Eagles Quotes - Page 8

• I am delighted, one more time, by the daring of my species and the audacity of our flying machines. There is poetry and music in our technology, a beauty as touching as that of eagle, moss campion, raven or yonder limestone boulder shining under the Arctic sun.

  Edward Abbey

  Technology, Ravens, Shining

  Edward Abbey (1984). “Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside”, p.164, Macmillan

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• 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.

  Stephen Crane

  Lying, Men, Excellence

  Stephen Crane (2005). “The Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories”, p.248, Penguin

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• What happened to your foot?" "I had a little disagreement with an eagle --stupid birds, eagles. He couldn't tell the difference between a hawk and a pigeon. I had to educate him. He bit me while I was tearing out a sizable number of his wing feathers." "Uncle," Polgara said reproachfully. "He started it.

  David Eddings

  Uncles, Stupid, Wings

  David Eddings (1991). “The Seeress of Kell”, Del Rey

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• Where do vanished objects go?" "Into nonbeing, which is to say, everything," replied Professor McGonagall. "Nicely phrased," replied the eagle door knocker, and the door swung open.

  J. K. Rowling

  Doors, Professor Mcgonagall, Professors

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• These infinitesimal distinctions between man and man are too paltry for an Omnipotent Being. How these madmen give themselves away! The real God taketh heed lest a sparrow fall. But the God created from human vanity sees no difference between an eagle and a sparrow.

  Bram Stoker

  Real, Fall, Men

  Bram Stoker, Eleanor Bourg Nicholson (2012). “Dracula”, p.151, Ignatius Press

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• Man wasn't made to share the universe with gods. Their ways are not meant for the humble likes of us. But we've decoded some of their secrets regardless. Like worms, we've grabbed on to the talons of eagles and learned some small truths and means of flight. But we can never really fly. We try, and succeed to a certain extent, but the fall is always - will always be - there.

  Darren Shan

  Fall, Humble, Mean

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• You'll be found, your nickels, dimes and Indian-heads fused by electroplating. Abe Lincolns melted into Miss Columbias, eagles plucked raw on the backs of quarters, all run to quicksilver in your jeans. More! Any boy hit by lightning, lift his lid and there on his eyeball, pretty as the Lord's Prayer on a pin, find the last scene the boy ever saw! A box-Brownie photo, by God, of that fire climbing down the sky to blow you like a penny whistle, suck your soul back up along the bright stair!

  Ray Bradbury

  Running, Prayer, Blow

  Ray Bradbury (2013). “Something Wicked This Way Comes”, p.10, Harper Collins

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• My spirit is too weak--mortality Weighs heavily on me like unwilling sleep, And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep Of godlike hardship tells me I must die Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.

  John Keats

  Death, Sleep, Sky

  John Keats (1818). “The Complete Works of John Keats”, p.178

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• I'm gonna say it one more time. We are Georgia Southern. Our colors are blue and white. We call ourselves the Bald Eagles. We call our offense the Georgia Power Companyand that's a terrific name for an offense. Our snap count is 'rate, hike.' We practice on the banks of Beautiful Eagle Creek and that's in Statesboro, Georgia-the gnat capital of America. Our weekends begin on Thursday. The co-eds outnumber the men 3 to 2. They're all good looking and they're all rich. And folks, you just can't beat that and you just can't beat Georgia Southern. And you ain't seen nothin yet!

  Erk Russell

  Beautiful, Sports, Weekend

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• Thought paceth like a hoary sage, but imagination hath wings as an eagle.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Wings, Imagination, Sage

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1853). “Proverbial Philosophy by Martin F. Tupper”, p.142

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• After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws.

  Plutarch

  Fighting, Advice, Battle

  Plutarch (1871). “Plutarch's Morals”, p.246

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• Over this country, when the giant Eagle flings the shadow of his wing, the land is darkened. So compact is it that the wing covers all its extent in one pause of the flight. The sea breaks on the pale line of the shore; to the Eagle's proud glance waves run in to the foot of the hills that are like rocks planted in green water.

  Hugh Walpole

  Running, Country, Book

  Hugh Walpole (1985). “The Herries Chronicles”

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• As a human being it is just my nature to enjoy and share philosophy. I do this in the same way that some birds are eagles and some doves, some flowers lilies and some roses.

  Alan Watts

  Philosophy, Flower, Rose

  Alan Watts (2011). “The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are”, p.18, Souvenir Press

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• A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master. "People say you are a genius . Are you?" he asked. "You might say so." said the Master, none too modestly. "And what makes one a genius?" "The ability to recognize." "Recognize what?" "The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being.

  Anthony de Mello

  Selfish, Book, Writing

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.206, Image

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• Remember that your tracks are one strand of the web woven endlessly in the hand of god. They're tied to those of the mouse in the field, the eagle on the mountain, the crab in its hold, the lizard beneath its rock. The leaf that falls to the ground a thousand miles away touches your life. The impress of your foot in the soil is felt through a thousand generations.

  Daniel Quinn

  Fall, Rocks, Hands

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• Tim Tebow may be back in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles. As you remember, he was thrown out of the league when he landed his gyrocopter on the White House lawn.

  David Letterman

  Nfl, White, Philadelphia

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• He's just jealous. You know what they say. Empty tin cans make the most noise, and he's an empty tin can. This game is between the Bears and the Eagles, not Ditka and Ryan. We all know who would win that one. Ditka, hands down.

  Mike Ditka

  Jealous, Winning, Hands

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• The denial of contemporary genius is the rule rather than the exception. No one counts the eagles in the nest, till there is a rush of wings; and lo! they are flown.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Wings, Genius, Denial

  Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2009). “The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1845-1846”, p.40, The Floating Press

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• The sun is a huntress young,
  The sun is a red, red joy,
  The sun is an Indian girl,
  Of the tribe of the Illinois.
  The sun is a smouldering fire,
  That creeps through the high gray plain,
  And leaves not a bush of cloud
  To blossom with flowers of rain.
  The sun is a wounded deer,
  That treads pale grass in the skies,
  Shaking his golden horns,
  Flashing his baleful eyes.
  The sun is an eagle old,
  There in the windless west.
  Atop of the spirit-cliffs
  He builds him a crimson nest.

  Vachel Lindsay

  Girl, Rain, Flower

  Vachel Lindsay (1992). “The Congo and Other Poems”, p.39, Courier Corporation

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• When the Eagle landed on the moon, I was speechless—overwhelmed, like most of the world. Couldn't say a word. I think all I said was, 'Wow! Jeez!' Not exactly immortal. Well, I was nothing if not human.

  Walter Cronkite

  Moon, Thinking, Space

  "Walter Cronkite: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. July 17, 2009.

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• Auguries of innocence "The emmet's inch and eagle's mile Make lame philosophy to smile. He who doubts from what he sees Will ne'er believe, do what you please.

  William Blake

  Philosophy, Believe, Doubt

  William Blake, Michael Mason (1998). “Selected Poetry”, p.175, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The eagle had two natural enemies: storms and serpents. He embraced the storm, waiting on the rock for the right thermal current and then using that to carry him higher. While other birds were taking cover, the eagle was soaring. An eagle would never fight against the storms of life.

  Karen Kingsbury

  Fighting, Rocks, Two

  Karen Kingsbury (2008). “The Timeless Love Collection: A Time to Dance and A Time to Embrace”, p.212, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• My jaw dropped open. Holy crows...There's a couple of eagles mixed in there, Luke commented.And a few hawks, Aiden added.I rolled my eyes. Okay. Holy birds of prey! Is that better?Much, Aiden murmured.

  J. Lynn

  Couple, Eye, Bird

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• When I first came to the Eagles, I found a bunch of guys shell-shocked from losing. They had been through some lean years, they just didn't know how to handle the pressure. They were quiet; they kept to themselves. I said, " Hey, this has gotta change. Let's make pressure fun."

  Ron Jaworski

  Leadership, Sports, Fun

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• An ounce of gold is an ounce of gold, whether it consists of guineas, sovereigns or eagles.

  Hans F. Sennholz

  Gold, Guinea

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