Kites Quotes

Come up and be a kite, On a diamond flight!

— Kate Bush

I wish my name was Tom Kite.

— Ian Baker-Finch

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

— Winston Churchill

Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.

— Chinua Achebe

Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.

— Frank Harris

a kite is a victim you are sure of. you love it because it pulls.

— Leonard Cohen

My mind was in my heart, anchored like a bright kite in a safe place.

— Elizabeth Berg

I went to my doctor and asked for something for persistent wind. He gave me a kite.

— Les Dawson

It can't be all you. Just like you need air to fly a kite. It's not the kite. It's the air.

— Pharrell Williams

Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

— Hamilton Wright Mabie

The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.

— Horace

It so happens that the major relationships in the novel [The Kite Runner] are between men, dictated not by any sort of…

— Khaled Hosseini

Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull…

— Lawrence Hargrave

Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head? Did you ever milk…

— Dr. Seuss

This is the story of the curse and the kiss, the demon and the girl. It's a love story with dancing and…

— Laini Taylor

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world…

— Francis Quarles

These are the four that are never content: that have never been filled since the dew began- Jacala's mouth, and the glut…

— Rudyard Kipling

Poetry is a theorem of a yellow-silk handkerchief knotted with riddles, sealed in a balloon tied to the tail of a kite…

— Carl Sandburg

I've been doing a lot of different cross-training and kickboxing and Capoeira and kite surfing, and I've just really been back to…

— Alanis Morissette

I experienced Kabul with my brother the way Amir and Hassan do: long school days in the summer, kite fighting in the…

— Khaled Hosseini

I believe Fabio Celoni's work vividly brings to life not only the mountains, the bazaars, the city of Kabul and its kite-dotted…

— Khaled Hosseini

Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words. Careful with fire, is…

— Will Carleton

The images [of The Kite Runner grafic] were created in Fabio Celoni's mind. I chose to let him take the lead. Fabio…

— Khaled Hosseini

Subby Subby Subby," whispered Goss. "Keep those little bells on your slippers as quiet as you can. Sparklehorse and Starpink have managed…

— China Mieville

In early 1999, I was watching TV, when I came across a story on Afghanistan. It was a story about the Taliban…

— Khaled Hosseini

Its build quality is superb, given that I am a novice to it 6 months ago and being heavy handed it stands…

— Steve Robson

If a painting contains no abstraction nor impressionistic elements, it is a kite that will never fly. But if the painting completely…

— Wu Guanzhong

It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and…

— Alfred North Whitehead

What are the top 20 universities in the world that do good materials research that might create carbon fibers to do jet…

— Bill Gates

“And as we sat there in the silence with the stars burning in the purple deeps of the summer night above us,…

— Hearn Lafcadio

Someone once told me that children are like kites. You struggle just to get them in the air; they crash; you add…

— Charmian Carr

“I dreamed you a field of running horses, Selah. For you, Bianca, a balloon the size of the sky, my body a…

— Shane Jones

Crystalline swirls of sugar and flour still lingered in the air like kite tails.

— Sarah Addison Allen

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

— Anonymous

The track 'Fire' is quite different from the other songs in 'Kites.'

— Rajesh Roshan

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

— Lewis Mumford

When the wind stops, kite falls but bird flies; because bird did not borrow the wind when rising!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Like a kite Cut from the string, Lightly the soul of my youth Has taken flight.

— Takuboku Ishikawa

The mind is like the wind. You're trying to stop the wind, dressed as a kite. How are you going to do…

— Mooji

I went to the doctors the other day and I said, 'have you got anything for wind?' So he gave me a…

— Tommy Cooper