(21 quotes found)
“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
Winston Churchill
“You can't fly a kite unless you go against the wind and have a weight to keep it from turning a somersault. The same with man. No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and is prepared to assume responsibilities.”
William J. H. Boetcker
“The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.”
William Arthur Ward
“I fully appreciate the ability of trees to attract kites. They have special powers that way.”
Charlie Dunton
“I think this kite thing is really special.”
Chelsey Brown
“We had yard sales, we asked for donations. We did a kite festival.”
Zach Link
“Then the kite can really fly.”
“Morris Kite was the chairman. I remember the first meeting of that committee, out in an abandoned Victorian mansion that was the first location of the Gay Community Services Center in Los Angeles, which Morris helped to found.”
Joseph Hansen
“As I look out here, ... having to watch Tom Kite with that putting stroke I think to myself ... why has he been playing the PGA Tour? Tom, look at that stroke. That's why you belong here!”
Hale Irwin
“I'm using kites because I like drawing and making installations. Kites allow me to translate my drawn images on to a large scale and be performed in the sky.”
Ed Pien