To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.
Thomas Hood

To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.
John Lyly

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Trees go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!
John Muir

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.
John Petit-Senn

We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq.
Douglas Feith

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

We will stomp to the top with the wind in our teeth.
George Leigh Mallory

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?
E. M. Forster

What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
Abraham Cahan

What to do when inspiration doesn't come; be careful not to spook, get the wind up, force things into position. You must wait around until the idea comes.
John Huston

What, nephew, said the king, is the wind in that door?
Thomas Malory

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Henry Ford

When I did Inherit the Wind, I learned about teaching school. I also found out what a fundamentalist was.
Dick York

When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
Sally Rand

When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis.
Chris Evert

When I woke up Sunday morning at the Open and stepped outside and felt the wind and rain in my face, I knew I had an excellent chance to win if I just took my time and trusted myself.
Tom Kite

When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.
Haruki Murakami

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.
Frederick Douglass

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?
Ralph Marston