Brisk Quotes

33 quotes by 31 authors

I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh it was. My very heart leapt with the sound. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
So, lively brisk old fellow, don't let age get you down. White hairs or not, you can still be a lover. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There was a brisk northern wind, heavy and wet with the salt of the sea, and he felt, as he turned his face to it,… — Arthur Conan Doyle
To brisk notes in cadence beating, glance their many-twinkling feet. — Thomas Gray
Brisk and prompt to war, soft and not in the least able to resist calamity, fickle in catching at schemes, and always striving after novelties… — Frederick Rolfe
There is nothing more energizing than inhaling the tang of wilderness, loamy after rain, pungent with the richness of earth shuddering with life, or taking… — Lawrence Anthony
Autumn can be glorious but menacing too - the long shadows, brisk winds, scurrying leaves, impending frost. — A.S.A. Harrison
I mean, money people are usually quite brisk, but mine aren't, and they keep on giving me spaces so that I've been able to go… — Jeremy Brett
Method rules his training, which blends the physical with the mental. How many chess masters put in, prior to an important match, an allotted time… — Hans Kmoch
Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new. — Paracelsus
The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy, walk and be healthy. "The best of all ways to lengthen our days" is… — Charles Dickens
.... the brisk exercise imparts elasticity to the muscles, fresh and healthy blood circulates through the brain, the mind works well, the eye is clear,… — David Livingstone
Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled,… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Unexpected change is like a breath of fresh air -- a little brisk at first, but magic for the body and soul. — Susan Wiggs
The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down the stream of time in the light skiff of apothegm or epigram; and… — Edwin Percy Whipple
I would prefer to keep my clothes on. Unless there's a brisk breeze or something, I tend to keep them on. — Allison Williams
The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk, Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk, Is always happy, reign whoever may, And laughs the sense… — William Cowper
Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. — Agnes Repplier
When he ran from a cop, his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint .… — James Agee
Whatsoever stirs the stagnant currents, setting these flowing in wholesome directions, promotes brisk spirits and productive thinking. The less of routine, the more of life. — Amos Bronson Alcott

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