Dragged Quotes

213 quotes by 199 authors

The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight is tied to it, the… — Vinoba Bhave
I'm not squeamish at all. As a child I dragged a dead squirrel home on my skateboard and cut it open and tried to look… — Jessica Biel
Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities… — Vince Cable
If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores… — Michelle Obama
I would like you to accept only one prayer, and that is laughter, because when you are totally laughing you are in the present. You… — Rajneesh
Desire means you are dragged out of the moment; that creates a tension, that creates anxiety, that creates hope. And then finally hope turns sour,… — Rajneesh
On Easter or Christmas Day, my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the Chinese New Year… — Barack Obama
We will send an additional 475 service members to Iraq. As I have said before, these American forces will not have a combat mission -… — Barack Obama
...every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and drowned. — George Monbiot
[A fan] said, 'What can I do to get your attention?' I was like 'Um, just take your clothes off.' She stood there and frantically… — Robert Pattinson
We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout the developing world,… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I was walking down the street. something caught my eye, and dragged it fifteen feet. — Emo Philips
Man is dragged hither and thither, at one moment by the blind instincts of the forest, at the next by the strange intuitions of a… — Loren Eiseley
The disciple simply burns his boats and goes ahead. He is called out... The old life is left behind, and completely surrendered. The disciple is… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul… — Georges Bernanos
Nothing can be more depressing than to expose, naked to the light of thought, the hideous growth of argot. Indeed it is like a sort… — Victor Hugo
On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles. — Mary Antin
The decaying that had dragged on for too long had only turned tragedy into nuisance; death, when it strikes, better completes its annihilating act on… — Yiyun Li
The deep-read is when you get gut-hooked and dragged overboard down and down through the maze of print and find, to your amazement, you can… — Tim Wynne-Jones
I dragged my wife from our honeymoon in Africa and landed her in Ontario, Canada, when it was -40 degrees, — Ryan Reynolds

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