Icarus Quotes

Icarus Quote of the day

Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light.

But I’ve never seen the Icarus story as a lesson about the limitations of humans. I see it as a lesson about the limitations of wax as an adhesive.

Icarus flew too close to the sun, but at least he flew.

I’ll just say one word: Icarus. If you get it, great. If you don’t, that’s fine too. But you should probably read more.

Backward we traveled to reclaim the day Before we fell, like Icarus, undone; All we find are altars in decay And profane words scrawled black across the sun.

Everyone forgets Icarus also flew.

I believe that Icarus was not failing as he fell, but just coming to the end of his triumph.

Courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say.

The most beautiful dream that has haunted the heart of man since Icarus is today reality.

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure

think of innocent Icarus who is doing quite well: larger than a sail, over the fog and the blast of the plushy ocean, he goes. Admire his wings!

Icarus should have waited for nightfall, the moon would have never let him go.

Thus, Marlowe posed the silent question: could aspiring Icarus be happy with a toilsome life on land managing a plough with plodding oxen having once tasted the weightless bliss of flight?

don't fly too close to the sun, " Tess Calls. "you'll burn the tips of your wings. Stay right with me. i'll keep you safe.

But who names a starship the Icarus? What kind of man possess that much hubris, that he dares it to fall?