John Benfield quotes

John Benfield quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The eagle may soar, but the weasel never gets sucked into a jet engine.”
-- John Benfield

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“I was born by God's dear grace, in an extraordinary place. Where the stars and stripes, and the eagle fly.”

Source : Song: Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly
“So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.”
“The world would have you agree with its dismal dream of limitation. But the light would have you soar like the eagle of your sacred visions.”
“Hippogriff, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises.”
“What would the Russian Bear and the American Eagle do if they discovered our paradise? Our secrecy is our shield!”
“We may put too high a premium on speech from platform and pulpit, at the bar and in the legislative hall, and pay dear for the whistle of our endless harangues. England and especially Germany, are less loquacious, and attend more to business. We let the eagle, and perhaps too often the peacock, scream.”
“If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster”
“Because Iâ€™ve had a taste and Iâ€™m not sharing. This isnâ€™t just for fun. I may be slightly addicted.”
“You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.”
“All that you may achieve or discover you will regard as a fragment of a larger pattern of the truth which from the separate approaches every true scholar is striving to descry.”

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