“This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy, through the ripening country-side, and, with feigned sympathy for those who droop with August heat, puts her cool cloak of bracing air about leaf and flower and human shoulders.” FirstsHumansCountrySpiritSidesPerfectAirFlowerLateSummerEnglandStealingShouldersFlightHeatAutumnLeafsSpyAugustCloaksNew EnglandSummertimeSummer DaysRipeningSummer SunSummer GardenSummer InspirationalLeaves And FlowersLate Summer Author:Sarah Orne Jewett
“The population of the United Kingdom has, for the first time, reached sixty million. If they stood on each other's shoulders they would reach perhaps twenty feet in the air before toppling over.” IfsFirstsUnitedMillionsAirFeetFirst TimeTwentiesPopulationShouldersKingdomsSixtyUnited Kingdom Author:Eddie Mair
“When you think I've been wounded by a good five bullets, one in the face, one in the shoulder, one in the head, two in the body, and that the last one stuck in the barrel because the trigger jammed... You have to believe in miracles. I've had so many air disasters, and yet I've always come out unscathed - thanks to a miracle while by God and the prophets.” ThinkingBelieveTwoBodyLastsFacesFiveAirMiracleStuckDisasterShouldersThanksProphetWoundedBulletsTriggersBarrelsBelieve In Miracles Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“We do not war with races primarily as such. Tyranny is our foe. Whatever trapping or disguise it wears, whatever language it speaks, be it external or internal, we must for ever be on our guard, ever mobilized, ever vigilant, always ready to spring at its throat. In all this we march together. Not only do we march and strive shoulder to shoulder at this moment, under the fire of the enemy on the fields of war or in the air, but also in those realms of thought which are consecrated to the rights and the dignity of man.” MenWarMomentsTogetherSpeakLanguageRaceEnemyFireRightsAirFieldsReadySpringDignityStriveShouldersTyrannyRealmsInternalsMarchThroatDisguiseFoeVigilant Book:Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963 Source: Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963
“The air was cool enough to make the warm sun pleasant on one's back and shoulders, and so clear that the eye could follow a hawk up and up, into the blazing blue depths of the sky.” EnoughEyeSunClearAirSkyBlueDepthWarmShouldersPleasantHawksBlazing Book:O Pioneers Source: O Pioneers
“I love being a clutch member of the team, but I hope, in the future, I get a little bit more story on my shoulders and a little bit more responsibility to keep the world of a story up in the air. I really, really welcome that challenge.” WorldLittlesStoriesBitsChallengesLove IsResponsibilityAirTeamMembersLittle BitShouldersWelcomeClutchUp In The Air Author:Chris Bauer