Behind His Back Quotes
20 quotes by 20 authors
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Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of…
— Francis of Assisi
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The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a…
— Joseph Conrad
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Whenever someone asks me to define love, I usually think for a minute, then I spin around and pin the guy's arm behind his back.…
— Jack Handey
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He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We all write poems;…
— John Fowles
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...protect your hands! Some fans demonstrate their enthusiam with bone-crushing hand shakes. My former teacher Julian Bream often bows Japanese style with his hands behind…
— Liona Boyd
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There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.
— Robert E. Lee
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When sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal, they…
— Emile Zola
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One hand was behind his back, and he held it out, presenting a bouquet of white and smoky purple lilies. "They're straight from the underworld,…
— Jess C Scott
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They tied his arms behind his back to teach him how to swim, they put blood in his coffee and milk in his gin.
— Lou Reed
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, "Let him beat me too…
— Jean de La Fontaine
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Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.
— Blaise Pascal
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'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied behind his back.
— Steven Spielberg
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I do not care to speak ill of a man behind his back, but I believe he is an attorney.
— Samuel Johnson
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This was something you had to work through on you own," Jason said. "Besides, I knew you'd do the right thing." "Oh, right," I said.…
— Meg Cabot
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It was much easier for him now that he was smaller to negotiate his way through his crammed shop but he still tried to swagger…
— Cornelia Funke
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The generals who had called Zia a mullah behind his back felt ashamed at having underestimated him: not only was he a mullah, he was…
— Mohammed Hanif
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There are so many ways to betray someone. You can whisper behind his back. You can deceive him on purpose. You can deliver him into…
— Jodi Picoult
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If someone did something that you dont like then dont talk behind his back,face the situation and dont escape.
— Desmon G Dexter
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In 1967, I was 21, and the only guy I knew in London was Neville Chester, a roadie who worked with the Who. I rang…
— Motorhead
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He would be hard to chase, but good to catch and he could change the world with his hands behind his back.
— Adele
Who Wrote These Behind His Back Quotes
20 authors contributed a total of 20 Behind His Back Quotes as follows: