Ostrich Quotes

“In the land of the ostriches, the blind are king. When politicians bury their head in the sand, ignorance rules the country. ( "High noon." )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.”
― Samuel Beckett, Murphy

“You know what it's like, finding eight middle-aged guys having tantric sex with ostriches?”
― Warren Ellis, Crooked Little Vein

“ 'Tragedy admires man. Comedy feels a bit sorry for him.' We think we are kings or queens, masters of the universe or at least our own destiny. We forget that a foot may crush us, or that the wind may knock us down. We are not in control. We are subject to gas and sloughing skin and dirty pores. Most of our joints will eventually fail us. We have big brains which we can imagine great things, but we can't really get off the ground. It's like we have wings but we can't fly.”
― Debbie Blue, Consider the Birds: A Provocative Guide to Birds of the Bible

“If you stick your head in the sand like an ostrich, pretending you don't exist – why get upset when the world agrees with you?”
― Christina Engela, Pearls Before Swine

“And the emu, not standing up to the cassowary, accompanied the cassowary on their continued journey of the safari, never to return because a zebra herd trapped them back into pre-color television times indefinitely.”
― J.S. Mason, The Ghost Therapist...And Other Grand Delights

“It's when you bury your head in the sand that you leave your brain exposed.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“To keep an ostrich from putting its head in the sand, it would make sense to get rid of the sand. Yet in our culture today, so many of us seem to be in the import business.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough