Astride Quotes

20 quotes by 19 authors

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more. — Samuel Beckett
She was luxuriously tired and her muscles felt sore from the unaccustomed strain of riding astride. Nothing had ever tasted so good as the cool… — Kathleen Winsor
You'll live astride the line that separates life from death. You'll become experienced in the wisdom of grief. You won't wait until people die to… — Rana Dasgupta
You ride astride the imaginary in order to hunt down the real. — Breyten Breytenbach
Possession means to sit astride the world Instead of having it astride of you. — Charles Kingsley
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A… — Emma Lazarus
Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride the world… — Eric Liu
I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world. It cannot be sanctioned and… — Fareed Zakaria
You are obvious, boy. You are difficult to miss. If you came to me in company with a purple lion, a green elephant, and a… — Neil Gaiman
All of us--all who knew her--felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful when we stood astride her ugliness. Her… — Toni Morrison
Have you not done tormenting me with your accursed time! It's abominable! When! When! One day, is that not enough for you, one day he… — Samuel Beckett
Would you like to cross another item off this list today?" "I should like that very much. Which do you propose?" "I think it's time… — Sarah MacLean
The dark prince sat astride his black steed, his sable cape flowing behind him. A golden circlet bound his blond locks, his handsome face was… — Cassandra Clare
When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than… — Alan Huffman
Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence. — Lemuel K. Washburn
Companions are we, enlivened by a mighty gallop quickly sliding a harsh straw basket of sea foam gathered astride the tide. — Bradley Chicho
An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are hopeful of achievement, resolute in avoidance, thinking that Mammon shall… — George Eliot
The most challenging and difficult part in laying the right path in life come from the sandwiched people who walk astride between talents and duffers. — Ritu Ghatourey
But there's a little guy who sits astride my brain with a whip, and if I'm away from the machine for more than a couple… — Brian Lumley

Who Wrote These Astride Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 20 Astride Quotes as follows: