Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the… — Barney Kessel Copy Share Image
When it comes to hang the capitalists they will compete with each other to sell us the rope at a lower price. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
There are two sides of the Velvet Rope. Those who want to be on the other side and those who are on… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
Step on a crack , you'll break your mama's back. Step on a stone, you'll end up all alone. Step on a… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Is there a word for the moment you win tug-of-war? When the weight gives, and all that extra rope comes hurtling towards… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man's neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
THE ABANDONED VALLEY Can you understand being alone so long you would go out in the middle of the night and put… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
The short story is a very natural mode of storytelling; most stories can be told quickly. I always think of them as… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
We don't need someone to show us the ropes. We are the ones we've been waiting for. Deep inside us we know… — Sonia Johnson Copy Share Image
You just let people do what they do and look at them and give them enough rope until they do what you… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
If there is anything that puzzles me in this game, it is that the longer that you are in the job of… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
I used to imagine that making it in music - really making it in music - is if you're an old man… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Jumping rope is better than running because it engages the whole body. — David Kirsch Copy Share Image
We're all driven to premieres or nightclubs and seen the rope separating those who can enter and those who can't. Well, there's… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
We knew the pain of winter rushing up your skirt, and the ache of keeping your knees together in class, and how… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I am the most travelled of all my contemporaries; I have extended my field of enquiry wider than anybody else, I have… — Democritus Copy Share Image
Republicans don't like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You remember the old saying: Don't talk… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Beautiful Hannah. If you were mine, I'd lay you on silk sheets and wrap you up in ropes of pearls, and feed… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
If I eat something a little crazy or if I feel sluggish, I know I have to eat better the next day… — Jordin Sparks Copy Share Image
I always knew I had to be 100 percent in charge, even when I was a middle manager. I used to say… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Our tribe unraveled like a coarse rope, frayed at either end as the old and new among us were taken. — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
