Leaping Quotes
112 quotes by 96 authors
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Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Oh the wild joys of living! The leaping from rock to rock ... the cool silver shock of the plunge in a pool's living waters.
— Robert Browning
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It is the omnipresent rush of water which give the Este Gardens their peculiar character. From the Anio, drawn up the hillside at incalculable cost…
— Edith Wharton
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Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.
— Thomas Hood
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In the beginning this is bound to happen. You have been sitting on the lid that covers your repressions, and you have been riding on…
— Rajneesh
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It's all right leaping about the stage when you're 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing
— Bill Wyman
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There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option.
— Jeph Jacques
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Colored lights shone right across the northern sky, leaping and flaring, spreading in rainbow hues from horizon to zenith: blood red to rose pink, saffron…
— Celia Rees
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You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to…
— Alison McGhee
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What can we writers learn from lizards, lift from birds? In quickness is truth. The faster you blurt, the more swiftly you write, the more…
— Ray Bradbury
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In no way can it be uttered, as can other things, which one can learn. Rather, from out of a full, co-existential dwelling with the…
— Martin Heidegger
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Hobgoblins know the proper way to dance: Arms akimbo, loopy legs askew, Leaping into darkness with delight, Lusting for the ecstasy of fright, Open to…
— Nick Gordon
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Proper turkey preparation is critical. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more Americans die every year from eating improperly cooked turkey than were killed…
— Dave Barry
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Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.
— Holly Near
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All of the elements of the comic way tend to spread to others, insinuating joy where it was previously absent. Conversation has a way of…
— Joseph Rusling Meeker
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The body is a multilingual being. It speaks through its color and its temperature, the flush of recognition, the glow of love, the ash of…
— Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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I'll give you three guesses, Rabbit. Digging holes in the ground? Wrong. Leaping from branch to branch of a young oak tree? Wrong. Waiting for…
— A A Milne
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I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits
— Ritchie Blackmore
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If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time to be considering alternative strategies.
— John Cleese
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Because of the attitude of a few mental dinosaurs intent on exploiting our initial success, Brian's huge talent has never been fully appreciated in America…
— Dennis Wilson
Who Wrote These Leaping Quotes
96 authors contributed a total of 112 Leaping Quotes, led by these top contributors: