Soaring Quotes

139 quotes by 128 authors

One can get a proper insight into the practice of flying only by actual flying experiments. . . . The manner in which we have… — Otto Lilienthal
The plane seems exultant now, even arrogant. We did it, we did it! We're up, above you. We were dependant on you just now, prisoners… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The ascendancy over men's minds of the ruins of the stupendous past, the past of history, legend and myth, at once factual and fantastic, stretching… — Rose Macaulay
We are all pirates at heart. There is not one of us who hasn't had a little larceny in his soul. And which one of… — Roger Caras
Because mountains are high and broad, the way of riding the clouds is always reached in the mountains; the inconceivable power of soaring in the… — Dogen
This is a glorious biography ... The time is ripe for a new biography of Edith Wharton of this intimacy and on this scale ...… — Mark Bostridge
I have passed the mountain peak and my soul is soaring in the firmament of Complete and unbounded freedom; I am in comfort, I am… — Khalil Gibran
I hold that in the flight of the soaring birds (the vultures, the eagles, and other birds which fly without flapping) ascension is produced by… — Louis Pierre Mouillard
To the possible enquiry as to the probable character of a successful flying machine, the writer would answer that in his judgment two types of… — Octave Chanute
The Bible became the book of books, but it is not one document. It is a mystical library of interwoven texts by unknown authors who… — Simon Sebag-Montefiore
New York remains what it has always been : a city of ebb and flow, a city of constant shifts of population and economics, a… — Paul Goldberger
There's no doubt about it. Arcadia is Tom Stoppard's richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and, new for… — Vincent Canby
I was engaged in what I believe to be the most thrilling industry in the world-aviation. My heart still leaps when I see a tiny… — William A. Patterson
Itâ€™s Fitzgeraldâ€™s thin-but-durable urge to affirm that finally makes Gatsby worthy of being our Great American Novel. Its soaring conclusion tells us that, even though… — Maureen Corrigan
When I think something nice is going to happen I seem to fly right up on the wings of anticipation; and then the first thing… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Soaring prescription drug costs have placed a tremendous strain on family budgets. They have also imposed a heavy burden on employers - both public and… — Susan Collins
Whether it's a pebble in a riverbed or a soaring mountain peak, I see everything in the world as the handiwork of the Lord. When… — Thomas Kinkade
No doubt soaring cathedrals, stirring music, moving stories and parables, help a bit. But by far the most important variable determining your religion is the… — Richard Dawkins
You forget what it was like. You'd swear on your life you never will, but year by year it falls away. How your temperature ran… — Tana French
All of the great patriots now engaged in edging and squirming their way toward the Presidency of the Republic run true to form. That is… — H. L. Mencken

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