Quotes by Arrows The aim of talk should be like the aim of a flying arrow -- to hit the mark; but to this end there must be a mark to hit, that is, there must be a listener. Charles Dickens arrows flying listening An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent. Charles Mackay arrows air thinking A sermon often does a man most good when it makes him most angry. Those people who walk down the aisles and say, "I will never hear that man again," very often have an arrow rankling in their breast. Charles Spurgeon arrows men people There are many other arrows in our diplomatic quiver. Condoleezza Rice quiver diplomatic arrows Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice remains an important arrow in the rhetorical quiver. After all, it exists for a reason. Constance Hale passive-voice arrows writing I shoot an arrow into the air, where it lands I do not care: I get my arrows wholesale! Curly Howard arrows land air Our priorities are most visible in how we use our time. Someone has said, “Three things never come back—the spent arrow, the spoken word, and the lost opportunity.” We cannot recycle or save the time allotted to us each day. With time, we have only one opportunity for choice, and then it is gone forever. Dallin H. Oaks priorities arrows opportunity Fate and victory shift ... now this way, now that way -- like a line of unarmored men under a hail of enemy arrows. Dan Simmons arrows fate men Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow. Dante Alighieri arrows essence two Fate's arrow, when expected, travels slow. Dante Alighieri arrows fate expected How can we expect young people to be rooted in things such as character, morality and honesty? How is one supposed to be at once an arrow soaring skyward and an oak planted firmly in the ground? The meritocratic culture hones strivers on every aspect of their lives save one - how to cultivate character. David Brooks arrows honesty character Im about as straight an arrow as youll find out there. Deborah Norville arrows If you shoot an arrow and it goes real high... Hooray for you. Dorian Corey arrows real ifs The right art is purposeless, aimless! The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede. D.T. Suzuki archery arrows art Music so softens and disarms the mind That not an arrow does resistance find. Edmund Waller arrows mind doe Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care! Over whose heads those arrows fly, Of sad distrust and jealousy. Edmund Waller arrows levels humble The man who has been wounded by a chance arrow must not shoot at sight the first man he happens to meet. Edward Jenks arrows sight men I've been friends with the guys in Radiohead for a lot of years, and I watch the way those guys work with incredible envy. Because whatever the slings and arrows of dealing with the record business, at the end of the day, they have total creative autonomy. They don't need a lot to do what they do, and Thom [Yorke] and Jonny [Greenwood] and the guys have their own joint in their hometown. Edward Norton envy arrows years At the height of creative activity fueled by enthusiasm, there will be enormous intensity and energy behind what you do. You will feel like an arrow that is moving toward the target-and enjoying the journey. Eckhart Tolle arrows journey moving They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept quiet, all these desirable things would have come about of themselves. I am reminded of the Greek clown who, having seen an archer bring down a flying bird, remarked, sagely: 'You might have saved your arrow, for the bird would anyway have been killed by the fall.' Elizabeth Cady Stanton archer arrows fall «1234567891011»
