Tom Springfield quotes

“High in the sky is a bird on a wing Please carry me with you Far far away from the mad rushing crowd Please carry me with you”
-- Tom Springfield

Source : "Song: 'Island of Dreams'". 1961.

#Sky Quotes #Wings Quotes #Rushing Quotes

“I walk where once the grass was green And mourn the lark that sings no more What bird could sing whose eyes have seen Broken blossoms on the field of war?”
-- Tom Springfield

Source : "Song: 'Broken Blossoms'". 1967.

#War Quotes #Eye Quotes #Broken Quotes

“If they gave me a fortune, My treasure would be small: I could lose it all tomorrow And never mind at all. But if I should lose your love, dear, I don't know what I'd do, For I know I'll never find another you.”
-- Tom Springfield

Source : "Song: 'I'll Never Find Another You'". 1965.

#Mind Quotes #Treasure Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“The rains tumble down in the sky, Young swallows have learned how to fly, The leaves that were green are no longer so green, And it looks like the summer is over.”
-- Tom Springfield

Source : "Song: 'Summer Is Over'". 1964.

#Summer Quotes #Rain Quotes #Sky Quotes

“For it is the same whether you take it that the Earth is in motion or the Sky. For, in both the cases, it does not affect the Astronomical Science. It is just for the Physicist to see if it is possible to refute it.”

“I am the master! I stretch forth my hands, even to the skies! I lay my hands upon the stars, as on the crystal wheels of the harmonica. Now fast, now slow, as my soul wills, I turn the stars. I weave them into rainbows, harmonies. I feel immortality! I create immortality!”

“If you can fly, don't stop at the sky, 'cause there's footprints on the moon!”

“Let the sky fall, when it crumbles - We will stand tall - Face it all together”

“On motionless wing they emerge from the lifting mists, sweep a final arc of sky, and settle in clangorous descending spirals to their feeding grounds. A new day has begun on the crane marsh.”

“Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I've ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all the rushing.... Through all that haste I thought I was making up time. It turns out I was throwing it away.”

“In all the time that people have known me, has anyone ever heard me talk about the importance of rushing records or finishing with the most touchdowns? So if that's never been important to me, then why would that be a motivation to keep playing?”

“When 'Being Rushed' is the problem . . . Rushing is never the solution.”

“I'll make a horrible housewife. It's not like I'm disgusting, but I'm pretty bad about having a drink or eating something and then leaving the plate and rushing to go.”

Source : "Esquire + Me in My Place with Camilla Luddington". www.esquire.com. July 6, 2011.

“One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on.”