Swiftness famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

There is psychological pleasure in this takeoff, too, for the swiftness of the planeâ€™s ascent is an exemplary symbol of transformation. The display of power can inspire us to imagine analogous, decisive shifts in our own lives, to imagine that we, too, might one day surge above much that now looms over us.â€ P. 38-39
-- Alain de Botton

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Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
-- Faith Baldwin

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Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life.
-- Frances E. Willard

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War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
-- J. R. R. Tolkien

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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
-- Jean de La Fontaine

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Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.
-- Potter Stewart

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Jews are known for many things, but strength, swiftness, and agility are not among them. There is one trait, as controversial as it is familiar, for which Jews are above all known, and that is shrewdness in business.
-- Steven Pinker

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Meg, don't you think you'd make a better adjustment to life if you faced facts?" I do face facts," Meg said. They're lots easier to face than people, I can tell you.
When shadows fall and the path you walk grows dark, may the smile of God light your way.
Those who cannot themselves observe can at least acquire the observation of others.
I think sometimes my humor is extremely dry, and a lot of times I would say things that I thought were very funny but... I have a reputation of - people think of me as a very fundamentalist, humorless fellow.
An enemy, Ender Wiggin," whispered the old man. "I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than you. There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. I am your enemy from now on. From now on I am your teacher.
A sloppy performance in a photograph is as distressing as a sloppy performance in music.
Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.
If vanity does not entirely overthrow the virtues, at least it makes them all totter.
It is Love and the Lover that live eternally - Don't lend your heart to anything else; all else is borrowed.
All my roots are Broadway. I got my Equity Card doing a Broadway show, and my first love is theater.