Sustained Wind Speeds

Famous quotes containing the words wind speeds, sustained, wind and/or speeds:

    “The wind speeds her,
    Blowing upon her hands
    And watery back.
    She touches the clouds, where she goes
    In the circle of her traverse of the sea.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Quickness comes from long sustained effort after rightness, and comes unsought. It never comes from effort after quickness.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    “And the wind shall say: “Here were decent godless people:
    Their only monument the asphalt road
    And a thousand lost golf balls.””
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)