Spitfire Quotes

#1. And therein shines one major definition of what it meant to be Clinton D. Powell: someone who looked for, trusted in, and helped empower (if you will) the best in others. It takes a lot of beautiful love, uncommon sincerity, and spitfire courage to do that.

Aberjhani

#2. I realized that the story of even so small a place can never be completely told and can never be finished. It is eternal, always here and now, and going on forever.

Wendell Berry

#3. I had committed myself: without love I'd have to go through the gestures of love.

Graham Greene

#4. That is the good stuff that comes into our life and it's based on the good stuff that goes out of our life!

Bob Proctor

#5. Generosity is never out of season.

Janet Morris

#6. There are countries of the world, and regions of one's own mind, where it is unwise to travel.

Chris Cleave

#7. Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became.

Douglas Bader

#8. The mind of a little child is fascinating, for it looks on old things with new eyes-but at about twelve this changes. The adolescent offers nothing, can do nothing, say nothing that the adult cannot do better.

F Scott Fitzgerald

#9. When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a bit of a spitfire, so in that way, I absolutely live up to the stereotype. The red hair suits my personality. I was a terrible blonde!

Amy Adams

#10. There's a superstition among falconers that a hawk's ability is inversely proportional to the ferocity of its name. Call a hawk Tiddles and it will be a formidable hunter; call it Spitfire or Slayer and it will probably refuse to fly at all.

Helen Macdonald

#11. Termagant!" he moaned after her. "Shrew! Harridan! All right, all right, you win, you, you ... uh ... virago, you spitfire ... " He rubbed his head and sat up, grinned sheepishly. Lin made an obscene gesture at him without turning around.

China Mieville

#12. John: I'm experiencing an odd sensation. I think it might be patriotism.
Spitfire: Steady. Too much of that can damage your health.

Paul Cornell

#13. It's like this: The time between having an idea and its public launch is measured in days not months, weeks not years.

Tim Bray

#14. St. Petersburg is a gem of world culture and Russia's most European city.

Valentina Matviyenko

#15. I would spar with the boys at school. This guy I had a crush on, we called him Spitfire
I gave him a bloody nose and lip, so needless to say the romance did not work out!

Ashley Greene

#16. Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Theodore Roosevelt

#17. A mind is a terrible thing

Dan Quayle

#18. I got the nickname Spitfire for a reason - I burned inside to play volleyball.

Summer Altice

#19. I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire.

Douglas Bader

#20. Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.

Gary Cherone

#21. Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.

Rafael Nadal

#22. A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

Henry Hazlitt

#23. You are a spitfire of a woman, do you know that? You remind me of a horse that hasn't been broken yet. All skittish and full of wild energy."
"Are you for real?" Her jaw fell open. "Did you just compare me to a horse?

Sara Humphreys