Eagles Quotes - Page 2

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.

A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.

Snoopy didn't start off being a Beagle. It's just that 'beagle' is a funny word.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

A man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle (garuda) simply because he sits on the top of a tall building.

I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey. For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America... He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on.

Don't look down, it's an impossible view; Fly like an eagle whatever you do.

Lately I've heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I've been idle, don't mean that I'm tame.

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.

The future does not belong to those who attack our Embassies and Consulates and kill our Ambassadors. The Angel of Death in the form of an American Bald Eagle will visit you and wreak havoc and destruction upon your existence.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

If it's good enough for beagles, it's good enough for me.

Ensure that no Marine who honorably wore the eagle, globe and anchor is lost to the Marine Corps family.

There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he for ever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar.

If you want to soar like an eagle in life, you can't be flocking with the turkeys.

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.

The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on the winds that bring the storm.

Yes, I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings, sad as a violin with only one string and that one broken, sad as a woman who is growing old. Sad, sad, sad.

Shoot eagles on the Jack Nicklaus course, Porsche with the triple exhaust, Seats soft like a midget's cough.

If you want to fly with the eagles, don’t swim with the ducks!

I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly.

Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.

Common hypocrites pass themselves off as doves; political and literary hypocrites pose as eagles. But don't be fooled by their eagle-like appearance. These are not eagles, but rats or dogs.

High office, is like a pyramid; only two kinds of animals reach the summit — reptiles and eagles.

The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow