Wave Quotes

1462 Wave quotes by 1065 unique authors

Shakespeare was an intellectual ocean, whose waves touched all the shores of thought; within which were all the tides and waves of destiny and will;… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not… — Nikola Tesla
Religion is simply an ideal. It is an ideal force that tends to free the human being from material bonds. I do not believe that… — Nikola Tesla
My wireless transmitter does not use Hertzian waves, which are a grievous myth, but sound waves in the aether... — Nikola Tesla
My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom… — Daniel Nathans
The smell of the sea, of kelp and fish and bitter moving water, rose stronger in my nostrils. It flooded my consciousness like an ancestral… — Ross Macdonald
I enjoy the independence of single-handling a boat. I like controlling the elements, making the wind and the waves and the water work for me. — Gerry Schwartz
...I liken feedback to the effect of when you go surfing; you can get pummeled by a wave, but if you balance the forces right,… — Jorma Kaukonen
...I think of improvising as composing - fo me it's all about playing melodies. When I improvise, there's not a lot of real thinking going… — Robben Ford
... Aqualung was a difficult and very tense album to record... while I was playing the solo, Jimmy Page walked into the control room and… — Unknown Author
Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world. Let us not tire of preaching love. Though we… — Oscar Romero
There is not secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves. — Frank Herbert
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear Can others teach their course to steer, Yet run himself life's mad career Wild as the wave? — John Bunyan
A tidal wave of support for medicinal marijuana has begun in the western United States; the future of many federal officials depends, in large part,… — Unknown Author
"I was counting the waves", replied Amory gravely, "I'm going in for statistics". — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I do not think that the radio waves I have discovered will have any practical application. — Heinrich Hertz
We would be doing the children of South Asia a great disservice if we allowed ourselves to believe that the need of children to belong… — Mary Landrieu
Reckon then that to acquire soul-winning power, you will have to go through mental torment and soul distress. You must go into the fire if… — Charles Spurgeon
Blind zeal is soon put to a shameful retreat, while holy resolution, built on fast principles, lifts up its head like a rock in the… — William Gurnall
When a man looks across a street, sees a pretty girl, and waves at her, that's not a rendezvous, that's a passing acquaintance. When he… — Wally Schirra
When you are practicing zazen, do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your mind, let it… — Shunryu Suzuki
If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards. — Ted Nelson
My ball is in a bunch of fern, A jolly place to be; An angry man is close astern- He waves his club at me.… — A. P. Herbert
Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed — Sam Altman
Jose was one of those guys on a surfboard who can stay longer on the wave than anyone else. — Alex Ferguson

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