Wingbeats Quotes & Sayings

Mythology was littered with people who meddled in the affairs of elves and fairies and were never again heard from. — Thomm Quackenbush

One final reason for choosing God's path is of supreme importance: It leads us home. — Billy Graham

How could they be in the same room and not joke about some smell or make fun of some clueless slouch nearby? How could she ever stand in front of him and not leap at the chance to communicate telepathically? — James Dashner

Education is ... the invitation to disentangle oneself, for a time, from the urgencies of the here and now and to listen to the conversation in which human beings forever seek to understand themselves. — Michael Joseph Oakeshott

Jealous leaders measure their success by the failure of others. — Andy Stanley

In Madrid, there's a big street in the centre called Callao. I remember being there with my mum and pointing to one of the big film posters and saying, 'I want to be up there.' That was my dream, and I got it. — Maria Valverde

And barely ten minutes later the soft sound of wingbeats came to their ears, and Balthamos stood up eagerly. The next moment, the two angels were embracing, and Will, gazing into the flames, saw their mutual affection. More than affection: they loved each other with a passion. — Philip Pullman

You don't understand!" screamed the tourist, above the terrible noise of the wingbeats. "All my life I've wanted to see dragons!"
"From the inside?" shouted Rincewind. "Shut up and ride! — Terry Pratchett

Far from such din, when blessed silence returns, I can listen to the butterflies that flutter inside my head. To hear them, one must be calm and pay close attention, for their wingbeats are barely audible. Loud breathing is enough to drown them out. This is astonishing: my hearing does not improve, yet I hear them better and better. I must have butterfly hearing. — Jean-Dominique Bauby

Worrying about how you'll be remembered is pointless. Better to try to live your life in such a way that people will respect you while you're still alive. — Charles Cumming

It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection. — Antonio Tabucchi

When I left Apple, it had $2 billion of cash. It was the most profitable computer company in the world - not just personal computers - and Apple was the number one selling computer. — John Sculley

A war that operates in every human mind below the subconscious level, like a computer program, constantly running in the background, guiding us to some eventuality." Kate — A.G. Riddle

It could be an important feature to be added to your portrait: your mind has interior walls that allow you to partition different times in which to stop or flow, to concentrate alternately on parallel channels. — Italo Calvino

The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself. — Wallace D. Wattles