The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.
Carl Hiaasen

The first thing you do when you get out to center field is put up your finger and check the wind chill factor.
Mickey Rivers

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
Chanakya

The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind.
John Millington Synge

The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.
John Wycliffe

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went.
Richard Branson

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
Aesop

The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft.
Lawrence Hargrave

The newer homes did not sustain as much damage because they were built to better safety codes; they were better designed, higher wind loads for the roof. All of those facets made those homes sustain the storm a whole lot better.
Ginny B. Waite

The old studios that mass-produced dreams are gone with the wind, just like the old downtown theaters that were the temples of the dreams.
Suzanne Fields

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.
Pablo Picasso

The older you get the stronger the wind gets and it's always in your face.
Jack Nicklaus

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
Titus Livius

The reader of these Memoirs will discover that I never had any fixed aim before my eyes, and that my system, if it can be called a system, has been to glide away unconcernedly on the stream of life, trusting to the wind wherever it led.
Giacomo Casanova

The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that.
Eartha Kitt

The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.
Herbert Read

The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
Jim Elliot

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
Charles R. Swindoll

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.
Henry Beston