Whistling Quotes
73 quotes by 72 authors
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These are the forgeries of jealousy; And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain…
— William Shakespeare
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Some fans keep booing and whistling at me because I'm handsome, rich and a great player. They envy me.
— Cristiano Ronaldo
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I always wanted a father. Any kind. A strict one, a funny one, one who bought me pink dresses, one who wished I was a…
— Judy Blundell
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Come, ye cold winds, at January's call, On whistling wings, and with white flakes bestrew The earth.
— John Ruskin
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If you live in the dark a long time and the sun comes out, you do not cross into it whistling. There's an initial uprush…
— Mary Karr
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If you really want space on public transport you should carry some pornography from the 1970s and a pair of children's safety scissors, then delicately…
— Robin Ince
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Villages and woods, meadows and chateaux, pass across the moving scene, out of which the whistling of locomotives throws sharp notes. These faint, piercing sounds,…
— Alberto Santos-Dumont
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My day passes between logic, whistling, going for walks, and being depressed. I wish to God that I were more intelligent and everything would finally…
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling
— John Heywood
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Whistling together. Some kind of performance. I mean, not just a conversation, but a performance.
— Kim Stanley
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The night was clear and frosty, all ebony of shadow and silver of snowy slope; big stars were shining over the silent fields; here and…
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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But ice-crunching and loud gum-chewing, together with drumming on tables, and whistling the same tune 70 times in succession, because they indicate an indifference on…
— Robert Benchley
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After you have pumped your brains for thoughts and verses, there is a better poetry hinted in whistling a tune on your walk.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If the pressure is getting to you, whistle. In a barely audible way. It's the best way I know of to let go of tension.…
— Fuzzy Zoeller
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Who are the happiest people on earth? A craftsman or artist whistling over a job well done. A little child building sand castles. A mother,…
— Elbert Hubbard
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Whistling tunes we're kissing baboons in the jungle.
— Peter Gabriel
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Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound.
— Andrew Bird
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My worst habit is whistling while I sleep.
— Billy Boyd
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One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written.
— Mac Davis
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One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve.
— Phil Ochs
Who Wrote These Whistling Quotes
72 authors contributed a total of 73 Whistling Quotes, led by these top contributors: