What is to become of an independent statesman, one who will bow the knee to no idol, who will worship nothing as… — John Adams Copy Share Image
In the life of husband and wife together, fatherhood and motherhood represent such a sublime "novelty" and richness as can only be… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I wish I could help you" I whisper. You are," he murmurs against my knee. "just dont leave me, okay? Everyone leaves… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
I saw Ellen and my knees were weak. It was amazing. And it was very hard for me to get her out… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
Having a lean and hungry look was frowned upon in my Italian neighborhood where a girl was considered too skinny if she… — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
I told my doctor I got water on my knee, he gave me a sponge and raised his fee! — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
I like subversive humor, freckles, women's knees and long hair, the laughter of playing children, and a girl running down the street. — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
Death and disaster are at our shoulders every second of our lives, trying to get at us. Missing, a lot of the… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
We're constantly told that running will ruin our knees and outrage our hearts, but for nearly all of human existence, it was… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
I made it the mantra of those days; when I paused before yet another series of switchbacks or skidded down knee-jarring slopes,… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Will you stand up an fight? he wondered bitterly. Or do you intend to remain on your knees for ever? — Paul Stewart Copy Share Image
Cher hated 'If I Could Turn Back Time.' I had to beg her, literally, on my knees, just to try it. Happens… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
I rose to my knees, mouth dry and heart pounding, and paused to finger a rip in my beautiful Dacron bowling shirt.… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet,… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
The ancient gentleman who has seen the world, who is profoundly experienced, and much too deep to be the dupe of an… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
Stress will either drive you crazy or drive you to your knees. It depends on who is in control of your life. — Mark Hart Copy Share Image
The telephone is a great knee-jerk machine, but if you really want to tell someone how you feel, you need the slowness… — Nick Bantock Copy Share Image
I’d prefer to see both knees on the ground. I mean, if you’re going to grovel, be the best groveler you can,… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
Do not believe that others will die, not you.... I have wrestled with Thanatos knee to knee and I know how death… — Mary Renault Copy Share Image
Whyle I was abowte to chaunge myn olde lyff-- What sorowe I suffred, dyseese, angre and stryff, Cracchynge myn here, my chekys… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
What he says, even on his knees, about his own sinfulness is all parrot talk. At bottom, he still believes he has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Having children can smooth the relationship, too. Mother and daughter are now equals. That is hard to imagine, even harder to accept,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Our tragedy today is not just that millions of people who called themselves communist or socialist were physically liquidated in Vietnam, Indonesia,… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
He tasted deeper, holding himself over me, and suddenly he was everywhere; his knee trapping my leg, his lips grazing warm, rough,… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
