Famous Quotes & Sayings

J. R. R. Tolkien

Now I know what a piece of bacon feels like when it is suddenly picked out of the pan on a fork and put back on the shelf!" "No you don't!" he heard Dori answering, "because the bacon knows that it will get back in the pan sooner or later; and it is to be hoped we shan't. Also eagles aren't forks!

Khalil Gibran

And alone and without his nest shall the Eagle fly across the sun.

Frederick Douglass

If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all nations, kindreds [sic] tongues and peoples; and as fast as they learn our language and comprehend the duties of citizenship, we should incorporate them into the American body politic. The outspread wings of the American eagle are broad enough to shelter all who are likely to come.

Meredith Brooks

The Eagles, let's face it, they were a pretty cool group, Fleetwood Mac, Blondie. I had this really eclectic background in music.

Michael Moore

I did a filmstrip on pollution in the Davison area as my Eagle Scout project and showed it around town. Businesses who were the polluters were mad at me.

Shay Mitchell

I'm a longtime fan of American Eagle, so when they approached me about joining their 'Live Your Life' campaign, it already felt like an organic fit.

Nick Goepper

I like to quote the verse, "I can do all things through Him who gives me strength." I kind of envision me skiing and God is kind of like an eagle right next to me screeching in my ear that everything is going to be all good. I just try my best and that's all I can ask for.

Chris Hillman

All in all, this helps to secure the long-term financial stability of the gas and electric utilities in Eagle Mountain,

The house wasn't for sale, but we wanted to sew it up for our future. We saw the growth at Eagle Ranch and neighboring communities and wanted to have some room for the youth.

John Webster

Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.

Lou Reed

But I found tai chi when I was studying with Leung Shum, who teaches Eagle Claw and Wu Hao.

Lou Reed

There were lots of things that I recognized from my experience with Eagle Claw and Wu Hao, and here was the combination of the whole kit and kaboodle, the whole tamale in one.

Joel Osteen

(after listening to people gripe and complain just smile and remember) Crows can’t hang with eagles.

John O'Donohue

As high over the mountains the eagle spreads its wings, may your perspective be larger than the view from the foothills. When the way is flat and dull in times of gray endurance, may your imagination continue to evoke horizons.

Eric Thomas

An eagle uses the negative energy of a storm to fly even higher.

Karen Armstrong

It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.

John Dryden

None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey'd to see Another's faults, and his deformity.

Lloyd Bentsen

I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.

Terry Pratchett

But of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection.One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.

Peter Scott

I've always believed the greater danger is not aiming too high, but too low, settling for a bogey rather than shooting for an eagle.

Russ Wilcox

Essence of newspaper is the large size. You are a reader you're an eagle flying over the desert, you're scanning. You see the rabbit and you zoom down and you grab it. That just happens naturally in a size that fits very well with how the human body works. Got to have a large display and it has to be portable.

Link Wray

You know, I'm an eagle, flying around in the mountains.

Steven Adler

If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyone can do it. It's not that big a deal. And the Eagles! They did it! They severely hated each other. It's just rock and roll

Paul Theroux

Bogotá seemed a cruel towering place, like an eagles' nest now inhabited by vultures and their dying prey.

Talib Kweli

We commute to computers; Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors. We survivalists, turned to consumers...

Ron Rash

I learnt how to hunt rattlesnakes with an eagle for Serena.

T. D. Jakes

Eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do.

Vanessa Mae

I will be the Thai equivalent of Eddie the Eagle.

Stephen King

The first thing was to get down to Addie Richardson's henhouse, and that was a goodish way, four or five miles. She found herself wondering if the Lord was going to send her an eagle to fly her those four miles, or send Elijah in his fiery chariot to give her a lift. Blasphemy," she told herself complacently. "The Lord provides strength, not taxicabs.

Rick Riordan

According to Festus, our flying table, Buford, made it back safely while we were in Charleston, so those eagles didn't get him. Unfortunately, he lost the laundry bag with your pants." "Dang it!" Frank Barked, which Leo figured was probably severe profanity for him. No doubt Frank would've cursed some more -busting out the golly gees and the gosh darns- but Percy interrupted by doubling over and groaning. "Did the world just turn upside down?" he asked. Jason pressed his hands to his head. "Yeah, and it's spinning. Everything is yellow. Is it supposed to be yellow?

Warren Buffett

If you want to soar like an eagle in life, you can't be flocking with the turkeys.

William Blake

When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!

William Cowper

Religion Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None as invincible as they.