Swift Quotes

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(on seeing his face in Hollywood posters for The Last of the Mohicans (1992)) That was, and will always be, difficult for me. The work itself is never anything but pure pleasure, but there`s an awful lot of peripheral stuff that I find it hard to be surrounded by. I like things to be swift, because the energy you have is concentrated and can be fleeting. The great machinery of film can work against that. I have never had a positive reaction to all the stuff that supposedly promotes the film. The thought of it will make me hesitate to do any films at all.

- Daniel Day-Lewis

If the point is sharp, and the arrow is swift, it can pierce through the dust no matter how thick.

- Bob Dylan

In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment.

- George W. Bush

In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment.

- George W. Bush

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.

- Bertrand Russell

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that`s the way to bet.

- Damon Runyon

The race may not always be to the swift nor the victory to the strong, but that`s how you bet.

- Damon Runyon

(In Pakistan, the nation`s interior minister said investigators) know the names ... the strongest possible actions ... (to) bring them to swift justice.

- Daniel Pearl

Allegany County Transit is excited about moving into the area of automated scheduling and feels that this is a major step for our county to provide swift and efficient service to better serve our customers. After careful research by Harford and Allegany County, we feel that RouteMatch will help us accomplish our goals in automated demand-response scheduling.

- Jim Stafford

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

- Rory Bremner

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

- Rory Bremner

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

- Zane Grey

(on Ralph Richardson) Ralph is a remarkable man, shrewd, observant, warm and generous-hearted, once you get to know him. He is also reserved and cautious, never making a swift decision about anything.

- John Gielgud

I am all for it. I think it does make my job a lot easier. I have been around long enough; 20 points for me is easy to come by. I have to be more efficient, making sure Swift gets the ball and forcing him to play.

- Ray Allen

It was swift and they didn`t let it linger, which was nice. I`m glad it`s over. I`m indifferent. It`s not up to me to decide, that`s not my place.

- Darcy Tucker

Swift is hiring, and if there are qualified drivers, we will get them employed right away. They may want to get home and see if they can drive for the company they worked for before. . . . If they meet our qualifications, we will hire them.

- Dave Berry

Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He`s always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children.

- Steve Wozniak

It`s what Jonathan Swift suggested two and a half centuries ago: making two blades of grass grow where one grew before - and doing it in such a way that doesn`t deplete the earth`s resources.

- Martin Bell

The doctors are doing all they can to make sure each of them makes a swift and full recovery,

- Michael Doyle

The packaging industry is undergoing swift changes, and Smurfit-Stone is in the process of assessing its entire asset base to determine how to stay ahead of the market,

- Patrick Moore

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

- Abigail Baird

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

- Ahmad Fawzi

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

- Alan Gell

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.

- Alex Kogan

Life is short and we never have enough time for gladdening the hearts of those who travel the way with us. Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.

- Alexander Nikonov

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.

- Alexander Nikonov

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.

- Amy Lambert

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

- Amy Larson

Modern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every hand to be its sympathetic and resourceful friend, its swift and irresistible helper in its serious need, and an indulgent minister to its lighter fancies.

- Amy Wroblewski

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.

- Andrew Lebow

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.

- Andrew Lindsey

PIPPIN: I didn`t think it would end this way. GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn`t end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what? GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise. PIPPIN: Well, that isn`t so bad. GANDALF: No. No, it isn`t.

- Andrew von Eschenbach

If large masses of people in this country were starving there would be a swift public reaction to feed them. Similarly large masses of people without housing should be immediately helped.

- Audrey Betcher

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- Barbara Willer

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.

- A.A. Milne

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.

- Henry Van Dyke

True hope is swift, and flies with swallow`s wings;

- William Shakespeare

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

- Homer

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

- Charles Simic