Cannot Fly Quotes

35 quotes by 28 authors

• Woman is shut up in a kitchen or in a boudoir, and astonishment is expressed that her horizon is limited. Her wings are clipped, and… — Simone de Beauvoir
• A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm - it can creep, but it cannot fly. — Henry Ward Beecher
• According to aerodynamic laws, the bumblebee cannot fly. Its body weight is not the right proportion to its wingspan. Ignoring these laws, the bee flies… — Andre Sainte-Lague
• We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence. A bird cannot fly high or far with a stone tied… — Alan Cohen
• Fences are made for those who cannot fly. — Elbert Hubbard
• Humans cannot fly, but they can get the flying feeling. All they need to do is go out at night into a wild storm where… — Hilary McKay
• Everyone said, ‘Brace yourself, Lupita! Keep a granola bar in that clutch of yours!’ I didn’t really understand what they meant, and it was only… — Lupita Nyong'o
• Break the Shell”: “Child, it’s time to break the shell Life’s gonna hurt but it’s meant to be felt You cannot touch the sky from… — India.Arie
• Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations. They… — Atul Gawande
• The heart of standing is that you cannot fly. — William Empson
• According to recognized aero technical tests, the bumblebee cannot fly because of the shape and weight of his body in relation to the total wing… — Igor Sikorsky
• Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved. The soul that is attached to anything,… — John of the Cross
• A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens... if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly... to scale mountains… — Charles Ives
• Eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do. — T.D. Jakes
• Zorba is beautiful, but something is missing. The earth is his, but the heaven is missing. He is earthly, rooted, like a giant cedar, but… — Rajneesh
• Your love has a broken wing if it cannot fly across the sea. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
• Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. — Langston Hughes
• He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into… — Friedrich Nietzsche
• Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. — Henry David Thoreau
• If I cannot fly, let me sing. — Stephen Sondheim

Who Wrote These Cannot Fly Quotes

28 authors contributed a total of 35 Cannot Fly Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 3 Cannot Fly Quotes by Langston Hughes
• 2 Cannot Fly Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche
• 2 Cannot Fly Quotes by William Empson
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by T.D. Jakes
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Rajneesh
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Maltbie Davenport Babcock
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Henry David Thoreau
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Stephen Sondheim
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Khalil Gibran
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Neal Shusterman
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by William Henry Hudson
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Rashida Rowe
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Fash
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Mercy Pheona
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Andrew Duran
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by St John Of The Cross
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Simone de Beauvoir
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Henry Ward Beecher
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Andre Sainte-Lague
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Alan Cohen
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Elbert Hubbard
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Hilary McKay
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Lupita Nyong'o
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by India.Arie
• 1 Cannot Fly Quote by Atul Gawande