“3739. One Bird in the Hand, is worth two in the Bush.”

“A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.”

James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright

“He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.”

Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher

“5192. To kill two Birds with one Stone.”

Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual

“One today is worth two tomorrows.”

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …

“Only a persuasive tone can kill two birds with one stone.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Instead, we try to apply Aesop's 2,600-year-old equation to opportunities in which we have reasonable confidence as to how many birds are in the bush and when they will emerge (a formulation that my grandsons would probably update to "A girl in a convertible is worth five in the phonebook.").”

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

“It took dominion everywhere.
The jar was gray and bare.
It did not give of bird or bush,
Like nothing else in Tennessee.”

Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) American poet

“There's a saying I remember from my grandmother: One today is worth two tomorrows.”

James Patterson book Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“No empty handed man can lure a bird”

Geoffrey Chaucer book The Canterbury Tales