Bend Quotes

493 quotes by 429 authors

I should be able to express moral views on social issues. . . without being slandered, accused of hate speech, and told from those who… — Kirk Cameron
No woman has the right to marry a man if she has to bend herself out of shape for him. She might wish to, but… — Olive Schreiner
This American government - what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing… — Henry David Thoreau
Chip the glasses and crack the plates! / Blunt the knives and bend the forks! / That's what Bilbo Baggins hates. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and… — David Trimble
Having lost our present and our future, we had of necessity to bend all our endeavors to the past, which no one could take from… — Robert Silverberg
When circumstances defy order, order should bend or break: anomalies and uncertainties give validity to architecture. — Robert Venturi
Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything. I have never observed a chair shift from one foot to another, or… — Zbigniew Herbert
It seems like many people think that if you drive yourself crazy, then you can write. Iâ€™m absolutely not interested in that. It made sense… — Kay Ryan
If Vice President Al Gore advocated killing rabbits to see if women are pregnant and called it a step forward for science, we'd all think… — Ingrid Newkirk
Need is a low door which, when we must by stern necessity pass through, forces the greatest to bend down the most. — Victor Hugo
Writing is the same as music. Itâ€™s in how you phrase it, how you hold back the note, bend it, shape it, then release it.… — Robert Creeley
Get out well, but not too quickly, move through the field, be comfortable. Strategy-wise, go with your strengths. If you don't have a great finish,… — John Treacy
Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves. — Gautama Buddha
Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood ; wise people fashion themselves. — Gautama Buddha
Trees bend low with ripened fruit; clouds hang down with gentle rain; noble people bow graciously. This is the way of generous things. — Bhartrhari
When Satan attacks you, command him in the Name of Jesus to bend his neck. On the back of it you'll find there's a nail… — E. Stanley Jones
Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it. — Yoko Ono
When I go out of the house for a walk, uncertain as yet whither I will bend my steps, [I] submit myself to my instinct… — Henry David Thoreau
I thought it would be cool to take flat-picking and put it in overdrive. I thought it would bend the ear. — Brian Setzer

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429 authors contributed a total of 493 Bend Quotes, led by these top contributors: