Headlong Quotes

65 quotes by 59 authors

When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom… — Vladimir Lenin
He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his… — Gilbert Parker
We are in a tech-heavy society, plunging headlong into an unknown future. Science fiction is what allows you to stand back and analyze the impact… — J. Michael Straczynski
â€¦Then another porpoise broke the water and rolled toward us. A third and fourth porpoise neared. The visitation was something so rare and perfect that… — Pat Conroy
When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and… — Frank Herbert
Sometime we are lucky enough to know that our lives have been changed, to discard the old, embrace the new, and run headlong down an… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
Today we are aware as never before of the plurality of human life-styles and possibilities, while at the same time being tied, like in an… — Gary Snyder
The world owes its enchantment to these curious creatures and their fancies; but its multiple complicity rejects them. Thistledown spirits, tragic, heartrending in their evanescence,… — Jean Cocteau
He thought that in the beauty of the world were hid a secret. He thought that the worldâ€™s heart beat at some terrible cost and… — Cormac McCarthy
He was born in fury and he lived in lightning. Tom came headlong into life. He was a giant in joy and enthusiasms. He didn't… — John Steinbeck
My dear fellow,' Burlingame said, 'we sit here on a blind rock careening through space; we are all of us rushing headlong to the grave.… — John Barth
Maybe this is the point: to embrace the core sadness of life without toppling headlong into it, or assuming it will define your days. — Gail Caldwell
She moved nearer, leaned her shoulder against me â€” and we were one, and something flowed from her into me, and I knew: this is… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
Tie your heart at night to mine, love, and both will defeat the darkness like twin drums beating in the forest against the heavy wall… — Pablo Neruda
When you open a book,â€ the sentimental library posters said, â€œanything can happen.â€ This was so. A book of fiction was a bomb. It was… — Annie Dillard
Tragedy had sent me headlong into reality. All the things I had seen before now looked different, even nature. — Virginia C. Andrews
The maids in my village talked of falling in love with a man at first sight. That has always seemed naught but foolishness to me.… — R.L. LaFevers
...I leaped headlong into the Sea, and thereby have become more acquainted with the Soundings, the quicksands, and the rocks, than if I had stayed… — John Keats
Itâ€™s like losing gravity and falling into space â€“ the moment of pitching headlong when the endlessness of space asserts itself and there is no… — Laini Taylor
I am someone who actually jumps headlong into everything and anything. I am not one of those people who likes to be scared; instead I… — Sonam Kapoor

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