Waving Quotes

188 quotes by 165 authors

I have a terrible weakness for collecting snatches of other people's conversations, and occasionally I'm rewarded with unusual fragments of knowledge. My favorite of the… — Peter Mayle
I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me. — Tahereh Mafi
The one-handed palmer can always reach higher, they say. They may be right, but the result is that nearly every line-out is like a tropical… — Unknown Author
Resolve says, 'I will.' The man says, 'I will climb this mountain. They told me it is too high, too far, too steep, too rocky,… — Jim Rohn
There on the sofa, as I nursed Maxie and her eyes slid closed, I said to the girls, 'I think nursing is where kisses come… — Katherine Center
Amid the cheering of the crowds, he hardly heard his master's voice, but he saw the familiar head and shoulders, and the bright flag he… — Ernest Thompson Seton
Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He's sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres' gifts in waving… — Alexander Pope
Seeking support from friends and and family is like having people gathered around at your deathbed. It's nice, but when the ship sails, all they… — Steven Pressfield
The greatest contribution jazz has made in music has been to replace the role of the conductor with a member of the ensemble who, instead… — Elvin Jones
Daniel is traveling tonight on a plane. I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain and I can see Daniel waving goodbye. God… — Elton John
What Iâ€™m talking about is more than recompense for past injusticesâ€”more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe. What Iâ€™m talking… — Ta-Nehisi Coates
I am an old-fashioned, honest-to-goodness, flag waving patriot. — John Wayne
Writers that pretend to be in the throes of some kind of genius-demon, some kind of possessing spirit that refuses to let them engage with… — Matt Fraction
Orange and speckled and fluted nudibranchs slide gracefully over the rocks, their skirts waving like the dresses of Spanish dancers. — John Steinbeck
Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my… — Bruce Jenner
Yes, yes, I'm coming. Right up the top of the house. One moment I'll linger. How the mud goes round in the mind-what a swirl… — Virginia Woolf
And I don't want posture lessons from a country that spent the last 20 years flopping on its back and grabbing its ankles when Saddam… — James Lileks
The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike. — Dave Beard
Some of the more fatuous flag-waving Americans are in danger of forgetting that you can't extract gratitude as you would extract a tooth; that unless… — Max Lerner
When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency. — Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Who Wrote These Waving Quotes

165 authors contributed a total of 188 Waving Quotes, led by these top contributors: