You always have to know when to bow out. You bow out while…

[Writing is like fishing]. You don't bow because you made the fish. That's the difference. If you know that, then you bow for your…

— Sandra Cisneros

Things don't always tie up in a nice bow. Even when you make strides with people and relationships, it's complicated.

— Aaron Tveit

Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.

— Francis Bacon

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people BOW DOWN to them. To…

— Shirley Manson

Pain and pleasure, good and evil, come to us from unexpected sources. It is not there where we have gathered up our brightest hopes,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect.

— Ovid

Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide…

— Patti Smith

I did archery when I was in high school. In our gym class we had two weeks of archery, and I remember taking the…

— John Barrowman

Go not to the temple to put flowers upon the feet of God, first fill your own house with the fragrance of love. Go…

— Rabindranath Tagore

Steadying herself with both hands on the table, she managed an awkward bow… 'Your Highness,' she stammered, head lowered... The prince flinched and cast…

— Marissa Meyer

Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow.

— Dante Alighieri

There are ceremonious bows that repel one like a cudgel.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth…

— Anne Lamott

I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards…

— Jonathan Swift

I could not limit my values and pursuits to what makes others comfortable. Being possessed by a promise I live without options. I will…

— Bill Johnson