Erect Quotes

50 Erect quotes by 48 unique authors

We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle or… — Diane Ackerman
I assemble my ideas in pieces on a computer file, then gradually find a place for them on a piece of scaffolding I erect. — Alain de Botton
Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is loved… — William Jennings Bryan
I love fashion. I love couture. I'm going to erect a shelf in my bedroom with an art light to be the spot for the… — Sandra Bullock
It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able… — Mahatma Gandhi
Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash… — Germaine Greer
He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others. — Douglas Horton
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless.… — Robert Green Ingersoll
When you wear a bow tie, doors open for you. Your posture is a little more erect; your shoulders are a little further back; your… — Dhani Jones
At 62, I remain clean and sober and my ponytail remains erect. — Ted Nugent
There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect. — Ronald Reagan
Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am, Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary, Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on… — Walt Whitman
You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve," said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest… — C.S. Lewis
The wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one;… — Mark Twain
The magician stood erect, menacing the attackers with demons, metamorphoses, paralyzing ailments, and secret judo holds. Molly picked up a rock. — Peter S. Beagle
And the kittykats would have to erect scaffolding and a pulley to get him down. Mind you, I wouldn't put that past them. Sometimes when… — Louise Rennison
But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memory the things that… — Sue Miller
Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat.… — John Donne
If he is infinitely good, what reason should we have to fear him? If he is infinitely wise, what doubts should we have concerning our… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Peter was not quite like other boys; but he was afraid at last. A tremour ran through him, like a shudder passing over the sea;… — James M. Barrie
Perhaps that is our doom, our human curse, to never really know one another. We erect edifices in our minds about the flimsy framework of… — Rick Yancey
Samhain had its origins, like many modern holidays or celebrations, in pagan times. As the sidhe-seers had been inclined to erect churches and abbeys on… — Karen Marie Moning
Next moment he was standing erect on the rock again, with that smile on his face and a drum beating within him. It was saying,… — James M. Barrie
When the male organ of a man stands erect, two thirds of his intelect go away. And one third of his religion. — Zadie Smith
When you really have something to offer to the world, then you can become truly humble. A tree when it has no fruit to offer,… — Sri Chinmoy

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