Winding Quotes

132 quotes by 127 authors

The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of… — Charles Babbage
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. — Edward Abbey
I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity… — David Byrne
Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In the vast cosmical changes, the universal life comes and goes in unknown quantities ... sowing an animalcule here, crumbling a star there, oscillating and… — Victor Hugo
And God stands winding His lonely horn, And time and the world are ever in flight. — William Butler Yeats
Sometimes the shortest distance between two points is a winding path walked arm in arm. — Robert Breault
"Have you done your homework?" my mother would ask. "I'll do it later." "You will do it now, young man. I don't want you winding… — Lewis Grizzard
Did you know that there are no straight lines in the universe? Life doesn't travel in perfectly straight lines. It moves more like a winding… — T. Harv Eker
The end of a man's life is often compared to the winding up of a well written play, where the principal persons still act in… — Joseph Addison
Life`s a long and winding ride, better have the right one by your side; And happiness don`t drug its feet, time moves faster than you… — Kip Moore
The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean. — Chen Shui-bian
These are the experiences I wish to record in this book, which should really be called The Diary of a Palaeontologist. But in committing them… — Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald
Old age is an ordeal, of flesh and mind. Of winding down, of slowing down, of dying cells. It's accepting the loss of physical attractiveness… — Colleen McCullough
For years I have made the point that progress in winding back economic slack is made not by high growth in any individual year, but… — Ian Macfarlane
Creativity works on a winding, circuitous route. — Gail Z. Martin
The funny thing is, London is an incredibly interesting city. It's very sexy and it's very different, with the Thames winding through it like a… — Mel Smith
One time I snuck a ball on with me and when I went to winding up, I threw one of them balls to first and… — Satchel Paige
Paris was a universe whole and entire unto herself, hollowed and fashioned by history; so she seemed in this age of Napoleon III with her… — Anne Rice
All rising to great places is by a winding stair. — Gautama Buddha

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