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Wind Quotes

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."

Dolly Parton, American Musician

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"I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be restricted by corsets and covered in lace, then I still wind up wearing an ape-mask over my face. I do wonder how I get myself in these situations!"

"I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be restricted by corsets and covered in lace, then I still wind up wearing an ape-mask over my face. I do wonder how I get myself in these situations!"

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

8

"Wind is a floating wave of air, whose undulation continually varies."

"Wind is a floating wave of air, whose undulation continually varies."

Marcus V. Pollio, American Architect

6

"Who am I to blow against the wind?"

"Who am I to blow against the wind?"

Paul Simon, American Musician

6

"My boy, one small breeze doesn't make a wind storm."

"My boy, one small breeze doesn't make a wind storm."

John McGraw, American Baseball Manager

6

"That's a powerful lucky rabbit's foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it."

"That's a powerful lucky rabbit's foot. I got the part in Gone With the Wind because of it. I got my Warner contract, thanks to it."

Hattie McDaniel, American Actress

5

"Some things don't wind up sounding like you'd expect, which is just as well."

"Some things don't wind up sounding like you'd expect, which is just as well."

Fred Frith, English Composer

5

"I just like to take it as it comes, go where the wind blows me. I'm not going to plan."

"I just like to take it as it comes, go where the wind blows me. I'm not going to plan."

Matthew McGrory, American Actor

5

"After a while, you can't get any higher. It's like your head is in a wind tunnel - everything is vibrating."

"After a while, you can't get any higher. It's like your head is in a wind tunnel - everything is vibrating."

Method Man, American Musician

4

"I've always stuck with Gibsons. I've had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons."

"I've always stuck with Gibsons. I've had Guilds and Fenders, too, but I always wind up going back to Gibsons."

Tommy Shaw, American Musician

3

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."

Bruce Lee, American Actor

3

"I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind."

"I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind."

Glenn Close, American Actress

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