Fly Quotes

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What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
A moment later Jonathanâ€™s body wavered in the air, shimmering, and began to go transparent. â€œDonâ€™t let them spread silly rumors about me, or make… — Richard Bach
Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly. — Neil Gaiman
Of all ridiculous things the most ridiculous seems to me, to be busy â€” to be a man who is brisk about his food and… — Soren Kierkegaard
Seating themselves on the greensward, they eat while the corks fly and there is talk, laughter and merriment, and perfect freedom, for the universe is… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Laurie, you're an angel! How shall I ever thank you?" "Fly at me again. I rather liked it," said Laurie, looking mischievous, a thing he… — Louisa May Alcott
There are some dreams that get stuck between your teeth when you sleep, so that when you open your mouth to yawn awake they fly… — Jodi Picoult
No, the point is not only does time fly and do we die, but that in these reckless conditions we live at all, and are… — Annie Dillard
The doubters said, "Man can not fly," The doers said, "Maybe, but we'll try," And finally soared In the morning glow While non-believers Watched from… — Bruce Lee
In time they could not even fly after their hats. Want of practice, they called it; but what it really meant was that they no… — James M. Barrie
On the batâ€™s back I do fly After summer merrily. — William Shakespeare
Don't kill!... The fly is asking you To save his life By rubbing his hands together — Kobayashi Issa
For I love the empress of my soul. I love and I cannot but love. You yourself see the whole of me. I shall fly… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
People want you to be happy. Don't keep serving them your pain! If you could untie your wings and free your soul of jealousy, you… — Unknown Author
How come it canâ€™t fly no better than a chicken?â€™ Milkman asked. Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Canâ€™t nobody… — Toni Morrison
A voice cannot carry the tongue and the lips that gave it wings. Alone must it seek the ether. And alone and without his nest… — Khalil Gibran
If bringing down the wall would require you to fly, you must believe you can fly. Otherwise, when the decisive moment comes, you will surely… — Patrick Carman
Franny has the measles, for one thing. Incidentally, did you hear her last week? She went on at beautiful length about how she used to… — J D Salinger
The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings. — James M. Barrie
Stop," I said. "Please do not further endorken yourself to me. You have great hair and a car that is most fly, and you have… — Christopher Moore

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