Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.

I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits. To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree's point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.

Thoughts in your head are really no different than the sound of a bird outside. It is just that you decide that they are more or less relevant.

Tiny as a sparrow, fierce as an eagle, Lisbeth Salander is one of the great Scandinavian avengers of our time, an angry bird catapulting into the fortresses of power and wiping smiles off the faces of smug, predatory pigs.

Nor bird nor beast Could make me wish for anything this day, Being old, but that the old alone might die, And that would be against God's Providence.

In the face of the complicated epidemic situation, we are fully capable of effectively containing the spread of bird flu in China.

Prevention and control of bird outbreaks is of chief importance. If we fail to do that well, then sooner or later there will be transmission from birds to human.

We are still facing great challenges of bird flu control.

Bird flu-related issues are now one of our top concerns. We are planning to keep one to three months' worth of anti-flu medicines in storage.

China's experience has shown that vaccination is a very effective way to control bird flu.