Bend Quotes

493 quotes by 409 authors

Do you know what laughter is? I'll tell you. It's God's mistake. When God made man in order to bend him to his wishes he… — Elie Wiesel
Tis the privilege of Art Thus to play its cheerful part, Man on earth to acclimate And bend the exile to his fate. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Over our manhood bend the skies; Against our fallen and traitor lives The great winds utter prophecies; With our faint hearts the mountain strives, Its… — James Russell Lowell
I bend my knee to no man. Unless I choose to. — Caterina Sforza
My daddy's face is a study. Winter moves into it and presides there. His eyes become a cliff of snow threatening to avalanche, his eyebrows… — Toni Morrison
I will be merciful, and I will believe in people. If I am to err, I will err on the side of mercy. I will… — David K. Bernard
History knows no scruples and no hesitation. Inert and unerring, she flows towards her goal. At every bend in her course she leaves the mud… — Arthur Koestler
A leader can't dash ahead around the bend out of sight. — Herman Wouk
Film is a collaborative business: bend over. — David Mamet
What doesn't bend, breaks. — Ani DiFranco
While my mind is flexible, these brittle bones don't bend. — Jimmy Buffett
Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope. — Thomas Peterffy
We must never bend too much. — Yitzhak Shamir
Compared with U.S. cities, Japanese cities bend over backward to help foreigners. The countryside is another matter. — Charles C. Mann
If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that's bigger than anything else. — Bernie Mac
English is such a deliciously complex and undisciplined language, we can bend, fuse, distort words to all our purposes. We give old words new meanings,… — Willard Gaylin
My dad used to call me 'the human pretzel' because I was able to bend my body, and because my legs are very long. — Erin Andrews
In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with… — Jim Broadbent
This sweet, blessed, God-inspired place called America is a champion that has absorbed some blows. But while we bend, we don't break. This is no… — Artur Davis
A suffering world cries for mercy, as far as the eye can see. Lawyers around every bend in the road, lawyers in every tree. — Tom Paxton

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