Swift Quotes

339 Swift quotes by 263 unique authors

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at… — Warren E. Burger
So it was that the war in the air began. Men rode upon the whirlwind that night and slew and fell like archangels. The sky… — H.G. Wells
O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men! — William Shakespeare
Although I wasnt able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for the… — Tony Hillerman
Dear Father, take this days life into Thine own keeping. Control all my thoughts and feelings. Direct all my energies. Instruct my mind. Sustain my… — John Baillie
One day people will touch and talk perhaps easily, and loving be natural as breathing and warm as sunlight, and people will untie themselves, as… — A. S. J. Tessimond
The country through which we had been travelling for days has an original beauty. Wide plains were diversified by stretches of hilly country with low… — Heinrich Harrer
Jesus didn't just give hugs; He also gave a hammer. Paul didn't just pass on holy kisses; he also tirelessly dealt out swift and holy… — Eric Ludy
Every day has been so short, every hour so fleeting, every minute so filled with the life I love that time for me has fled… — Unknown Author
You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter. — Martial
Swift has sailed into his rest; Savage indignation there Cannot lacerate his breast Imitate him if you dare, World-besotted traveler; he Served human liberty. — William Butler Yeats
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless,… — Henry Francis Lyte
Love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. — William Shakespeare
I am an ark in the swift flood of time, and my companions, a fellowship. Who throws in with us sails into light. — Unknown Author
If you could have the arms of Hercules, legs as swift as the wind. If you could leap shoulder high above the rim, have the… — Andrea Bocelli
Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares… — A A Milne
Haie! Haie! These were the swift to harry; These the keen-scented; These were the souls of blood. Slow on the leash, pallid the leash-men! — Ezra Pound
All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got… — Eugene Field
One day I saw a big kid beating up a little kid. I went over to the little kid and gave him a swift kick.… — Jack Handey
It was brief, swift, and then it was done. It was a professional job. I needed to be kissed, and I was kissed. — Uma Thurman

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263 authors contributed a total of 339 Swift Quotes, led by these top contributors: