Swept Quotes

316 Swept quotes by 269 unique authors

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me. — Joseph Epstein
It was here we turned the coffee cups upside down. And your eyes and the moon swept the valley. — Carl Sandburg
. . . It wasn't until the jet engine came into being and that engine was coupled with special airplane designs - such as the… — Joe Sutter
Winter Song The browns, the olives, and the yellows died, And were swept up to heaven; where they glowed Each dawn and set of sun… — Wilfred Owen
Ordinarily we are swept away by habitual momentum and don't interrupt our patterns slightly. When we feel betrayed or disappointed, does it occur to us… — Pema Chodron
If you are swept off your feet, it's time to get on your knees. — Fred Beck
For a mile up and down the open fields before us the splendid lines of the veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia swept down… — Unknown Author
Sometimes you have to be careful when selecting a new nickname for yourself. For instance, let's say you have chosen the nickname "Fly Head". Normally,… — Jack Handey
Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superior to names hourly swept away by time… — Samuel Johnson
If you spend a whole afternoon just eating popcorn and watching football, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But if that's all you do, you… — Roland Joffe
The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for. — Steve Squyres
Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May New blooming blossoms neath the sun are born,… — John Clare
I was completely swept along with my own compulsion. I don't know how else to put it. It didn't satisfy me completely, so maybe I… — Jeffrey Dahmer
I damaged all the complicated bits of the brain to do with processing and emotional control. I was prey to every single emotion that swept… — Richard Hammond
Participation in the dance was entirely voluntary, a mental vow to worship the Mystery in this manner being expressed by a man ardently desiring the… — Edward S. Curtis
I was born on a storm-swept rock and hate the soft growth of sun-baked lands where there is no frost in men's bones. — Liam O'Flaherty
I can now see that our needs meshed perfectly: my need to be swept away by a man, to be held securely and adored by… — Unknown Author
A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet. — Confucius
The easy way is efficacious and speedy, the hard way arduous and long. But, as the clock ticks, the easy way becomes harder and the… — Colonel Sanders
The sand-castle virtues are all swept away in the tidal destruction, the moral melee. — Jethro Tull

Who Wrote These Swept Quotes

269 authors contributed a total of 316 Swept Quotes, led by these top contributors: