What I love about the currawongs is the way in which they appear from nowhere and, for a brief period, rule the garden's soundscape, only to disappea…

- John Gould

The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe.

- John Gould

At the time the world was all upside down. The American people were beginning to move around a lot. The old hometown ties had been pretty much broken…

- John Gould

A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other.

- John Gould

Freud wrote a book on the essence of humor, but he didn't know what he was talking about. Max Eastman wrote a book, The Enjoyment of Laughter, that w…

- John Gould

I dont think a really good pie can be made without a dozen or so children peeking over your shoulder as you stoop to look in at it every little while.

- John Gould

I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all. I think I've read everything that's worth reading.

- John Gould

Every sky with its varied tints and every feather of each bird were coloured by hand; and when it is considered that nearly two hundred and eighty th…

- John Gould