Quotes about Swift

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness. Votes: 4

The most brilliant satire of all time was 'A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan Swift. You'll notice how everything got straightened out in Ireland within days of that coming out. Votes: 4

Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate. Votes: 4

I'm friends with Taylor Swift, and I am tired of people asking me questions about our friendship. When I post a picture of us on Instagram, I'm posting a picture of me and my friend. Votes: 4

Sometimes you want something really serious that makes you feel emotional and makes you think, and sometimes you do just want a pop song. What I love about Taylor Swift is that she offers both. Votes: 4

Who would want to get back together with Taylor Swift after having dated her? I'm sure dating her is like talking to a white sheet of paper with a little bit of vanilla ice cream on it that doesn't say anything. Votes: 4

I think it says wonders about people that can write an entire album, and put out an entire album of great songs. I mean, the Brad Paisley's, Alan Jackson especially, even Taylor Swift - those people can really pen great stuff. Votes: 4

Most of my ukulele heroes were traditional players from Hawaii, like Eddie Kamae and Ohta-san. There may not be uke stars in popular culture, but there are certainly pop stars that play uke - George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Taylor Swift, Train, and Paul McCartney. Votes: 4

Swift as shadow, short as any dream Votes: 3

Can we rename [Taylor Swift] Pinocchio Swift? Votes: 3

My friend Taylor Swift’s new album, 1989. Votes: 3

Taylor Swift is super charming. Damn you Swift. Votes: 3

Taylor Swift said haters are going to hate. Votes: 3

Burroughs is the greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift. Votes: 3

Swift defined observation to be an old man's memory. Votes: 3

My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift. Votes: 3

Swift was the race, but short the time to run. Votes: 3

Behold, on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong. Votes: 3

Someone should make a Kickstarter to get Taylor Swift a booty. Votes: 3

Which is now a more hopeful statement than Swift intended it to be. Votes: 3

Swift doth young Love flee, And we stand wakened, shivering from our dream. Votes: 3

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. Votes: 3

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. Votes: 3

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. Votes: 3

"Government," says Swift, "is a plain thing, and fitted to the capacity of many heads." Votes: 3

One of my rules is, if Jesus or Taylor [Swift] calls, I take the call. Votes: 3

For the qualities of sheer wit and humor, Swift had no superior, ancient or modern. Votes: 3

I tell my assistant "I'm busy! unless it's Jesus or Taylor (Swift) don't bother me" Votes: 3

Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain Votes: 3

Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake. Votes: 3

Jonathan Swift made a soul for the gentlemen of this city by hating his neighbor as himself. Votes: 3

You complain, friend Swift, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter. Votes: 3

With homogenized culture, even if you feel frustrated, you'd have to write a Taylor Swift song to get heard. Votes: 3

Taylor Swift is so flawless, and so unattainable, and I don't think it's breeding anything good in young girls. Votes: 3

Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb. Votes: 3

At least we got to see the worst haircut since 1984 try to steal the spotlight from lovely Taylor Swift. Votes: 3

People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift. Votes: 3

I feel like me and Taylor [Swift] might still have sex. Why? I made that b - -h famous. Votes: 3

Who doesn't love a little Taylor Swift in their life? You know you need a little Taylor Swift in your life. Votes: 3

Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. Votes: 3

I try to stay away from talking about boys all the time. You can go to Taylor Swift to hear that. Votes: 3

Some people won, some people lost [the Grammys] but Taylor Swift gets to wake up as Taylor Swift so she's winning. Votes: 3

Superman's original name was Kal-El, or Swift God. His father's name was Jor-El. Superman was clearly drawn as a modern-day god. Votes: 3

When Loughner himself speaks and we find out his real influences are Spiderman, 'Gnome Chomsky,' Taylor Swift, and Dr. Bronner, then what? Votes: 3

Macmillan's rejection had left him very downcast... Patrick Swift was invited to peruse the contents and decided that the poems should be published. Votes: 3

Swift calls discretion low prudence; it is high prudence, and one of the most important elements entering into either social or political life. Votes: 3

Every musician writes about past relationships. And other than that, I can promise you, I have very little in common with Taylor Swift. Votes: 3

I just had a responsibility to [Taylor Swift] as a friend you know, and I mean thanks for being so cool about it. Votes: 3

You know what, I am not gonna lie, that Taylor Swift 'Trouble' song? I can't resist that song. Her melodies are very catchy. Votes: 3

She's blonde with all the hits. Taylor Swift. She's hot. More than that, she's beyond talented. I have to write a song with her. Votes: 3

You would not serve junk food at a banquet, and your book must be a banquet. Get your language from Swift , not from Shopsy's. Votes: 3

Swift has sailed into his rest; Savage indignation there Cannot lacerate his breast Imitate him if you dare, World-besotted traveler; he Served human liberty. Votes: 3

Grace Kelly is my main inspiration, for her timeless beauty. I like Jennifer Lawrence for her fun, down-to-earth style, and Taylor Swift is always elegant. Votes: 3

The idea that Taylor Swift would become the giant pop icon of 2015, 2016 - she's really good, but I don't think it's written in the stars. Votes: 3

Taylor Swift is pretty hip...She seems pretty honest. I think that’s hip. She’s promoting knowing yourself, and that’s the best idol. Votes: 3

The female rock-'n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it's women like her who are going to save the music business. Votes: 3

I don't keep up with it all. But Taylor Swift writes songs about everybody she goes out with, right? What a way to build a career. Votes: 3

Politically, Swift was one of those people who are driven into a sort of perverse Toryism by the follies of the progressive party of the moment. Votes: 3

Dean Swift proposed to tax beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her own charms; he said the tax would be cheerfully paid and very productive. Votes: 3

I love 'Breathe' with Taylor (Swift) but I've been performing 'Lucky' with Jason (MRaz) all over the world in the past year so I'm glad that's what won. Votes: 3

I have sparred with commenters as a music writer (on The Rumpus, among other places, see e.g., my review about Taylor Swift), and that was plenty of training! Votes: 3

The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul. Votes: 3

All I know is don't ever get into a feud with Taylor Swift. She has, like, 50 million people that will die for her. You can't step into that arena. Votes: 3

I listen to so many different kinds of music - I mean, I listen to everything. I listen to everything from Bon Jovi to Taylor Swift. It just goes everywhere. Votes: 3

I'm listening to a lot of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna. A lot of pop female artists. I have to say I'm pretty well-versed in the pop female category. Votes: 3

I have always liked Taylor Swift - there is just something about her that is very genuine and sweet. She also has naturally curly hair like me, so that's cool. Votes: 3

My theory about Taylor Swift is that she's a virgin, that everyone breaks up with her because they date her for two weeks and she's like, 'I'm not gonna do it'. Votes: 3

In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. Votes: 3

But I love to write music. What I would love to do is give some of the songs I write to someone like Taylor Swift because I feel like she could sing them. Votes: 3

I don't understand that about Taylor Swift, or about Joan [Mitchell] - how can she not say she's a feminist?! People don't understand what the word means. It simply means equal rights before the law. Votes: 3

I wouldn't necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat of a cultural icon, so, who am I to judge what she is? Votes: 3

The Booker triumph of Graham Swift's moving, effortlessly profound Last Orders is a vindication of the quiet, much-misunderstood path this fine writer chose to take after the brilliance of Waterland more than ten years ago. Votes: 3

Taylor Swift is very strategic with her friends and enemies. And I know lots of secrets. I can't divulge, but I know a lot of stuff about her. And I'm scared. I'm scared for my life. Votes: 3

Taylor Swift is great for a night out as it involves a lot of tequila. With her it's all about good friends and celebrating friendship, it's such a positive environment to be a part of. She's great. Votes: 3

Swiftly walk o'er the western wave, Spirit of Night! Out of the misty eastern cave, Where, all the long and lone daylight, Thou wovest dreams of joyand fear, Which make thee terrible and dear, Swift be thy flight! Votes: 3

After President Obama announced his support for net neutrality yesterday, Texas Senator Ted Cruz tweeted that 'Net neutrality is Obamacare for the Internet.' While Ted Cruz continues to be the Taylor Swift of not getting over Obamacare. Votes: 3

The labels are not getting the returns they want from their PR. Plus, for every Taylor Swift there are a hundred thousand nobodies out there who are probably making better music. Self-releasing is the only way to go. Votes: 3

Rihanna is always on my playlist. I think she pumps you up and gets the day going. I also love - and I know this doesn't sound like a workout album - the Lumineers, lately, and Taylor Swift. Votes: 3

I'm against Capitol Punishment in all forms, and I have written many pamphlets on this subject in the manner of Swift's Modest Proposal pamphlet incorporated into Naked Lunch; these pamphlets have marked Naked Lunch as an obscene book. Votes: 3

I was at Home Depot with my dad looking for paint when I got the call to open for Taylor Swift. That was wild, because I was crying in Home Depot, and people were looking at me funny. Votes: 3

My godchildren went to see Taylor Swift in concert and got to meet her. They literally ran toward her and hugged her, and it was amazing. I got big bonus points for it. I'll remind them when they're teenagers. Votes: 3

There are a lot of girls Ive found attractive, but we could never date. If a girl can make me laugh, thats really attractive to me. I have a soft spot for southern girls who are sweet, like Taylor Swift! Votes: 3

There are a lot of girls I've found attractive, but we could never date. If a girl can make me laugh, that's really attractive to me. I have a soft spot for southern girls who are sweet, like Taylor Swift! Votes: 3

I like Sam Smith and Taylor Swift. I love pop music, but I also like Sam Smith's slow songs. That would be more to dance to. I think dancers like different genres of music, compared to just a regular person. Votes: 3

I LOVE Taylor Swift's 1989. I think it's really cool at the moment that the production on her record is just as strong as the writing. I like the fact that the early nineties sound seems to have come back around Votes: 3

There is something frightful in being required to enjoy and appreciate all masterpieces; to read with equal relish Milton, and Dante, and Calderon, and Goethe, and Homer, and Scott, and Voltaire, and Wordsworth, and Cervantes, and Molière, and Swift. Votes: 3

No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. And the great satirists, like Swift and Dickens, tend to write about abuses and injustices that have already been partially corrected - you write about it after it's over. Votes: 3

Swift flies our time on pinions fleet, Like vapours on the breeze; The transient bliss we now call sweet, The passing moments seize. The gilded joy, the present hour, Soon wing themselves away; Departing like the fading flower That pleas'd us Yesterday. Votes: 3

To go back and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope - all those people we had to read in college English courses - to read them now is to have one of the infinite pleasures in life. Votes: 3

There is Carrie Underwood, of course Miranda Lambert, and Taylor Swift - the three blondes in country music. They inspire me a lot, and just watching them perform and just be superstars is a big inspiration to me and it helps me learn. Votes: 3

Taylor [Swift] always inspires me, not just with music -- she just inspires me as a person. She's really, really sweet and just reflects beauty inside and out. If I'm going through anything Taylor can pull me out of it in five seconds. Votes: 3

Taylor [Swift] always inspires me, not just with music -- she just inspires me as a person. She's really, really sweet and just reflects beauty inside and out. If I'm going through anything Taylor can pull me out of it in five seconds. Votes: 3

Swift blazing flag of the regiment,Eagle with crest of red and gold,These men were born to drill and die.Point for them the virtue of slaughter,Make plain to them the excellence of killingAnd a field where a thousand corpses lie. Votes: 3

The last time I cried? My godchildren went to see Taylor Swift in concert and got to meet her. They literally ran toward her and hugged her, and it was amazing. I got big bonus points for it. I'll remind them when they're teenagers. Votes: 3

Our plenteous streams a various race supply, The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye, The silver eel, in shining volumes roll'd, The yellow carp, in scales bedropp'd with gold, Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains, And pikes, the tyrants of the wat'ry plains. Votes: 3

When the dead do walk seek water's run, for this the Dead will always shun. Swift river's best or broadest lake to ward the dead and have and make. If water fails thee, fire's thy friend, if neither guards it will be thy end. Votes: 3

Swift or smooth, broad as the Hudson or narrow enough to scrape your gunwales, every river is a world of its own, unique in pattern and personality. Each mile on a river will take you further from home than a hundred miles on a road. Votes: 3

Jonathan Swift wrote that it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. It is also better to repeat yourself and be thought a scold than to speak only once and never be heard. Votes: 3

Today's preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes a wrong turn from the purpose of science - to question all things relentlessly. Modern physics has become like Swift's kingdom of Laputa, flying absurdly on an island above the earth and indifferent to what is beneath. Votes: 3

I think the satirist is always basically optimistic. The satirist's complaint about society is always that it doesn't measure up to a fairly high ideal he has. I think that even the bitterest satirist, even a man like Swift, was probably rather an optimist at heart. Votes: 3

There are artists that are using computers in all genres - Kendrick Lamar's music is electronic-made, and Taylor Swift is the same thing. There's a lot of pop music, underground music, and music for films made with computers. In that sense, it's not going to go away. Votes: 3

I love Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert - they write from the heart. But it's hard to find a country music lover in L.A. None of my friends really listen to it, and they hate getting in the car with me because I just blast Taylor Swift. Votes: 3

The faithful witness, like...Socrates, Voltaire, and Swift and Christ himself, is at his best when he is questioning and clarifying and avoiding the specialists obsession with solution. He betrays society when he is silent...He is true to himself and to people when his clarity causes disquiet. Votes: 3

We are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people of Emmet, the people of Parnell. We have created most of the modern literature of this country. We have created the best of its political intelligence. Votes: 3

We did a 60 page book in one day. She's one of the most photogenic, easy to shoot, inspiring, extraordinary people in front of the camera who I've ever photographed. Yes Taylor Swift has it all. My goodness that girl has it all, what can I say she's extraordinary. Votes: 3

Now shall I become a common tale, A ruin'd fragment of a worn-out world; Unchanging record of unceasing change. Eternal landmark to the tide of time. Swift generations, that forget each other, Shall still keep up the memory of my shame Till I am grown an unbelieved fable. Votes: 3

It was on this day that the Bahamas declared independence. Before that they were a British colony. The British Empire lost Canada and the Bahamas, to name just a couple. Britain's been dumped more times than Taylor Swift. But did they go writing whining songs about it? No. Votes: 3

Ryan Seacrest: Trouble, trouble trouble. So why do girls go for the bad guys, what is it Taylor Swift? Why? Taylor Swift: Because maybe we could change them! Everybody wants to like tame a lion. Votes: 3

On wrongs swift vengeance waits. Votes: 2

Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply. Votes: 2

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy. Votes: 2

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness. Votes: 2

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. Votes: 2

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet. Votes: 2

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought. Votes: 2

The Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, about double-hulled construction. A number of laws came into place. Votes: 2

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free. Votes: 2

It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong - but that is the way to bet. Votes: 2

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story. Votes: 2

Sometimes the transition from being in control of your life to having absolutely no control is swift, but other times it is so gradual that you wonder exactly when it truly began. Votes: 2

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind. Votes: 2

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. Votes: 2

For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the cultural transformation swift enough, that the individual mind is now a constituent player in the global transformation of human culture. Votes: 2

One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to Mother Nature of the material elements composing the physical and astral corpses, brought about by the burning. Votes: 2

At issue was the question whether this man's faith could prevail against a man whose equal faith it was that this society is sick beyond saving, and that mercy itself pleads for its swift extinction and replacement by another. Votes: 2

I say, 'Yeah, Taylor Swift.' I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she's making all the right moves. She's got a good head on her shoulders. She's surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she's living and standing by that. Votes: 2

The seasons run with swift feet. Votes: 0

A pard-like spirit, beautiful and swift. Votes: 0

Be swift to hear, slow to speak. Votes: 0

Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay. Votes: 0

O time! swift devourer of all created things! Votes: 0

Those swift to think are not always secure. Votes: 0

Fate is usually swift when she deals a blow. Votes: 0

When the heart is right, the feet are swift. Votes: 0

Opportunity is swift of flight but slow to return. Votes: 0

True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings. Votes: 0

Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep. Votes: 0

Delay not; swift the flight of fortune's greatest favours. Votes: 0

Oh be swift to live, make haste to be kind. Votes: 0

The race isn't to the swift, it's to the thoughtful. Votes: 0

Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River. Votes: 0

Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past. Votes: 0

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. Votes: 0

It is only when you are pursued that you become swift. Votes: 0

seizing the swift logic of a woman, Curse God and die. Votes: 0

No corporeal substance can be so subtle and swift as this. Votes: 0

Life is short, and time is swift; Roses fade, and shadows shift. Votes: 0

Active minds that think and study, like swift brooks are seldom muddy. Votes: 0

Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket. Votes: 0

Ah, how fatefully swift is the move from one feeling to another. Votes: 0

Immediate are the acts of God, more swift than time or motion. Votes: 0

When your opponent gives you an opening, be swift as a hare. Votes: 0

We have far more to fear from swift than from torpid government. Votes: 0

That Time could turn up his swift sandy glass, To untell the days. Votes: 0

Experience is by industry achieved, And perfected by the swift course of time. Votes: 0

O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men! Votes: 0

Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift. Votes: 0

Her smile was like a swift light passing across a darkened room.("Hair") Votes: 0

And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came. Votes: 0

Let us savour the swift delights of the most beautiful of our days! Votes: 0

terrorism is adamant. Fight against requires endurance, specific Counter-terrorism, Intelligence and swift operation Votes: 0

She was the curator of her marriage, collector of swift quotes and unremarked-upon sensations. Votes: 0

A too-swift and easy coalition victory may substantially increase the risk of future wars. Votes: 0

All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. Votes: 0

Love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. Votes: 0

Time is: Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear. Votes: 0

Whenever your well-being feels at risk around certain people, make a tactful and swift exit. Votes: 0

Elizabeth lifted her skirt, disregarding modesty, and delivered a swift kick to the creature's head. Votes: 0

Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. Votes: 0

There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot. Votes: 0

Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack. Votes: 0

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness Votes: 0

Pity me that the heart is slow to learnWhat the swift mind beholds at every turn. Votes: 0

The [35mm] camera is for life and for people, the swift and intense moments of life. Votes: 0

May you find good hunting, swift running, and shelter when you sleep. (Leafpool to Ashfur, page 1) Votes: 0

Poetry is a series of explanations of life, fading off into horizons too swift for explanations. Votes: 0

The fish is swift, small-needing, vague yet clear, A cold, sweet, silver life, wrapped in round waves... Votes: 0

The swift years slip and slide adown the steep; The slow years pass; neither will come again. Votes: 0

The 'niche' effect of charter schools guarantees a swift and vicious deepening of class and racial separation. Votes: 0

The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done. Votes: 0

I creep like a thief, no doubt the man's swift, I'm more magnificent than Lee Van Cleef Votes: 0

The race belongs not only to the swift and strong but to those who keep on running Votes: 0

I have nowhere to go. The swift satellites show The clock of my whole being is slow. Votes: 0

Iambics march from short to long;-- With a leap and a bound the swift Anapaests throng Votes: 0

Time, as he passes us, has a dove's wing, Unsoil'd, and swift, and of a silken sound. Votes: 0

Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory of man. Votes: 0

The smile was so painfully swift and fleeting that it was like the flash of a knife. Votes: 0

You who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness. Votes: 0

Thus, sped by currents of curiosity afloat the swift river of rumor do secrets sail to strange ports." Votes: 0

Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady. Votes: 0

There was no Prussian bastion to stop the Scotsman's swift conquest of the territory once claimed by reason. Votes: 0

Truly upon mortals cometh swift of foot their evil and his offence upon him that trespasseth against Right. Votes: 0

Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes. Votes: 0

Legislation may at times be disobeyed, but never law, for the breaking brings swift punishment of its own. Votes: 0

Thus, sped by currents of curiosity afloat the swift river of rumor do secrets sail to strange ports. Votes: 0

He swift don't win the race. It goes to the worthy, who can divide the word of truth. Votes: 0

There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all. Votes: 0

Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives. Votes: 0

Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely circulated. Votes: 0

Yet that man is happy and poets sing of him who conquers with hand and swift foot and strength. Votes: 0

It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. Votes: 0

Opportunity is coy, is swift, is gone, before the slow, the unobservant, the indolent, or the careless can seize her. Votes: 0

At that time my virtue slumbered; my evil, kept awake by ambition, was alert and swift to seize the occasion. Votes: 0

He left a bit too easily and with obvious relief. His feet were swift and sure on the muddy path. Votes: 0

I'd been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta. Votes: 0

Rumour was the messenger Of defamation, and so swift, that none Could be the first to tell an evil tale. Votes: 0

Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain. Votes: 0

Trees on a riverbank, a woman in another man's house, and kings without counselors go without doubt to swift destruction. Votes: 0

The loves and hours of the life of a man, They are swift and sad, being born of the sea. Votes: 0

When one's character begins to fall under suspicion and disfavor, how swift, then, is the work of disintegration and destruction. Votes: 0

This race is not for the swift, but for the smart, for the one who knows himself as the winner Votes: 0

When I said that Mercy stoodWithin the borders of the wood,I meant the lenient beast with clawsAnd bloody swift-dispatching jaws. Votes: 0

A swift carriage, of a dark night, rattling with four horses over roads that one can't see--that's my idea of happiness. Votes: 0

Sad that our finest aspiration Our freshest dreams and meditations, In swift succession should decay, Like Autumn leaves that rot away. Votes: 0

So the nature required to make a really noble Guardian of our commonwealth will be swift and strong, spirited, and philosophic. Votes: 0

The miracles of Jesus were the ordinary works of his Father, wrought small and swift that we might take them in. Votes: 0

- Be thou not technical with me,/Or else thine input valve may swift receive/a hearty helping of my golden foot. Votes: 0

The backlash to [Sarah] Palin`s comments was swift, with veterans and veterans` groups criticizing the apparent politicization of post-traumatic stress disorder. Votes: 0

You must understand printing lies about Republican candidates is OK. It's called vetting. Printing the truth about liberals - that's called 'swift-boating'. Votes: 0

It is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realise the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. Votes: 0

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews! Votes: 0

Thus, though I have heard of successful military operations that were clumsy but swift, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays. Votes: 0

It was brief, swift, and then it was done. It was a professional job. I needed to be kissed, and I was kissed. Votes: 0

I am an ark in the swift flood of time, and my companions, a fellowship. Who throws in with us sails into light. Votes: 0

Time is the silent, never-resting thing ... rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like an all-embracing oceantide, on which we and all the universe swim. Votes: 0

Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'tis all that I implore: In life and death a chainless soul, with courage to endure. Votes: 0

Up the two terrace flights of steps the rain ran wildly, and beat at the great door, like a swift messenger rousing those within;. Votes: 0

There are few problems in this world that cannot be solved by a swift roundhouse kick to the face. In fact, there are none. Votes: 0

Haie! Haie! These were the swift to harry; These the keen-scented; These were the souls of blood. Slow on the leash, pallid the leash-men! Votes: 0

Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you. Votes: 0

Politics needs a flexible mind, for it has no immutable or eternal rules. In politics immutable or eternal rules lead to inevitable and swift defeat. Votes: 0

The race may or may not be to the swift, but tell me, is it likely that the fight will be entrusted to the dead? Votes: 0

Of all the countries of the world America is the one where the movement of thought and human industry is the most continuous and swift. Votes: 0

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought." Votes: 0

In what pagan nation was Moloch ever propitiated by such an unbroken and swift-moving procession of victims as are offered to this Moloch of Christendom, intemperance. Votes: 0

The success of any trap lies in its fundamental simplicity. The reverse trap by the nature of its single complication must be swift and simpler still. Votes: 0

All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven't got it Votes: 0

How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. Votes: 0

Evil springs up, and flowers, and bears no seed, And feeds the green earth with its swift decay, Leaving it richer for the growth of truth. Votes: 0

I know how to take a man out of his miseries. Give him a swift kick, or else get him drunk and find him a pr-... Votes: 0

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story Votes: 0

The slender, swift Bruce Lee was the Fred Astaire of martial arts, and many of the fights that could be merely brutal come across as lightning-fast choreography. Votes: 0

I used to have terrible tantrums. I was temperamental when I was younger. Actually, what I needed was a swift kick in the pants. What a brat! Votes: 0

California is a state peculiarly addicted to swift enthusiasms. It is a seed-bed of all manner of cults and theories, taken up, and dropped, with equal speed. Votes: 0

Meanwhile the Adversary of God and man, Satan with thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight. Votes: 0

Know yourself and you will win all battles. Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain. Votes: 0

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man. Votes: 0

What woman says to fond lover should be written on air or the swift water. [Lat., Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, In vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.] Votes: 0

You know what makes your heart swift, you know what makes your breath catch your throat, you know what makes your chest tight with anticipation. Go get that! Votes: 0

Then summer fades and passes and October comes. We'll smell smoke then, and feel an unexpected sharpness, a thrill of nervousness, swift elation, a sense of sadness and departure. Votes: 0

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service] Votes: 0

Believe this," he whispered, and kissed her with the sharp, sleek kiss, the silver kiss, so swift and true, and razor sharp, and her warmth was flowing into him. Votes: 0

Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly. Votes: 0

He is in youth swift, pliant and merry, and leapeth and rusheth on all thing that is before him; and is lead by a staw and playeth there with. Votes: 0

The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli. Votes: 0

Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own; for wheresoever a person seeketh his own, there he falleth from love.... Votes: 0

Weightless in water, swift as the wind, Subtle of purpose - a feather blown - I go with my oarsmen where they will, My beautiful body and theirs all one. Votes: 0

Every day has been so short, every hour so fleeting, every minute so filled with the life I love that time for me has fled on too swift a wing. Votes: 0

Farewell, my great one, my own, farewell, my pride, farewell, my swift, deep, dear river, how I loved your daylong splashing, how I loved to plunge into your cold waves. Votes: 0

We see in these swift and skillful travelers a symbol of our life, which seeks to be a pilgrimage and a passage on this earth for the way of heaven. Votes: 0

The Donald Trump team hit back with a swift and stunning rebuke of the CIA. Quote, "These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction." Votes: 0

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment. Votes: 0

Karakarof spat onto the ground at Dumbledore's feet. In one swift movement, Hagrid seized the front of Karkaroff's furs, lifted him into the air, and slammed him against a nearby tree. Votes: 0

Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision. Votes: 0

They were strong singers, with swift minds and open good humor--arrogant enough to think they could stand on a stage and dogged enough to have done the work to get there. Votes: 0

When I fully enter time’s swift current, enter into the current moment with the weight of all my attention, I slow the torrent with the weight of me all here. Votes: 0

Autumn to winter, winter into spring, Spring into summer, summer into fall,-- So rolls the changing year, and so we change; Motion so swift, we know not that we move. Votes: 0

I got a ill gift, I'm real swift They be like, 'Damn, he's still rich.' When I send my Men in Black, Listen, none of them niggas named Will Smith. Votes: 0

The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair. Votes: 0

This is the bravo's dance, the water dance, swift and sudden. All men are made of water, do you know this? When you pierce them, the water leaks out and they die. Votes: 0

Said a skunk to a tube-rose, "See how swiftly I run, while you cannot walk nor even creep." Said the tube-rose to the skunk, "Oh, most noble swift runner, please run swiftly!" Votes: 0

His golden locks Time hath to silver turned, O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing. Votes: 0

'Mind and matter,' said the lady in the wig, 'glide swift into the vortex if immensity. Howls the sublime, and softly sleeps the calm Ideal, in the whispering chambers of Imagination.' Votes: 0

Beneath the sun's rays our shadow is our comrade; When clouds obscure the sun our shadow flees. So Fortune's smiles the fickle crowd pursues, But swift is gone whenever she veils her face. Votes: 0

The race doesn't always belong to the swift nor the battle to the strong. It belongs rather to those who run the race, who stay the course and who fight the good fight. Votes: 0

Love's heralds should be thoughts, Which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams Driving back shadows over low'ring hills. Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love, And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings. Votes: 0

Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. *Love each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting love. Too fast is as bad as too slow.* Votes: 0

There is nothing in the animal world, to my mind, more delightful than grown cats at play. They are so swift and light and graceful, so subtle and designing, and yet so richly comic. Votes: 0

Globed from the atoms falling slow or swift I see the suns, I see the systems lift Their forms; and even the systems and the suns Shall go back slowly to the eternal drift. Votes: 0

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind. Votes: 0

Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, When thro' the clouds he drives the trembling doves. Votes: 0

We do not truly see light, we only see slower things lit by it, so that for us light is on the edge-the last thing we know before things become too swift for us. Votes: 0

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind. Votes: 0

When campaigning, be swift as the wind; in leisurely march, majestic as the forest; in raiding and plundering, like fire; in standing, firm as the mountains. As unfathomable as the clouds, move like a thunderbolt. Votes: 0

Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter even than the swift determination to keep ahead in the race of hospitality. Votes: 0

The hare grows old as she plays in the sun And gazes around her with eyes of brightness; Before the swift things that she dreamed of were done She limps along in an aged whiteness.... Votes: 0

Let those who think the soul is shallow rail, They must be warned before they dare to leap They'll plunge into the twilight depths where sweep In ceaseless thirst great teeth too swift to fail. Votes: 0

Wherefore the race being not to the swift, etc. but time and chance happening to all men, I leave the Judgement of the whole to the Candid, of whose correction I shall never be impatient. Votes: 0

The Hero cares not for a wild winter's storm. For it carries him swift on the back of the storm. All may be lost and our hearts may be worn, but a Hero fights forever. Votes: 0

... as a rule of thumb, whenever there appears a plural, correct for a singular. Should I ever let slip a royal WE, put me out of my misery with a swift blow to the head. Votes: 0

In the area of national security, I urge the swift passage of an anti-terrorism law that will protect rather than subvert, enhance rather than weaken, the rights and liberties that terrorism precisely threatens with extinction. Votes: 0

I share my name with an aerobatic bird that can whiz across a whole summer sky in seconds. A swift is so equipped for speed that it can scarcely cope with being stationary. Votes: 0