#wind

I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are led by a conductor who functions like a windmill. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#conductor #find #functions #i #led

The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits. ↗

— Eric Liu

#bad habits #boomers #gesture #going #grand

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze. ↗

— Titus Livius

#even #every #itself #lightest #like

We will stomp to the top with the wind in our teeth. ↗

— George Leigh Mallory

#stomp #teeth #top #will #wind

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#argument #available #east #good #inevitable

Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant. ↗

— Lucretius

#any #because #delectable #free #gaze

Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles. ↗

— Lucretius

#gaze #high #high seas #land #lashing

In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#keep #making #necessary #open #out

To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind. ↗

— John Lyly

#fire #give #measure #reason #weigh

You look at Gone With the Wind, how right Vivian Leigh was for that. Don't know if that would happen today. ↗

— Kelly Lynch

#gone with the wind #happen #how #know #leigh