Quotes, Chickens and Famous People

December 10, 2010

Happy Friday everyone!  As Winter and the holidays approach, the days get busier and seem shorter.  I thought that I would share some famous quotes about chickens.  I hope these bring a smile to your day.  If you have any other favorites to share, please feel free to leave a comment.  Enjoy!

Regard it just as desireable to build a chicken house as it is to build a cathedral.
Frank Lloyd Wright

The difference between involvement and commitment is like an egg and ham breakfast:  the chicken was involved, the pig was committed.
–Unknown

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what it gets.
–Henry Ford

An overcrowed chicken farm produces fewer eggs.
Chinese Proverb

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
Aesop

Is this chicken what I have or fish?  I know it’s tuna but it says chicken of the sea.
–Jessica Simpson

A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg.
Samuel Butler

The more excited a rooster gets, the higher his voice goes, he’s got a little bit of a Barney Fife quality to him.
Jeff Foxworthy

The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.
Unknown

I’ll change you from a rooster to a hen with one shot!
Dolly Parton’s character in 9 to 5 movie

Ain’t nobody here but us chickens.
Song lyrics, Louis Jordan

Boys, I may not know much, but I know chicken poop from chicken salad.
Lyndon B. Johnson

A chicken in every pot
1928 Republican Party campaign slogan
Don’t have a pot to put it in
–1928 Democratic Party response slogan

Melissa

Author/Blogger/Freelancer-Sharing adventures with backyard chickens, beekeeping, gardening, crafting, cooking and more.

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2 thoughts on “Quotes, Chickens and Famous People”

  1. Love the Frank Loyd Wright quote, I've never heard (or read) it before. And I had a pleasant flashback to my cinematic youth when I read the Dolly Parton one LOL Borrowing the unknown author one about patience too. Thanks for this, love it. 🙂

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