Eagles Quotes - Page 5

• That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.

  Edmund Waller

  Fate, Made, Soar

  Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works of Edmund Waller”, p.143

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• At the rate America is decaying morally, we shall have to change our national symbol from an eagle to a vulture.

  Vance Havner

  Christian, America, Rate

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• I think the Jets came in with a legitimate offer. At that point, I hadn't had one from the Eagles. I had to think, 'I've really got to work up here [in New York]? Do you really want to deal with that on a weekly basis?

  Jon Runyan

  New York, Thinking, Want

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• As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House.

  Zakk Wylde

  House, Heavy, Young

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Shall eagles not be eagles? wrens be wrens? If all the world were falcons, what of that? The wonder of the eagle were the less, But he not less the eagle.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Wrens, World, Wonder

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.544, Delphi Classics

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• So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.

  Aeschylus

  Fashion, Hands, Fables

  Aeschylus (1873). “The Tragedies of Æschylos: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes”, p.339

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• To object that the facts about human nature set limits on our ability to change the world and ourselves makes about as much sense as the lament that our lack of wings sets limits on our ability to 'fly' as far as eagles under our own power.

  Noam Chomsky

  Wings, World, Limits

  Source: libcom.org

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• The bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.

  John Milton

  Two, Bird, Stoops

  John Milton, Henry John Todd (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.349

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• For the Indian,dance is a personal form of prayer. When the Eagle Dancer puts on his costume,when he begins to dance to the music,he doesn't simply perform it; he actually becomes the eagle itself. The dancer is virtually inseparable from the dance.

  Jamake Highwater

  Prayer, Dancer, Costumes

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• If the Police could do a reunion... One of the biggest jerks I ever met was Sting. If he can do it, then anyone can do it. It's not that big a deal. And the Eagles! They did it! They severely hated each other. It's just rock and roll

  Steven Adler

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Police

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• The 'Crue' is not the hardest band to cover. There are no harmonies like the Eagles.

  Brian Miller

  Band, Harmony, Hardest

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• They say, 'The coward dies many times'; so does the beloved. Didn't the eagle find a fresh liver to tear in Prometheus every time it dined?

  C. S. Lewis

  Tears, Coward, Doe

  C.S. Lewis (2012). “A Grief Observed”, p.28, Faber & Faber

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• Fly, on your way, like an eagle / Fly as high as the Sun.

  Bruce Dickinson

  Way, Sun

  "Pass notes, No 3,169: Bruce Dickinson", www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2012.

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• A voice cannot carry the tongue and the lips that gave it wings. Alone must it seek the ether. And alone and without his nest shall the eagle fly across the sun.

  Khalil Gibran

  Wings, Voice, Nests

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• The chimpanzees in the zoos do it, Some courageous kangaroos do it Let's do it, let's fall in love. I'm sure giraffes on the sly do it, Even eagles as they fly do it, Let's do it, let's fall in love.

  Cole Porter

  Falling In Love, Zoos, Kangaroos

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• If you associate with turkeys, you will never fly with the eagles.

  Brian Tracy

  Turkeys, Associates, Ifs

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• Larry Flynt, running for governor of California. His goal - change our state bird to the spread eagle.

  Craig Kilborn

  Running, California, Goal

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• Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
  I could see the city light
  Wind was blowing, time stood still
  Eagle flew out of the night
  He was something to observe
  Came in close, I heard a voice
  Standing stretching every nerve
  I had to listen, had no choice

  Peter Gabriel

  Time, Night, Light

  Song: Solsbury Hill

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• If I were an animal, I would be an eagle.

  Jamie Foxx

  Animal, Would Be, Ifs

  "Jamie Foxx "Django Unchained" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• Like the eagle, we (artists) must be able to see clearly.

  Jack White

  Artist, Able

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• Life consists in molting our illusions. We form creeds today only to throw them away tomorrow. The eagle molts a feather because he is growing a better one.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Life, Growing, Today

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• Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.

  Tobias Smollett

  Heart, Eye, Sky

  Tobias Smollett (1806). “Life of Smollett, by R. Anderson. Roderick Random”, p.163

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• Great eagles fly alone; great lions hunt alone; great souls walk alone-alone with God. Such loneliness is hard to endure, and impossible to enjoy unless God accompanied. Prophets are lone men; they walk alone, pray alone and God makes them alone.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Loneliness, Men, Soul

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• Who would attempt to fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow when the mighty power of an eagle has been given him

  Kenneth Wapnick

  Dream, Wings, Empowerment

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• Patriotism requires less and less of making the eagle scream, but more and more of making him think.

  Aldo Leopold

  Thinking, Scream

  Aldo Leopold (1992). “The River of the Mother of God: and other Essays by Aldo Leopold”, p.147, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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