Wisdom, Niko thought as he leaned his cheek against his long-handled rake, cannot be had without price. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
Once shame touches your being at any point, even the most distant nerve is implicated, whether you know it or not; any… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel. — Dan Buettner Copy Share Image
Some guys step on a rake in the dark, and get mad and go punch somebody. Others step on a rake in… — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
So deeply is the gardener's instinct implanted in my soul, I really love the tools with which I work; the iron fork,… — Celia Thaxter Copy Share Image
Curs'd be that wretch (Death's factor sure) who brought Dire swords into the peaceful world, and taught Smiths (who before could only… — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
You can rake the muck this way, rake the muck that way-- it will always be muck. Have I sinned or have… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
We are all born with an innate understanding of interpersonal equity - the idea that if you lend me your rake today,… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
I live in the country, so I get a fair amount of exercise. We heat our house with wood, so I split… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I am not a religious man. I have not attended a service for many years. But I do believe in God. My… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Peter Hinwood found all these old pictures - Polaroids - and when I saw them, I just didn't believe that the person… — Manolo Blahnik Copy Share Image
I shake my head. I pick up the rake and start making the dead-leaf pile neater. A blister pops and stains the… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
You'd think that would have been forgotten long ago. But no, no sooner has a little grass grown over it than some… — Kerstin Gier Copy Share Image
The readiness with which women are apt to forgive the men who have deceived other women; and that inconsiderate notion of too… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
Now, it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing. There is filth on the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress. Act a charity sometimes. When a poor creature (outwardly and visibly such) comes before… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
“Just when I think you’ve hit bottom you continue to amaze me,” Kyle said. “Or, does this get worse? Nothing would surprise… — Ryan Field Copy Share Image
Toward seven o'clock every morning, I leave my study and step Out on the bright terrace; the sun already burns resplendent Between… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Provide of thine own, to have all things at hand; Less work and the workman, unoccupied, stand. Make dry over-head both hovel… — Thomas Tusser Copy Share Image
If women would make themselves appear as elegant to an Husband, as they were desirous to appear to him while a Lover,… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
A man's name is not like a mantle which merely hangs about him...but a perfectly fitting garment, which, like the skin, has… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Does a rake deserve to possess anything of worth, since he chases everything in skirts and then imagines he can successfully hide… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
I can discover no political evil in suffering bullies, sharpers, and rakes, to rid the world of each other by a method… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Seamen three! what men be ye? Gotham's three Wise Men we be. Whither in your bowl so free? To rake the moon… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
What on earth is modern exegesis up to? Oh, little lazy one! Some red wine and up! Off you go, brandishing your… — Louis Aragon Copy Share Image
Can you imagine a guy breaking into your car, and he steals your guitar case 'cause he thinks it's a guitar, and… — Eugene Chadbourne Copy Share Image
Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
That drew a mocking laugh from Lillian. “Really, someone should tell St. Vincent that he’s a living cliché. He has become the… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
If a conservative order is indeed to return, we ought to know the tradition which is attached to it, so that we… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
If the Lord tarries, there may yet be a grass-roots awakening that will overflow all sectarian barriers. There are a host of… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
If you want to marry me, here's what you'll have to do: You must learn how to make a perfect chicken-dumpling stew.… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
Who can dispute that the governments of the United States constitute the most voracious tax system in the history of mankind? In… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
Wisdom, Niko thought as he leaned his cheek against his long-handled rake, cannot be had without price. And that price is blood.… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image