A Quote by Lawrence Hargrave

Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square foot, attain a greater angle of elevation, and have fewer parts.

Lawrence Hargrave

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Aeroplanes Angle Attain Best Cellular Elevation Fewer Foot Greater Harder Kites Lighter Make Parts Per Pull Rigid Square Stable Superior Used Very

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Lawrence Hargrave
Australian - Scientist
January 29, 1850 - July 14, 1915

When the winds of adversity come, remember one thing--kites fly the very highest against the wind. Kites don't fly in spite of opposition, kites fly high because of opposition. In fact, they couldn't fly without opposition.

John By

I’ve flown kites before and I know – sometimes they’re gone forever, and sometimes they’re just waiting in the middle of the road for you to rescue them. Kites can be lucky or they can be ornery. I’ve had both kinds, and a lucky kite is definitely worth chasing for.

Wendelin Van Draanen

Paraphrased: When Chuang Tzu was about to die, his disciples began planning a splendid funeral. However some disciples expressed concern that given a particular arrangement, birds and kites would eat his remains. Chuang Tzu replied, "Well, above ground I shall be eaten by crows and kites, below it by ants and worms. What do you have against birds?

Zhuangzi

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Winston Churchill

To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.

George Herbert

The track 'Fire' is quite different from the other songs in 'Kites.'

Rajesh Roshan

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

Lewis Mumford

Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.

Frank Harris

In the embrace's release I caught the scent again. Unmistakable. Marijuana. These homos were high as kites.

Emily M. Danforth

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart-the best brain.

Robert Green Ingersoll

We're in a situation now where fewer and fewer small films get made. People want these big giant tentpole sort of things, and I don't know, it's getting harder and harder to make a small movie.

Paul Reubens

The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure.

Ben Okri

Such bickerings to recount, met often in these our writers, what more worth is it than to chronicle the wars of kites or crows flocking and fighting in the air?

John Milton

I spent a lot of winters in my childhood flying kites with my brother, with my cousins, with friends in the neighborhood. It's what we did in the winter. Schools close down. There was not much to do.