Wings Quotes

1815 quotes by 1293 authors

All birds need to fly are the right-shaped wings, the right pressure and the right angle. — Daniel Bernoulli
Whatever we learn has a purpose and whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even in the tiniest way. Why, when a housefly… — Norton Juster
The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or… — Aberjhani
Death wins nothing here, gnawing wings that amputateâ€“â€“ then spread, lift up, fly. — Aberjhani
Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate… — Douglas Bader
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun,… — Donna Leon
But the thought leaders on talk radio and Fox do more than shape opinion. Backed by their own wing of the book-publishing industry and supported… — David Frum
I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing. — Richard Peck
A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement. — Paul D. Boyer
I was fortunate to be around a couple of coaches who took me under their wing and taught me how to train, how to work… — Kirk Ferentz
Although random mutations influenced the course of evolution, their influence was mainly by loss, alteration, and refinement... Never, however, did that one mutation make a… — Lynn Margulis
How can I be kind? How can I find bird-relief in the nest-building of day-to-day? Necessity supplies no velvet wing with which to escape. I… — Elizabeth Smart
In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent… — Jay Smith
And so, while perhaps not all God's chilluns got wings, enough have for each of us to hope that we may be among those that… — James Webb Young
My Wings are a thousand books. — Gill Robb Wilson
During McCarthyism, teachers feared for their jobs if they belonged to a left-wing group. Today teachers fear for their jobs if they hug a crying… — Carol Tavris
Broken wings fit more easily in standard-size boxes. — Mikhail Turovsky
What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters? They would only drive him to even greater despair. — Adelbert von Chamisso
Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron? — Adelbert von Chamisso
It is well to fetter the wings of our fancy and restrain its flights. — Edward E. Barnard

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