History as the slaughter-bench

Regarding History as the slaughter-bench at which the happiness of peoples, the wisdom of States, and the virtue of individuals have been victimized--the question…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

To be sitting on the bench behind somebody who only started to play when he was 30 is not funny.

— Jens Lehmann

Grass is growing on the Front Bench.

— Nancy Astor

Bench me or trade me.

— Chico Ruiz

Working your core always, your foot speed, jumping rope, push-ups and sit-ups - things like that are really important. Those things will pay off…

— Mark Sanchez

The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to…

— John Wooden

I was always the class clown and got kicked out of class at least once a day for just being a goofball. Not suspended…

— Damon Wayans, Jr

I don't care what you bench. I care if you have friends and family you love, a career that you love, and helped someone…

— Dan John

If Giggs was French, Pires or myself would have been on the bench.

— Zinedine Zidane

“There's something very enticing about an empty bench under a tree. And if it's facing a river, that's the bench for me.”

— Joyce Rachelle

I designed a bench in a few moments. But, of course, it took me 25 years to do it.

— Mario Bellini

When stuck years ago in a job I hated, my only friend was the public bench. As the tedious mornings dragged on, how I…

— Tom Hodgkinson

Israel has incredible entrepreneurial spirit and a deep bench of technology talent.

— Roelof Botha

I'm not one of those actors who romanticizes his trials working out and brags that he can bench press a panda now.

— Ryan Reynolds

Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you…

— Tom Hodgkinson