Grip Quotes

372 quotes by 335 authors

When a country wants television more than they want clean water, they've lost their grip. — Lewis Black
Southeast Asia has a real grip on me. From the very first time I went there, it was a fulfillment of my childhood fantasies of… — Anthony Bourdain
At one of my lowest points, sugar had a painful grip on me. I'd buy/binge and then beat myself up over my behavior. — Kris Carr
The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea… — Agatha Christie
On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak is the only prominent specific… — David Lack
You don't even have to be the one praying, but if you get around somebody who really know how to pray-prayer will lift you when… — T.D. Jakes
"Hit it with the back of your left hand" was the first swing thought I ever heard, brusquely bu not unlovingly put to me by… — John Updike
You lose your grip, and then you slip into the Masterpiece. — Leonard Cohen
I lick my fingers because I don't like when my hands get slick. Licking my fingers helps me keep a good grip on the ball. — Steve Nash
Better to flee from death than feel its grip. — Homer
No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots… — Seneca the Younger
We are in the grip of a scientific materialism, caught in a vicious cycle where our security today seems to depend on regimentation and weapons… — Charles Lindbergh
Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip. — Barbara Tuchman
Almost every work of art is an analogy. When I make a representation of something, this too is an analogy to what exists; I make… — Gerhard Richter
The benefits [of the resurrection] are innumerable. To list a few: Our illnesses don't seem nearly so final; Our fears fade and lose their grip;… — Charles R. Swindoll
Each child is poisoned by the society through teaching him ambition. Ambition is a poison far more dangerous than any alcohol can ever be, far… — Rajneesh
The entire life of the personal ego is continually in the grip of wanting, i. e., an attempt to seek fulfilment of desires through things… — Meher Baba
You are surprised that the world is losing its grip? That the world is grown old? Don't hold onto the old man, the world; don't… — Saint Augustine
We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip may be depended upon in any… — Mark Twain
The wreath of cigarette smoke which curls about the head of the growing lad holds his brain in an iron grip which prevents it from… — Hudson Maxim

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