Swift Quotes

339 Swift quotes by 263 unique authors

I foresee great refinements in the field of short-pulse microwave signaling, whereby several simultaneous programs may occupy the same channel, in sequence, with incredibly swift… — Lee De Forest
The race belongs not only to the swift and strong but to those who keep on running — Zoe Koplowitz
The Hero cares not for a wild winter's storm. For it carries him swift on the back of the storm. All may be lost and… — Cressida Cowell
At least we got to see the worst haircut since 1984 try to steal the spotlight from lovely Taylor Swift. — Nathan Followill
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth./The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and… — Khalil Gibran
The slight, the facile and the merely self-glorifying tend to drop away over the centuries, and what we are left with is the bedrock: Homer… — Wendy Lesser
It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought. — Agnes Repplier
More and more too, the old name absorbs into me. Mannahatta, 'the place encircled by many swift tides and sparkling waters.' How fit a name… — Walt Whitman
Life is too short for any vain regretting... Between the swift sun's rising and its setting, we have no time for useless tears or fretting,… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Weightless in water, swift as the wind, Subtle of purpose - a feather blown - I go with my oarsmen where they will, My beautiful… — Mark Van Doren
So the nature required to make a really noble Guardian of our commonwealth will be swift and strong, spirited, and philosophic. — Plato
Politically, Swift was one of those people who are driven into a sort of perverse Toryism by the follies of the progressive party of the… — George Orwell
"We will make such a chase as shall be accounted a marvel among the Three Kindreds: Elves, Dwarves and Men. Forth the Three Hunters!" Like… — J.R.R. Tolkien
It is said that God gave us memory so we could have roses in winter. But it is also true that without memory we could… — George Will
For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the cultural transformation swift enough, that the individual mind is now… — William Irwin Thompson
My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift. — Rory Bremner
Poetry is a series of explanations of life, fading off into horizons too swift for explanations. — Carl Sandburg
The religious fanatic who practices terrorism cannot be reasoned with, because there is nothing you can threaten him with, and no alternative you can offer… — Massad Ayoob
When the heart is right, the feet are swift. — Thomas Jefferson
The miracles of Jesus were the ordinary works of his Father, wrought small and swift that we might take them in. — George MacDonald

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