Flies Quotes

523 Flies quotes by 428 unique authors

Amid thy desert-walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. — Oliver Goldsmith
No gunfire, famine, or flies. Just lots of toothpaste, gardening and people stuff. — Mark Z. Danielewski
Love wants to rise, not to be held down by anything base... He who loves flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds… — Henri Matisse
All fish are not caught with flies — John Lyly
The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies. — George Crabbe
Through the sharp air a flaky torrent flies, Mocks the slow sight, and hides the gloomy skies; The fleecy clouds their chilly bosoms bare, And… — George Crabbe
When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks… — Charles Churchill
Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I look at the bird in the cage and see the air, not only the air that is around the bird when it flies, but… — Rudolf Steiner
The colours of insects and many smaller animals contribute to conceal them from the larger ones which prey upon them. Caterpillars which feed on leaves… — Erasmus Darwin
I sometimes think we ought to bring a bill before Congress changing our national symbol from the eagle to the buffalo, because we are more… — Norman Vincent Peale
Notes for a ballet, The Spell: ... Suddenly Sigmund hears the flutter of wings, and a group of wild swans flies across the moon ...… — Woody Allen
Bush always has viewed himself as an "activist," which flies in the face of some conservative notions, such as the federal government's role in education. — Robert Draper
He who flies from his master is a runaway; but the law is master, and he who breaks the law is a runaway. And he… — Marcus Aurelius
They say that "he who flies highest, falls farthest" — and who am I to argue? But we can't forget that "he who doesn't flap… — Hunter S. Thompson
Every time a good child dies, an angel of God comes down to earth. He takes the child in his arms, spreads out his great… — Hans Christian Andersen
A foreign correspondent is someone who lives in foreign parts and corresponds, usually in the form of essays containing no new facts. Otherwise he's someone… — Tom Stoppard
Wonder Woman is lame. She flies around in an invisible jet, but she's not invisible. I don't get it. — Megan Fox
Let's face it - think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of… — Henry Louis Gates
As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right? — Andrew Cuomo
If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be all right, it'll keep flying. You take another rivet out of the airplane… — Ted Danson
I don't know why I ever come in here. The flies get the best of everything. — W.C. Fields
When you get a groove going, time flies. — Donald Fagen
Sadness flies away on the wings of time. — Jean de La Fontaine
I kill flies, I eat meat, you know, whatever. — Ethan Hawke

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