Quotes About Swift

His vows of a moment before were forgotten, swept away in that great swift wind. Yet he felt guiltless, breaking the promises he had made himself. Such promises are only for the gulls that accept the ordinary. One who has touched excellence in his learning has no need of that kind of promise.

Senator [George] Mitchell is a man of many talents and he's swift on his feet, but one would not think of him as 'dancing with the stars.' And we had this great rock 'n' roll fund raiser.

Man, that woman was quick when she wanted to be. But put her behind the wheel of a Buick.

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!

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

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

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.

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

The tide of life, swift always in its course, May run in cities with a brisker force, But nowhere with a current so serene, Or half so clear, as in the rural scene.

A Dream Pirate attack is swift and ragged. Like awkward phantoms, the pirates often fly in lurches and jerks, and they usually destroy everything that gets in their way.

Be swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as fire, steady as a mountain.

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

True hope is swift and flies with swallow's wings Kings it makes Gods and meaner creatures kings.

Take all the swift advantage of the hours.

a man becomes swift in his mind when he needs to work with his head.

Apparently you haven't lived in the area long, Miss Capshaw. Believe me, the citizens of Damascus have a communication system that's much swifter than WJXK. It's called the grapevine." With that, he closed the door and strode back into the police station.

Había llegado a pedir - lo cual aprobaba el joven- que la guillotina se instalara en la misma sala de los tribunales, para que no se perdiera tiempo entre la sentencia y la ejecución.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

Holy shit. Talon truly was a Hunter. He went straight for the kill.

The great thing about albums is it gives you a lot of choices, and we can all say that the album business is dead, but watch Taylor Swift. I don't think it's dead. I just think we've got to hit on the energies that make people want to collect albums.

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

I've always liked code that runs fast.

Markets may in the short-term correct. But in a bull market the correction is always sharp, swift and short-lived.