Swift Quotes

339 Swift quotes by 263 unique authors

Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep. — William Shakespeare
We, perhaps, have corrupted our children and our grandchildren by heedless affluence, by a lack of manliness, by giving the younger generation more money and… — Taylor Caldwell
Taylor Swift is pretty hip...She seems pretty honest. I think that’s hip. She’s promoting knowing yourself, and that’s the best idol. — Amanda Seyfried
Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to the wise, the light. But… — Henry Van Dyke
Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter even than the… — Elizabeth Hardwick
There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot. — John Milton
Britain won its wars on the playing fields of Eton. America developed its mettle at the muddy gaps of the Cumberlands, in the swift rapids… — Harvey Broome
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. — Homer
I share my name with an aerobatic bird that can whiz across a whole summer sky in seconds. A swift is so equipped for speed… — Graham Swift
Humor has been a fashioning instrument in America, cleaving its way through the national life, holding tenaciously to the spread elements of that life. Its… — Constance Rourke
People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift. — Rory Bremner
But I love to write music. What I would love to do is give some of the songs I write to someone like Taylor Swift… — Keegan Allen
I love Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert - they write from the heart. But it's hard to find a country music lover in L.A. None… — Lucy Hale
I think there are a lot of artists that are very traditional. I think someone can be a fan of someone like Josh Turner and… — Charles Kelley
I think Taylor Swift is a really good artist. I feel like her personality shines through everything she does, her music, her fashion, her style.… — Mike Posner
Autumn to winter, winter into spring, Spring into summer, summer into fall,-- So rolls the changing year, and so we change; Motion so swift, we… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
We are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people of Emmet, the… — William Butler Yeats
[His mind] was like a volcano, full of fire and wealth, sometimes calm, often dazzling and playful, but ever threatening. It ran swift as the… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Swift defined observation to be an old man's memory. — James A. Garfield
The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done. — Martial
A wicked conscience mouldeth goblins swift as frenzy thoughts. — William Shakespeare
How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of… — William Cowper
Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves,… — Alexander Pope
Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay. — Oliver Goldsmith
O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,-- Nature's… — John Keats

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