During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey. — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
As he weeps to wicked birds of prey, who pick up on his bread crumb sins, and there are no sins inside… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“Predator and prey move in silent gestures, on the seductive dance of death, in the shadows cast by the vultures of the… — Luis Marques Copy Share Image
It is one thing to fall victim to the flood or to fall prey to cancer; it is another thing to fall… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No work is worse than overwork; the mind preys on itself,--the most unwholesome of food. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. — John Philpot Curran Copy Share Image
Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Eagles rarely fail to catch their prey. They usually kill it quickly by breaking its neck with their powerful claws. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
A big part of being strong financially is that you know where you are weak and take action to make sure you… — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor… — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
Asceticism is the right way of thinking for those who have to extirpate their sensual drives because they are ravening beasts of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The ancient feud between cat and dog is not forgotten in the north, for the Lynx is the deadly foe of the… — Ernest Thompson Seton Copy Share Image
I've had a very productive life. I've worked very hard, I've never fallen prey to depression. I'm not sure I could have… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the… — G. Gordon Liddy Copy Share Image
The varying modes of flight exhibited by our diurnal birds of prey have always been to me a subject of great interest,… — John James Audubon Copy Share Image
Mr. Greenspan did a very good job in the early 1990's. But recently he's fallen prey to this crazy theory that prosperity… — Steve Forbes Copy Share Image
Staring at her face, she began to fancy her outer layer had begun to melt away while she wasn't paying attention, and… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
As long as we are human, we are destined to make mistakes. We all fall prey to flawed beliefs and views. What… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached,… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
If the bones of all those who have fallen as a prey to intemperance could be piled up it would make a… — Thomas De Witt Talmage Copy Share Image
“It was not enough that food aplenty was within Man’s grasp: he wanted more. It was not enough that prey surrendered themselves… — David Bowles Copy Share Image
“The point of the prey being paralysed rather than killed, by the way, is that they don't decay but are eaten alive… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Elections, especially of representatives and counselors, should be annual, there not being in the whole circle of the sciences a maxim more… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We should make sure that unscrupulous schools do not prey on uninformed students, leaving them with high debt and useless degrees. — Raghuram Rajan Copy Share Image
In photography, you've got to be quick, quick, quick, quick...Like an animal and a prey. — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey. — William Blake Copy Share Image
Nothing is lost, nothing is created all is transformed. Nothing is the prey of death. All is the prey of life. — Antoine Bechamp Copy Share Image
“When you’re not on your own agenda, you’re prey to the agenda of others.” — Stan Slap Copy Share Image
All I ask is that you not be naive about how the government works when it decides to go after its prey. — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
What preys on my mind is simply this one question: what am I good for, could I not be of service or… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
A cunning mind emphatically delights in its own cunning, and is the ready prey of cunning. — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and… — Horace Copy Share Image
Predators and prey always coexist. That's why we have galleries as well as photographers. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Besides, humans aren't prey. They are our natural enemies. They are to be avoided. — Cynthia Leitich Smith Copy Share Image
“There are those who have suggested that the tendency of a cat to play with its prey is a merciful one...” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The criminal does not expect his prey to fight back. May he never choose you, but, if he does, surprise him. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Spiders don't chew. They send a special liquid into their prey. The prey's insides turn to mush. Then the spider sucks up… — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
“When an animal comes between the lion and its prey, the animal first becomes the prey before the main prey.” — Uzoma Nnadi Copy Share Image
“turning as it looked for prey. Though the bird’s shadow whipped over her face,” — Elizabeth Lowell Copy Share Image
