“Life is Quicker Than a Blink of an Eye”
Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) American musician, singer and songwriter
The Hummingbird
How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes (1931)
“Life is Quicker Than a Blink of an Eye”
Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) American musician, singer and songwriter
Gwyneth Paltrow (1972) American actress, singer, and food writer
http://huffpost.com/us/entry/3062486/ source
David Lodge book The British Museum Is Falling Down
The British Museum Is Falling Down ([1965] 1983), ch. 4, p. 56. ISBN 0140062149
“either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.”
Henry Miller (1891–1980) American novelist
Source: Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
N. Gregory Mankiw (1958) American economist
Source: Principles of Economics (1998-), Ch. 2. Thinking Like an Economist; p. 30
Will Cuppy (1884–1949) American writer
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950), Part II: Ancient Greeks and Worse, Alexander the Great
Peter Gabriel (1950) English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian
The Kate Bush Story (2014)
Context: The Man with the Child in His Eyes is still one of those things, which right from the get-go … has its own life, because it's just a great song. … For all the time that she or I or anyone spend decorating and creating moods, its actually the key element of what your saying, the melody and the chords which still speak louder than all the stuff around, on a great song.
Jackie Speier (1950) American politician
"Tribute to congressman Leo Ryan held in Foster City", San Francisco Chronicle, November 18, 2003