Swallow Quotes

435 quotes by 367 authors

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a… — Aristotle
Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them up with great… — Paul Auster
What's hardest for me to swallow is when there is a love story, say, with a really high-profile male star and there's no reason I… — Halle Berry
I went to church and couldn't swallow it. The music was nice but I don't belong there. — Alain de Botton
We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if you wear flat shoes like Doc Martens.… — Jo Brand
Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. — Richard Burton
Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day. — Nicolas Chamfort
My advice if you insist on slimming: Eat as much as you like - just don't swallow it. — Harry Secombe
When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause and attend: the… — Al Alvarez
I guess they call it suicide, but I'm to full to swallow my pride I can't stand losing you The Police Dying is an art,… — Sylvia Plath
Golf tips are like aspirin. One may do you good, but if you swallow the whole bottle you will be lucky to survive. — Harvey Penick
In art, the public accept what has been, because they cannot alter it, not because they appreciate it. They swallow their classics whole, and never… — Oscar Wilde
People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise. — Moliere
Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it? — William Shenstone
One swallow alone does not make a summer. — Miguel de Cervantes
Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming. You stand before them bareheaded,… — Salman Rushdie
A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal instance… — Ambrose Bierce
Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it. — Grenville Kleiser
What signifies, says some one, giving halfpence to beggars? they only lay it out in gin or tobacco. "And why should they be denied such… — Hester Lynch Piozzi
...learning chiefly in mathematical sciences can so swallow up and fix one's thought, as to possess it entirely for some time; but when that amusement… — Gilbert Burnet

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