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title: "8 Millstone Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [“Millstone sputtered, "I don't know where you're getting your information, G.T., but that's as bogus as a barking cat!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-bauer/millstone-sputtered-i-don-t-know-where-you-re-getting-your/)

[Joan Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-bauer/)

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> [I joke about it being a millstone, but it never hurts to have a name that sticks out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zephyr-teachout/i-joke-about-it-being-a-millstone-but-it-never-hurts-to-have-a-name/)

[Zephyr Teachout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zephyr-teachout/)

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> [“The very fact that they were caring and loving would be the millstone that weighed them down”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-very-fact-that-they-were-caring-and-loving-would-be-the-millstone/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/anonymous-1_compassion_the-very-fact-that-they-were-caring-and_657212.jpg)

> [“We need a millstone around our neck to keep us humble.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/we-need-a-millstone-around-our-neck-to-keep-us-humble/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/martin-luther-106_humility_we-need-a-millstone-around-our-neck-to-k_1153971.jpg)

> [“I love him, love him. He's a millstone round my neck - he'll take me to the bottom with him. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/i-love-him-love-him-he-s-a-millstone-round-my-neck-he-ll-take-me-to/)

[Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/anton-chekhov-298_love_i-love-him-love-him-he-s-a-millstone-rou_1643874.jpg)

> [Tradition, if not constantly recreated, can be as much a millstone as a mill-wheel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/tradition-if-not-constantly-recreated-can-be-as-much-a-millstone-as-a/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/colin-macinnes-53584_ifs_tradition-if-not-constantly-recreated-ca_1716731.jpg)

> [A millstone and the human heart are driven ever round, If they have nothing else to grind, they must themselves be ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/a-millstone-and-the-human-heart-are-driven-ever-round-if-they-have/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [He who shuns the millstone, shuns the meal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desiderius-erasmus/he-who-shuns-the-millstone-shuns-the-meal/)

[Desiderius Erasmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desiderius-erasmus/)

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