Wings Quotes

No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.

The iron heart that does not bleed The iron wing that does not break They exist, here and now

Every child has his own beauty, her own talents. Ikarus Jackson can fly through the air; I want kids to find their own set of wings and soar with him.

But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing the Legislature and spending money and organizing and giving sound bites.

In Europe the right wing is bogged down in Nationalism in most cases and still fighting so called Reds.

When the difficulty of a problem lies only in finding out what follows from certain fixed premises, mathematical methods furnish invaluable wings for flying over intermediate obstructions.

Above the clouds I lift my wing To hear the bells of Heaven ring; Some of their music, though my fights be wild, To Earth I bring; Then let me soar and sing!

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are.

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.

Reason flies When following the senses, on clipped wings.

Narcissism really spreads its wings and soars on twitter. It's like watching a dragon hatch and learn to fly.

Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting. Affliction was a sting, but withal a wing: sorrow shall soon fly away.

Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships.

I have mostly been eating chicken wings. I only stick to things I can spell.

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.

The pure soul shall mount on native wings, . . . and cut a path into the heaven of glory.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

If the butterfly wings its way to the sweet light that attracts it, it's only because it doesn't know that the fire can consume it.

Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling.

By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.

Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity.

I have angel wings and a halo on my wrist, which I got done on my 30th birthday in memory of my brother.

An angel of God never has wings.

In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings on it in back of my mind.

So I got off the plane and I forget to take off my seat-belt and I'm dragging the plane through the terminal... The wings are knocking people over.

We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything.

Thought can wing its way Swifter than lightning-flashes or the beam That hastens on the pinions of the morn.

The Poet is a kinsman in the clouds Who scoffs at archers, loves a stormy day; But on the ground, among the hooting crowds, He cannot walk, his wings are in the way.

I used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not kids from my Beatle generation, who would say, We really love this song.

I can't help flying up on the wings of anticipation. It's as glorious as soaring through a sunset... almost pays for the thud.

Anybody who thinks there's not a vast right-wing conspiracy in this country must also think that Ken Starr should be our next ambassador to Luxembourg.

I take the paraglider to the mountain or I roll Daisy out of her hangar and I pick the prettiest part of the sky and I melt into the wing and then into the air, till I'm just soul on a sunbeam.

The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.

I love Love -- though he has wings, And like light can flee.

The cross of Christ is the sweetest burden that I ever bore; it is such a burden as wings are to a bird, or sails to a ship, to carry me forward to my harbor.

I guess intractable right-wing ideologues are my mortal enemy.

A spirit cannot soar with only one wing.

When I first toured with Wings things that were said about me were true - I did sing out of tune.

I am iron butterfly ... / I am she/we / of flesh / and iron / and silk wings, / healing, flying / into a gentle blue sky.

If you give me wings I will soar for you Even if this whole land Sinks down to the water If you give me a sword I will fight for you Even if this whole sky Shoots through with your light

There shall be wings! If the accomplishment be not for me, 'tis for some other. The spirit cannot die; and man, who shall know all and shall have wings.

The gospel is not weight, it is wings. It carries us.

I will always be there in the wings saying, 'You need to be good to people. You need to take your work seriously. You need to have integrity. You need to work with what you've got.

The blues is something separate from what I do. They connect at certain spots, but blues is different. I wouldn't put it in with what my career has been. That would be a whole separate wing.

If I had wings, no one would ask me: should I fly?

The insect-youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon!

I look at the Senior Al Gore that I had the chance to serve in the Senate with. A great human being. He went down to defeat to this right wing bunch back at the time.

'I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?'

Harriet Miers isn't qualified to play a Supreme Court justice on The West Wing , let alone to be a real one.