One meteorologist remarked that if the theory were correct, one flap of a seagull's wings would be enough to alter the course of the weather forever

There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog

There is no faith which has never yet been broken except that of a truly faithful dog.

Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot

Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.

From a neighbour, I got a one-day-old duckling and found, to my intense joy, that it transferred its following response to my person. At the same time, my interest became irreversibly fixated on water fowl, and I became an expert on their behaviour even as a child.