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Windmills Quotes

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

Fernando Pessoa
Effort, Windmills, Slopes
"The Book of Disquiet". Book by Fernando Pessoa, p.171, 1982.

I had rather live with cheese and garlic in a windmill.

William Shakespeare
Garlic, Cheese, Windmills
'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. [158]

You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows.

George Herbert
Life, Pairs, Windmills
George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.312

Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.

Robert A. Heinlein
Hurt, Windmills
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.326, Penguin

I don't take on a fight just for a fight. I don't tilt at windmills.

Carly Fiorina
Fighting, Tilt, Windmills

You know what happens when windmills collapse into the sea? A splash.

Bill Maher
Sea, Environmental, Windmills
"Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world" by Naomi Klein, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2010.

We rushed into renewable energy without any thought. The schemes are largely hopelessly inefficient and unpleasant. I personally can't stand windmills at any price.

James Lovelock
Wind Turbines, Energy, Windmills
"James Lovelock on shale gas and the problem with 'greens'". Interview with Leo Hickman, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2012.

I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.

Bill Parcells
Fighting, College, Windmills

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