The mother condemned for a witch and burnt with dry wood, and her children gazing on; The hounded slave that flags in… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction. So long… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Every individual man has a bias which he must obey, and...it is only as he feels and obeys this that he rightly… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Traditionally vice presidential debates don't move the needle one way or the other. They have largely been irrelevant and inconsequential. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The human instinct for self-preservation is strong. I know, because mine pulls at me, too, like the needle on a compass. And… — Nancy Werlin Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, all the women in my house were using needles. I've always had a fascination with the needle,… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
I knew there was a way to blend records together, but I didn't know how to. This was haunting me when I… — Grandmaster Flash Copy Share Image
If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply because it rarely appears sinister. If… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I boil my tears in a twisted spoon And dance like an angel on the point of a needle. — Etheridge Knight Copy Share Image
Having made a sufficient opening to admit my finger into the abdomen, I passed it between the intestines to the spine, and… — Astley Cooper Copy Share Image
As musicians it's often difficult. You go to a dinner party and most people treat you like some kind of exotic animal… — Brian Molko Copy Share Image
Well, we can't leave anyone behind just because they are sex workers or they are needle users, intravenous drug users, prostitutes. — Elton John Copy Share Image
Any musician who says he is playing better either on tea, the needle, or when he is juiced, is a plain, straight… — Charlie Parker Copy Share Image
When you shift the gear and that little needle on the tach goes into the red and reads 9,000 rpm, that's bad. — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
[On acupuncture:] The needles are small and won't hurt at all. In fact, they'll feel good. Ha, ha! Just kidding. They feel… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
Recently, there's been a trend in America that I find very disturbing... rewarding immoral and illegal behavior...For example, we now give free… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Our public credit is good, but the abundance of paper has produced a spirit of gambling in the funds, which has laid… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
Love makes the world go 'round, it's true, but lust stops the world in its tracks; love renders bearable the passage of… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I don't know many rules to live by,' he'd said. 'But here's one. It's simple. Don't put anything unnecessary into yourself. No… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image