#flies

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#could #flies #geographical #goose #mend

We have already done so much that people call dynamics. Look at the bumblebee being unaware of scientific truths, goes ahead and flies anyway. If it is possible, we will do it here. ↗

— Tom Hopkins

#already #anyway #being #call #done

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably. ↗

— Horace

#flies #irrevocably #once #sent #word

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow. ↗

— Voltaire

#born to be #devoured #eaten #eighty #flies

I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He is a metaphor for dreams and faith. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#dreams #faith #flies #heard #i

A closed mouth catches no flies. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#closed #flies #mouth

Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#humor #inspirational #funny

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#flies #heart #judgment #out #pains

Let's face it - think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of us really know anything at all about the truly great ancient African civilizations, which in their day, were just as splendid and glorious as any on the face of the earth? ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#africa #african #ancient #any #anything

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away. ↗

— Tommy Lasorda

#dove #enough #flies #hand #hard