Swift Quotes

339 Swift quotes by 263 unique authors

Now shall I become a common tale, A ruin'd fragment of a worn-out world; Unchanging record of unceasing change. Eternal landmark to the tide of… — Hartley Coleridge
I think the satirist is always basically optimistic. The satirist's complaint about society is always that it doesn't measure up to a fairly high ideal… — John Dos Passos
Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply. — Zane Grey
I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy. — Marie Curie
Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who… — Henry Van Dyke
The Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, about double-hulled construction. A number of laws came into place. — Sylvia Earle
Superman's original name was Kal-El, or Swift God. His father's name was Jor-El. Superman was clearly drawn as a modern-day god. — Bruce Feiler
I'm totally into Taylor Swift. I think she has super-clever lyrics, and I love that she writes her own music. Some of the themes she… — Kathleen Hanna
Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age… — Soren Kierkegaard
Today's preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes a wrong turn from the purpose of science - to question all things relentlessly. Modern physics has… — Robert Lanza
When I was doing 'Generation Kill' in Africa I worked with five really super-trained Navy SEALs who taught us all these moves like how to… — Kellan Lutz
It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this… — Haruki Murakami
The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the… — Ben Nicholson
On wrongs swift vengeance waits. — Alexander Pope
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet. — Damon Runyon
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

Who Wrote These Swift Quotes

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