We have the agency to choose which characteristics will define us; those choices are not thrust upon us. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Thurst [thrust] out nature with a croche [crook], yet woll she styll runne back agayne. — Richard Taverner Copy Share Image
The whole thrust of modern art, as far as I understand it, is expanding the role of the artist as a kind… — Robert Irwin Copy Share Image
Equality is. one of the most consummate scoundrels that ever crept from the brain of a political juggler--a fellow who thrusts his… — James Kirke Paulding Copy Share Image
Over a wide field of our economy it is still the better course to rely on the nineteenth century's "hidden hand" than… — John James Cowperthwaite Copy Share Image
O felt that her mouth was beautiful, since her lover condescended to thrust himself into it . . . — Anne Desclos Copy Share Image
The 'serial kisser' tag that has been thrust on to me is a lame stereotype. It irritates me. Yes, there is sexual… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
A lot of the time you see a warning, in the subway, or in a movie theater, the main thrust of the… — Amanda Ripley Copy Share Image
When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
My father was a joyous, joyous spirit, he really was. He was a hedonist, that was just - he enjoyed life, thrust… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
The man who thrusts his manners upon me does as if he were to insist on introducing me to his cabinet of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Many times man lives and dies between his two eternities: that of race and that of Soul... A brief parting from those… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
We risk great peril if we kill off this spirit of adventure, for we cannot predict how and in what seemingly unrelated… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find the inner motivation to… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Thrust your head into the public street, to gaze on Christian fools with varnish'd faces. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
What wonders does not wine! It discloses secrets; ratifies and confirms our hopes; thrusts the coward forth to battle; eases the anxious… — Horace Copy Share Image
I still gasp at the revealing lingo for weapons: erector launchers, thrust ratios; my teeth grind reflexively when Dubya sputters Eye-Rack and… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
The Bush people have no right to speak for my father, particularly because of the position he's in now (Alzheimer's Syndrome). Yes,… — Ron Reagan Copy Share Image
Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history… — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
Not my biggest fear, but my biggest problem onstage is over-emphasizing what I do. I'm pushing too hard. You need to engage… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The concept of karma is a beautiful concept in Sanskrit. The whole idea of karma is that every being has an innate… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
Kindness and humbleness are really good qualities to possess. But, if you have to use the word humble, it means you're not… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
Some people are born to trains, and some have trains thrust upon them. Fortunately, I can be included in this latter category. — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image