#wings

Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures. ↗

— Francois Mauriac

#few #great #men #never #occupies

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron? ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#chains #fast #iron #man #use

Therefore, when we arrive in a place and talk to new people about a new image, it is very hard for them to visualize it. That's where the drawings are very important, because at least we can show a projection of what we believe it will look like. ↗

— Christo

#arrive #because #believe #drawings #hard

Who needs enemies when you've got Republican Surrenderists for Obamacare waiting in the wings? ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#needs #obamacare #republican #waiting #who

They've found a way to privately, or within a small family group, share expressions, or other images, drawings, and then gain access to some of the world's great expressions and images and make them real, make them tangible. ↗

— John Doerr

#drawings #expressions #family #found #gain

I've always tried to kind of stretch my wings as an actor and do things that are different. ↗

— Michael Douglas

#always #different #i #kind #stretch

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me. ↗

— John Dryden

#bore #eagle #fool #i #me

In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings. ↗

— Evel Knievel

#blood #bones #break #days #every

You have always given me more than I gave to you. You were the wings on which I soared. ↗

— Lotte Lehmann

#gave #given #i #me #more

Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character. ↗

— O. J. Simpson

#endures #money #only #takes #the only thing