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Spring Quotes

Fresh lines for the season of new starts.

Spring shows up here as more than a season change, from an athlete's joke about faking off-season fitness with a tan to a memory of a major public gathering in spring 1971. One line simply calls spring a poor, dear, silly thing preparing its annual surprise.

The whole structure of African government, as far back as we know, was based on tyranny. One guy ran the show. Chiefs like Chaka and Mzilikazi committed terrible atrocities. That is the tradition from which modern African rulers spring. It...

Quotes by Wilbur Smith

A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season.

Quotes by Wilfred Owen

The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan.

Quotes by Whitey Ford

I remember in the spring of 1971, a hundred thousand people converged on the Pentagon in June of 1971. They threw blood; I guess it was goat's blood or something, on the steps to the Pentagon. People were being accused...

Quotes by Wesley Clark

Here's the thing: I left Ion Storm and Eidos in the spring of 2004 frankly because I felt out of place at that company.

Quotes by Warren Spector

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

Quotes by Wallace Stevens

The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of liberal politics derived from social networks. They used innovative means to spread awareness and to network...

Quotes by Wadah Khanfar

The Arab spring was not as radical as the French or Iranian revolutions. It did not pull out the deeply entrenched roots of the state. Instead, it was satisfied to replace the top of the pyramid with newly elected, but...

Quotes by Wadah Khanfar

The Arab spring confirmed that peaceful change is possible and so reinforced the vision of political Islam. The impact of this went beyond the Brotherhood to include the Salafist tendency in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya that had questioned the...

Quotes by Wadah Khanfar

I got to the big leagues when I was 20. I thought I had it all figured out. Went to spring training that next year and started off well, got sent down, and I pouted pretty much all of 2000....

Quotes by Vernon Wells

I first met Rhoda Morgenstern in the spring of 1970.

Quotes by Valerie Harper

Diseases happen in acidic environments, so it's very important to keep your body alkaline. Keeping a diet high in leafy greens, spring water, fresh air, raw almonds, lemons, grapefruits, and warm water with juice from half a lemon helps lower...

Quotes by Valentina Zelyaeva

Working on 'Lonely, I'm Not' - I love the material so much, and it's spring in New York, so I'm walking home whistling every day.

Quotes by Topher Grace

The 'New York Honk,' as it was called, was the most fashionable accent an American male could have at that time, namely, the spring of 1963. One achieved it by forcing all words out through the nostrils rather than the...

Quotes by Tom Wolfe

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.

Quotes by Thucydides

Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.

Quotes by Thomas Tusser

Lucas attended a conference on rational expectations at the University of Minnesota in the spring of 1973. The day after the conference, I received a call from Pittsburgh.

Quotes by Thomas J. Sargent

From heav'nly thoughts all true delight doth spring.

Quotes by Thomas Campion

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I went from football to basketball to track, and it started all over again. I loved all of it....

Quotes by Terry Crews

The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.

Quotes by Ted Nelson

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the funniest quote about spring in this collection?
"The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan" is easily the wryest entry, poking fun at appearances over actual conditioning.
Does this collection include a historical memory tied to spring?
Yes - one quote recalls that "in the spring of 1971, a hundred thousand people converged on the Pentagon," a firsthand recollection of a real large-scale demonstration, offered here as personal historical memory rather than commentary on the underlying politics of that era.
Is spring used as a literal season or a personal turning point?
Both. Alongside the seasonal quotes, one speaker uses "spring" simply to date a major life decision, recalling a job change "in the spring of 2004" because they "felt out of place at that company."
Is spring personified anywhere in this collection?
Yes, one quote treats Spring almost like a character: "Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!" - a playful, affectionate way of describing the season's yearly return.
Where can I read more nature-themed quotes?
See the Nature quotes collection for more like this.

Another quote marks spring 2004 as the moment someone chose to leave a company where they no longer felt at home, tying the season to personal reinvention. Pair these with our day quotes or love quotes for more seasonal reading.