Swift Quotes

339 Swift quotes by 263 unique authors

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free. — Bertrand Russell
Seeing Taylor Swift live in 2013 is seeing a maestro at the top of her or anyone's game. No other pop auteur can touch her… — Rob Sheffield
Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket. — Charles Simic
Taylor Swift dates guys so she can write a breakup song about them. I don't think she's dating for love - I think she's dating… — Patti Stanger
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. — Charles R. Swindoll
Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability… — Steve Wozniak
The days aren't discarded or collected, they are bees that burned with sweetness or maddened the sting: the struggle continues, the journeys go and come… — Pablo Neruda
Watch them clamber, these swift monkeys! They clamber over one another and thus drag one another into the mud and the depth. They all want… — Friedrich Nietzsche
A swift carriage, of a dark night, rattling with four horses over roads that one can’t see--that’s my idea of happiness. — Henry James
If thou hadst thy will what wouldst thou reserve?" said Manwe. "Of all thy realm what dost thou hold dearest?" All have their worth," said… — J.R.R. Tolkien
pity me that the heart is slow to learn what the swift mind beholds at every turn. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
... as a rule of thumb, whenever there appears a plural, correct for a singular. Should I ever let slip a royal WE, put me… — Nicole Krauss
And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The smile was so painfully swift and fleeting that it was like the flash of a knife. — Henry Miller
The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true… — Sarah Orne Jewett
Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack. — Michael Moorcock
I am Plato's Republic. Mr. Simmons is Marcus. I want you to meet Jonathan Swift, the author of that evil political book, Gulliver's Travels! And… — Ray Bradbury
hither,hither, from thy home,airy sprite, i bid thee come! born of roses, fed on dew, charms and potions canst thow brew? bring me here, with… — Louisa May Alcott
Riches I hold in light esteem, And love I laugh to scorn, And lust of fame was but a dream That vanished with the morn.… — Emily Bronte
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last,… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
The success of any trap lies in its fundamental simplicity. The reverse trap by the nature of its single complication must be swift and simpler… — Robert Ludlum
The first theft marked Buck as fit to survive in the hostile Northland environment. It marked his adaptability, his capacity to adjust himself to changing… — Jack London
Lady, lady, never start Conversation toward your heart; Keep your pretty words serene; Never murmur what you mean. Show yourself, by word and look, Swift… — Dorothy Parker
(on grief) And you do come out of it, that’s true. After a year, after five. But you don’t come out of it like a… — Julian Barnes
When Heraclitus said that everything passes steadily along, he was not inciting us to make the best of the moment, an idea unseemly to his… — Guy Davenport

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