Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that.

- Anthony Anderson

Almost the only persons who may be said to comprehend even approximately the significance, principles, and purposes of Socialism are the chief leaders of the extreme wings of the Socialistic forces, and perhaps a few of the money kings themselves.

- Benjamin Tucker

Fundamentally, we have broken our aerospace business into three parts - large parts which go into the wings and fuselage, components for jet engines, and specialised structural components for landing gear.

- Baba Kalyani

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.

- Bryant H. McGill

I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.

- Bob Dylan

Before 'Wings' came out, I told a few people that at the end of book one, readers should think Laurel made the right choice. Then, at the end of 'Spells,' they should understand why Laurel made the choice she did.

- Aprilynne Pike

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

- Adelbert von Chamisso

There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element.

- Augustus Hare

We're all the same. We all want the same thing in life. Everybody going around like ants and we all want the same thing. And it's not one queen. It's not one queen with the wings.

- Andrea Corr

Especially as a director on 'West Wing,' I directed a lot of different things in a lot of different ways and really stretched my wings.

- Alex Graves

I have got a scheme to make a thing in the form of a horse with a steam engine in the inside so contrived as to move an immense pair of wings, fixed on the outside of the horse, in such a manner as to carry it up into the air while a person sits on its back.

- Ada Lovelace

I started off when I was seven years old doing musicals. I was in 'Les Miserables' and 'The Sound of Music,' and my mum's an actress. My parents divorced when I was young, and when she couldn't find a babysitter, I was in the wings, sleeping.

- Alicia Vikander

Those who gave away their wings are sad not to see them fly.

- Antonio Porchia

Webs are made mostly of spaces. They break easily. They barely exist. They belong to the category of half-things: mist, smoke, shrouds, ghosts, membranes, retinas or rags; and they quickly fill up with un-things: old legs and wings and heads and hollow abdomens and body bags of wasps.

- Alice Oswald

Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction?

- Alfred de Vigny

I've thought about doing it as soon as it is possible with this new CD getting some wings and getting out there. I don't know how soon that will be.

- Al Jarreau

I was really learning my craft as a jazz singer and working with some great players and all, really growing and feeling my wings.

- Al Jarreau

I knew what I was getting into: 72-ounce steaks, shakes by the quart, atomic wings. When I landed 'Man v. Food' in 2008, I accepted the fact that my weight would fluctuate. But instead of stressing about the scale, I made my long-term health a primary concern.

- Adam Richman

I feel more like I'm a person who has so much to offer in different capacities that it would be a danger for me not to give myself a chance to spread my wings in all different directions.

- Alicia Keys

Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.

- Alan Alda