Fly Quotes
2605 quotes by 1862 authors
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How do you meditate? You meditate with an inner cry. There should be an inner cry here, in the heart. The outer cry is ego-centred;…
— Sri Chinmoy
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It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near the house of the harlot,…
— Thomas Brooks
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... superstitions, which, being unable to defend themselves on fair ground, raise these intangling brambles to cover and protect their weakness. Chased from the open…
— David Hume
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It annoys me that the burden of proof is on us. It should be "You came up with the idea. Why do you believe it?"…
— Ricky Gervais
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All you have to do is think one happy thought, and you'll fly like me.
— Robin Williams
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Having taken on the care of foster children, a mother forced her own daughter to beat them. According to her later account: Mom puts the…
— Julie Gregory
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I…
— Erica Jong
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But nature - that is, biological evolution - has not fitted man to any specific environment. On the contrary, ... he has a rather crude…
— Jacob Bronowski
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I just hitch up my girdle and let 'er fly.
— Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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There is a land, where the roses are without thorns, where the flowers are not mixed with brambles. In that land, there is eternal spring,…
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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What they say about a breakthrough is completely an illusion. They are sending their warplanes to fly very low in order to have vibrations on…
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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You may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, and wipe it clean of life - but if you desire to…
— T. R. Fehrenbach
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So say it loud and let it ring We are all a part of everything The future, present and the past Fly on proud bird…
— Charlie Daniels
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Our thoughts ought by instinct to fly upwards from animals, men and natural objects to their creator. If created things are so utterly lovely, how…
— Anthony of Padua
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The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
— William Arthur Ward
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We said we'd fly the flag without him and carry on. I didn't give him a kiss because I still hadn't accepted what was happening.…
— Robin Gibb
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I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world.
— Sadako Sasaki
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The three of us have worked on the development of the small and totally harmless fruit fly, Drosophila. This animal has been extremely cooperative in…
— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
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Facts are certainly the solid and true foundation of all sectors of nature study ... Reasoning must never find itself contradicting definite facts; but reasoning…
— Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
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The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter.
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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