Nimble Quotes

53 quotes by 46 authors

The dragon-fly is dancing,â€” Is on the water glancing, She flits about with nimble wing, The flickering, fluttering, restless thing. Besotted chafers all admire Her… — Heinrich Heine
But we are so fond of life that we have no leisure to entertain the terror of death. It is a honeymoon with us all… — Robert Louis Stevenson
For decades, community colleges have been the backbone of American workforce training. Because they are nimble and closely attuned to local community needs, they are… — Ed Begley, Jr.
When the first light dawned on the earth, and the birds awoke, and the brave river was heard rippling confidently seaward, and the nimble early… — Henry David Thoreau
For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot. — Cate Blanchett
Too often, nonprofits are viewed as rigid and bureaucratic - less nimble and capable of adapting in this fluid environment than our corporate counterparts. I… — Anna Maria Chavez
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack go under the limbo stick. — Chubby Checker
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack sat on a candle stick, cause fire is the devil's only friend. — Don McLean
Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care; Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather;… — William Shakespeare
Why, universal plodding poisons up The nimble spirits in the arteries, As motion and long-during action tires The sinewy vigor of the traveller. — William Shakespeare
I represent what is left of a vanishing race, and that is the pedestrian. That I am still able to be here, I owe to… — Will Rogers
The social-media landscape changes incredibly fast, so you have to be open-minded and nimble to keep up with it. — Alexis Ohanian
Books, books, books! I had found the secret of a garret room Piled high with cases in my fatherâ€™s name; Piled high, packed large,--where, creeping… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Who claims Truth, Truth abandons. History is hir'd, or coerc'd, only in Interests that must ever prove base. She is too innocent, to be left… — Thomas Pynchon
A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing… — Nelson Mandela
It is sweet to dance to violins When love and life are fair: To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes Is delicate and rare:… — Oscar Wilde
I have learned to walk: since then I have run. I have learned to fly: since then I do not have to be pushed in… — Friedrich Nietzsche
You have dancing shoes with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead. — William Shakespeare
How many miles to Babylon? Three-score and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, there and back again. If your heels are nimble and… — Mira Grant
You are so terribly nimble, so clever. I distrust your cleverness. You make a wonderful pattern, everything is in its place, it looks convincingly clear,… — Anais Nin

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