Wind Quotes · Page 55

Apples hate strong wind and damp, cold soil so try and place them on well-drained, rich soil in a sheltered position.

— Monty Don

Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop," returned madame; "but don't tell me.

— Charles Dickens

“It's not wind at all," Cath said. "It's what we feel when time suddenly jolts forward.”

— Rainbow Rowell

For one thing, I was no longer alone; a man is never alone with the wind-and the boat made three.

— Hilaire Belloc

Spirit is like the wind, in that we can't see it but can see its effects, which are profound.

— Jimmy Carter

The one who tries to get something for nothing generally winds up getting nothing for something.

— Napoleon Hill

O precious is the pause between the winds that come and go, / And sweet the silence of the shores between the…

— Arthur O'Shaughnessy

I have no past--the steps have disappeared the wind has blown them away.

— James Kavanaugh

Great leadership is not the visit of an unexpected fate but rather a flame which is kept burning in spite of the…

— Mary Anne Radmacher

You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you're battling with everything you have. That's…

— Dan Dierdorf

“Grace will meet you in the valley, and her song will carry you home on the wind to another sky filled with…

— Shannon L. Alder

I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of…

— Taylor Caldwell

All still when summer is over stand shocks in the field, nothing left to whisper, not even good-bye, to the wind. After…

— William Stafford

The opening of large tracts by the ice-cutters commonly causes a pond to break up earlier; for the water, agitated by the…

— Henry David Thoreau

The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind;…

— Zhuangzi

nights and days came and passed and summer and winter and the sun and the wind and the rain. and it was…

— Anonymous

Before reaching the final line, however, he had already understood that he would never leave that room, for it was foreseen that…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The cultural influences in our country are like the floo floo bird. I am referring to the peculiar and especial bird who…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

There are certain stereotypes that are offensive. Some of them don't worry me, though. For instance, I have always thought that Mammy…

— Annie Elizabeth Delany

Hydroelectric dams remain the way many poor countries gain access to reliable electricity, and both solar and wind might be worthwhile in…

— Michael Shellenberger

I think what it's going to do is put an even greater highlight on the fact that Hillary Clinton has a 100-day…

— Chris Christie

As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is…

— Walter Murch

The trees change their voices in autumn as well as their shapes. No longer do they whisper to one another in muffled…

— Patience Strong

Here in the deep powder snow you don't hear yourself ski. You don't hear your long turns or your short turns. You…

— Jacques Labrie

Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.

— Ann Landers

“i see said the duke but my own idear is that these things are as piffle before the wind [from memory...]”

— Daisy Ashford

History will only change when we are able to use the energy of love, just as we use the energy of the…

— Paulo Coelho

I was once supposed to play the wind in a commercial - yes, the wind. I didn't get it.

— Wagner Moura

“She decided to free herself, dance into the wind, create a new language. And birds fluttered around her, writing “yes” in the…

— Monique Duval

The first thing you do when you get out to center field is put up your finger and check the wind chill…

— Mickey Rivers

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

— Chanakya

I just have to think of Philadelphia now, and I get ideas, I hear the wind, and I'm off into the darkness…

— David Lynch

She was as forthright and simple as the winds that blew over Tara and the yellow river that wound around it.

— Margaret Mitchell

In my time it was different. When I knew the wind was strong, I attacked myself to make the race as hard…

— Eddy Merckx

The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.

— Paul Simon

When women age into their power, no wind can upset them, no hand turn aside their knowledge, no fact can deflect their…

— Louise Erdrich

The wind kicks in stronger, branches clatter. Or maybe skeletons. Bones of abandonment. Ghosts that will never be.

— Ellen Hopkins

There are no limits to either time or distance, except as man himself may make them. I have but to touch the…

— Hal Borland

Bamboos can go from shining health to shabbiness in weeks. The problem is too much wind, too little water and tired compost.

— Monty Don

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

— Les Dawson