Quotes about wind
wind literature wave
Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores. Charles Caleb Colton
wind fire tale-of-two-cities
Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop," returned madame; "but don't tell me. Charles Dickens
wind rising sawdust
It had grown darker as they talked, and the wind was sawing and the sawdust was whirling outside paler windows. The underlying churchyard was already settling into deep dim shade, and the shade was creeping up to the housetops among which they sat. "As if," said Eugene, "as if the churchyard ghosts were rising." Charles Dickens
wind east now-and-then
The wind's in the east. . . . I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east. Charles Dickens
wind arctic knows
I don't know where this Arctic wind has come from but it's freezing! Alan Green
wind outsiders balloons
I've just always been a fan of really fringy, outsider things, and I've always been a balloon in the wind, in terms of where that takes me. Chris Bauer
wind hair passionate
I want to live a passionate life. I always want to feel the wind in my hair. Dave Gorman
window tapping
Someone was tapping on the window. Dave Barry
wind sea voice
There is nothing as relaxing as being out on the open sea, listening to the waves and the wind and the sails and voices downstairs yelling "HOW DO YOU FLUSH THESE TOILETS?" Dave Barry
wind numbers car
Danish studies of 10,000 birds killed revealed that almost all died in collisions with buildings, cars and wires; only 10 were killed by windmills. Alternative energy sources are absolutely necessary. Global warming will kill birds and bats, as well as other species, in much greater numbers than wind power. David Suzuki
wind safety priorities
When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives Byron Katie
wind shadow stories
All true stories begin and end in a cemetery" - The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
wind shadow shadow-of-the-wind
When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd been through the ups and downs, I'd seen how it worked. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
wind silent
How silent are the winds! Bryan Procter
wind names parent
True names,” said September wonderingly. “These are all true names. Like, when your parents call you to dinner and you don’t come and they call again but you still don’t come, and they call you by all your names together, and then, of course, you have to come, and right quick. Because true names have power, like Lye said. But I never told anyone my true name. The Green Wind told me not to. I didn’t understand what he meant, but I do now. Catherynne M. Valente
wind tree firsts
The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind. Carl Hiaasen
wind play southern
The southern wind Doth play the trumpet to his purposes; And, by his hollow whistling in the leaves, Foretells a tempest and a blustering day. William Shakespeare
wind skulls hair
Look on beauty, and you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight; which therein works a miracle in Nature, making them lightest that wear most of it: so are those crisped snaky golden locks which make such wanton gambols with the wind upon supposed fairness, often known to be the dowry of a second head, the skull that bred them in the sepulchre. William Shakespeare
wind endurance legs
Technically, I've learned that having good legs and wind is good for being on stage. You have to be in shape and have endurance. Louis C. K.
wind sorrow melancholy
There is melancholy in the wind and sorrow in the grass Charles Kuralt
wind people boss
One of the first things that you learn as a stand-up is, you're the boss. It's your stage, and don't screw with me because I'll make you look bad, which I had to do, because you wind up with drunks and loud people. Bob Newhart
window loses
I just don't like to lose what's in the window. Bill Joy
window gave-up code
I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up. Bill Joy
wind car want
Okay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling is unleaded. Bernie Mac
wind tree needs
I need to live like that crooked tree--... that knelt down in the hardest winds but could not be blasted away. Edward Hirsch
wind two earth
The two most abundant forms of power on earth are solar and wind, and they're getting cheaper and cheaper... Ed Begley, Jr.
wind shining way
I don't need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines ! Ben Stiller
wind want way
I have a lot of nervous energy. Work is my best way of channelling that into something productive unless I want to wind up assaulting the postman or gardener. Ben Stiller
window
I could never throw Love out of the window. Arthur Rimbaud
wind clouds height
Thus I was able to make pioneering measurements of the height and physical scale of plasma clouds in the ionosphere and also to estimate wind speeds in this region. Antony Hewish
wind roots tree
Rochester: "I am no better than the old lightning-struck chestnut-tree in Thornfield orchard…And what right would that ruin have to bid a budding woodbine cover its decay with freshness?" Jane: "You are no ruin sir - no lighting-struck tree: you are green and vigorous. Plants will grow about your roots, whether you ask them or not, because they take delight in your bountiful shadow; and as they grow they will lean towards you, and wind round you, because your strength offers them so safe a prop. Charlotte Bronte
wind wings madness
I have felt the wind on the wing of madness. Charles Baudelaire
wind wings insanity
Today I felt pass over me A breath of wind from the wings of madness. Charles Baudelaire