ornithologist Quotes

In my simplicity, I remember wondering why every gentleman did not become an ornithologist. (Charles Darwin)
As spread thighs are to the libertine, flights of migratory birds to the ornithologist, the working part of his tool bit to the production machinist, so was the letter V to young Stencil. View quote
Thomas Pynchon
One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about for a name for my protagonist I thought, 'My God, that's the dullest name I've ever heard,' so I appropriated it. Now the dullest name in the world has become an exciting one. View quote
Ian Fleming