Reeds Quotes

121 quotes by 110 authors

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. — Aesop
My first film crush was Mark Lester as Oliver Twist in the Carol Reed film. — Sally Phillips
Men can construct a science with very few instruments, or with very plain instruments; but no one on earth could construct a science with unreliable… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The smell of manure, of sun on foliage, of evaporating water, rose to my head; two steps farther, and I could look down into the… — Doris Lessing
Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow.… — Anthony of Padua
That's what I am, Frank thought, an ordinary genius. He had unlocked the secret of radio. The sport of the ordinary! Brillliant me like Reed… — Garrison Keillor
Partying means drinking. It also means playing records by Lou Reed and Chicago, which I thought was a city but is also a band it… — Ron Currie Jr.
For a while, the gay thing seemed like such a big deal. But now, I don't think it is. It's just a comedy-drama about people… — Gale Harold
Orson Welles lists Citizen Kane as his best film, Alfred Hitchcock opts for Shadow of a Doubt, and Sir Carol Reed chose The Third Man… — Joseph Cotten
O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet. Only let me make my life simple and straight, like a flute of reed for… — Rabindranath Tagore
Do you call yourselves Christians? Does then the religion of Him whom you call your Savior inspire your spirit, and guide your practices? Surely not.… — Joseph Brant
Who can mistake great thoughts? They seize upon the mind; arrest and search, And shake it; bow the tall soul as by wind; Rush over… — Philip James Bailey
A man-made thing that produces pleasure (and criticism) by somehow taping into the order of the universe is beautiful. Making beautiful things makes our lives… — Tucker Viemeister
We are not depending on a reed shaken by the wind, but on the Priniciple of Life Itself, for all that we have or ever… — Ernest Holmes
But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in… — Aaron Swartz
Prayer is the force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed, lifted out of… — Alexis Carrel
There are times when each of us has to have some gumption to take a stand as to what we wish to preserve or change… — James E. Faust
The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand; there I represented it in the reeds. — Caspar David Friedrich
For the first time in four billion years a living creature had contemplated himself and heard with a sudden, unaccountable loneliness, the whisper of the… — Loren Eiseley
My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed. — Zoot Sims

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