Man has been thrown into the world. It had always made him think of Icarus and those other great tumblers, Ixion, Phaeton,… — Cees Nooteboom Copy Share Image
Like Achilles, the hero who forgot his heel, or like Icarus who, flying close to the sun, forgot that his wings were… — Dwight Longenecker Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Icarus should have waited for nightfall, the moon would have never let him go.” — Nina Mouawad Copy Share Image
“But who names a starship the Icarus? What kind of man possess that much hubris, that he dares it to fall?” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“I had not fooled myself with false hope. I was a goddess, and he a mortal, and both of us were imprisoned.… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
But I’ve never seen the Icarus story as a lesson about the limitations of humans. I see it as a lesson about… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
Creating art is a habit, one that we practice daily or hourly until we get good at it — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The most beautiful dream that has haunted the heart of man since Icarus is today reality. — Louis Bleriot Copy Share Image
Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
My most recent project for The Sims Label (2011 – 2012) involved creating detailed Flash mockups exploring game play and UI designs… — Patrick Kelly Copy Share Image
In Brueghel’s Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away Quite leisurely from the disaster, the ploughman may Have heard the splash, the… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Is it conceivable that a newly emancipated people can soar to the heights of liberty, and, unlike Icarus, neither have its wings… — Simon Bolivar Copy Share Image
“Some upstarts always try to get closer to the source of creation by ascending to the source's level. The story of Icarus… — Marcus Wohlsen Copy Share Image
“Thus, Marlowe posed the silent question: could aspiring Icarus be happy with a toilsome life on land managing a plough with plodding… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
Courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say. — Seth Copy Share Image
“Do I, then, belong to the heavens? Why, if not so, should the heavens Fix me thus with their ceaseless blue stare,… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
If your team is filled with people who work for the company, you'll soon be defeated by tribes of people who work… — Seth Copy Share Image
Backward we traveled to reclaim the day Before we fell, like Icarus, undone; All we find are altars in decay And profane… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to stumble because if you’re constantly doing what… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“don't fly too close to the sun," Tess Calls. "you'll burn the tips of your wings. Stay right with me. i'll keep… — Marcella Pixley Copy Share Image
